Epidemiology of prostate cancer in Asian countries Tập 25 Số 6 - Trang 524-531 - 2018
Takahiro Kimura, Shin Egawa
AbstractThe incidence of prostate cancer has been increasing worldwide in recent years. The GLOBOCAN project showed that prostate cancer was the second most frequently diagnosed cancer and the fifth leading cause of cancer mortality among men worldwide in 2012. This trend has been growing even in Asian c...... hiện toàn bộ Male infertility in cancer patients: Review of the literature Tập 17 Số 4 - Trang 327-331 - 2010
Gert R. Dohle
AbstractThe number of men surviving cancer at a young age has increased dramatically in the past 20 years as a result of early detection and improved cancer treatment protocols; more than 75% of young cancer patients nowadays are long‐term survivors. Quality of life has become an important issue in childhood and adult cancer patients. The commonest cancers in patie...... hiện toàn bộ Skeletal complications in cancer patients with bone metastases Tập 23 Số 10 - Trang 825-832 - 2016
Shunsuke Tsuzuki, Sun Hee Park, Matthew R. Eber, Christopher M. Peters, Yusuke Shiozawa
AbstractAs a result of significant improvements in current therapies, the life expectancy of cancer patients with bone metastases has dramatically improved. Unfortunately, these patients often experience skeletal complications that significantly impair their quality of life. The major skeletal complications associated with bone metastases include: cancer‐induced bo...... hiện toàn bộ Tissue elasticity imaging for diagnosis of prostate cancer: A preliminary report Tập 13 Số 12 - Trang 1514-1518 - 2006
Naoto Miyanaga, Hideyuki Akaza, Makoto Yamakawa, Takehiro Oikawa, Noritoshi Sekido, Shiro Hinotsu, Koji Kawai, Toru Shimazui, Tsuyoshi Shiina
Background: Elastography is a diagnostic imaging technique that evaluates the hardness of a lesion. It is expected to become a new diagnostic modality for prostate cancer. The aim of this study was to examine the usefulness of elastography in the diagnosis of prostate cancer.Methods: A total of 29 patients with untreated, histo...... hiện toàn bộ Extracorporeal shockwave therapy in the treatment of erectile dysfunction: A prospective, randomized, double‐blinded, placebo controlled study Tập 21 Số 10 - Trang 1041-1045 - 2014
Chi‐Hang Yee, Eddie Sy Chan, Simon S.M. Hou, Chi‐Fai Ng
ObjectivesTo investigate the role of low‐intensity extracorporeal shockwave therapy in the treatment of erectile dysfunction.MethodsThis was a double‐blinded, single‐center, prospective, randomized, placebo‐controlled trial. After a 2‐week phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor washout period, pat...... hiện toàn bộ Gonadotropin‐releasing hormone: An update review of the antagonists versus agonists Tập 19 Số 7 - Trang 594-601 - 2012
Hendrik Van Poppel, Laurence Klotz
AbstractGonadotropin‐releasing hormone agonists and antagonists provide androgen‐deprivation therapy for prostate cancer. Unlike agonists, gonadotropin‐releasing hormone antagonists have a direct mode of action to block pituitary gonadotropin‐releasing hormone receptors. There are two licensed gonadotropin‐releasing hormone antagonists, degarelix and abarelix. Of t...... hiện toàn bộ