Mitomycin C from birth to adulthood.

Mitomycin C (MMC) intravesical therapy for "superficial" papillary bladder tumors was firstly introduced in the early seventies with promising results. In the following years, several pharmacokinetic studies investigated its mechanism of action to optimize the intravesical administration. Numerous studies confirmed thereafter both the ablative and the prophylactic efficacy and the low toxicity of MMC when intravesically given.

Genitourinary Symptoms-Patient Help-Seeking and General Practitioner Management: An Outpatient Based Survey at a Tertiary Hospital in Southern Italy.

Introduction: General knowledge of most common genitourinary diseases is often lacking. In this survey we evaluated the attention given by patients and general practitioners to genitourinary symptoms, and particularly to hematuria and potential early signs of genitourinary cancer.

Methods: A structured self-administered questionnaire was administered to outpatients before the urological consultation.

Does the Compliance to Intravesical BCG Differ between Common Clinical Practice and International Multicentric Trials?

Introduction: The aim of this study was to analyze the reasons for intravesical BCG interruption in clinical practice. BCG for at least one year is advocated as the best regimen to treat high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). However, almost 50% of patients don't complete it.

[Urothelial carcinoma in a pyelocaliceal cyst].

Renal complex cysts are lesions whose nature can be either benign or malignant. Depending on the presence of septa, solid components, enhancement or calcifications, they are distinguished according to the Bosniak classification based on CT findings, as well as MRI and ETG. We report a rare case of urothelial carcinoma, originating over a pyelocalyceal cyst in a 50-year-old man, and classified as Bosniak IIF by CT and MRI investigations.

Safety and tolerability of local treatment with iloprost, a prostacyclin analogue, in patients with Peyronie's disease: a phase I study.

Unlabelled: Study Type - Therapy (case series) Level of Evidence 4 What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Peyronie's disease (PD) is an acquired curvature of the penis attributable to progressive fibromatosis of the tunica albuginea (TA). It is frequently associated with Dupuytren's contracture and those of Ledderhose. More recently it was found that patients suffering from PD also often suffer from diabetes mellitus and gout.