Fig. 16.1 Comparison of emotional distress by cancer site Hinz and colleagues [11] looked at the degree of psychological distress (anxiety and depression) in urological cancer patients over a period…
57. Herr HW, Dalbagni G. Defining bacillus Calmette-Guerin refractory superficial bladder tumors. J Urol. 2003;169(5):1706–8.PubMed 58. Solsona E, Iborra I, Dumont R, et al. The 3-month clinical response to intravesical…
Variable 0 1 2 3 Primary site Gonadal Retroperitoneal Mediastinal Response 1st line CR/PRm- PRm+/SD PD PFI >3 months ≤3 months AFP at salvage normal <1,000 >1,000 LBB at salvage…
© Springer-Verlag London 2015Vinod H. Nargund, Derek Raghavan and Howard M. Sandler (eds.)Urological Oncology10.1007/978-0-85729-482-1_30 30. The Role of Radiotherapy in Testicular Cancer Sophie D. Fossa1 and Jan Oldenburg2 (1) Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, Montebello, Oslo, Norway (2)…
Characteristic Risk estimates or comment [reference] Disorders of male development Cryptorchidism Five to nine-fold increased risk, 10 % lifetime risk [11, 12] Disorders of sex development Variable, depends on specific…
Fig. 24.1 Relevant biologic pathways in RCC. In hypoxia or with an inactivated VHL gene, there is stabilization of HIF transcription factors. mTOR phosphorylates and activates p70S6K leading to enhanced…
Fig. 23.1 (a) Central 2.2 cm tumour abutting the collecting system. 6 F ureteric catheter has been inserted and noted next to the lesion. (b) The RF probe is inserted…
Absolute Anatomical or functional solitary kidney, synchronous tumours; RCC in better functioning kidney with poorly or non-functioning opposite kidney Relative Contralateral kidney is at future risk of the condition and…
Fig. 18.1 Cellular function with normal O2 levels and normal VHL System When there is hypoxia or mutation of pVHL, binding of pVHL to HIF-α cannot occur and the pVHL-HIF…
Nomogram N M status (n) Clinical and pathological variables Comments Yacioglu et al. [24] 296 M0 Retrospective study, Tumour size and presentation Biostatical prognostic model Kattan et al. [23] 601…
