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2D and 3D T2-weighted MR sequences for the assessment of neurovascular bundle changes after nerve-sparing radical retropubic prostatectomy with erectile function correlation

scientific article published on 24 July 2008

A Perspective of Immunotherapy for Prostate Cancer

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A chemosensitivity test to individualize intravesical treatment for non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer

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A meta-analysis and systematic review of randomized controlled trials with degarelix versus gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists for advanced prostate cancer.

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A novel therapeutic option for castration-resistant prostate cancer: after or before chemotherapy?

scientific article published on 25 June 2013

A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials implementing aromatase inhibitors to treat male infertility

scientific article published on 15 October 2019

Adjuvant Therapy with Sorafenib in Bone Metastases Bilateral Renal Carcinoma: A Case Report

scientific article published on 04 April 2007

Advances in Magnetic Resonance Imaging: How They Are Changing the Management of Prostate Cancer

scientific article published on February 23, 2011

Androgen receptor variant 7 (AR-V7) in sequencing therapeutic agents for castratrion resistant prostate cancer: A critical review.

scientific article published in May 2019

Antiandrogen monotherapy: recommendations for the treatment of prostate cancer

scientific article published on January 2004

Beyond the Immune Suppression: The Immunotherapy in Prostate Cancer

scientific article published on 16 June 2015

Biopsy-Derived Gleason Artifact and Prostate Volume: Experience Using Ten Samples in Larger Prostates

scientific article published on 19 March 2008

Bladder carcinoma: MDCT cystography and virtual cystoscopy

scientific article published on 27 May 2009

Body mass index and age correlate with antioxidant supplementation effects on sperm quality: Post hoc analyses from a double-blind placebo-controlled trial

scientific article published on 04 February 2020

Can the intraprostatic concentration of epidermal growth factor influence the variance of serum prostate specific antigen levels in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia?

scientific article published on January 1999

Characterization of circulating blood dendritic cell subsets DC123+ (Lymphoid) and DC11C+ (myeloid) in prostate adenocarcinoma patients

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Chromogranin A expression in familial versus sporadic prostate cancer

scientific article published on 01 November 2005

Classification of prostatic diseases by means of multivariate analysis on in vivo proton MRSI and DCE-MRI data.

scientific article published in December 2009

Clinical correlation among male infertility and overall male health: A systematic review of the literature

scientific article published on 08 June 2020

Clinical evidence of neuroendocrine differentiation in a patient with prostate cancer and bone marrow micrometastases

scientific article published in January 2001

Clinical understaging in patients with prostate adenocarcinoma submitted to radical prostatectomy: predictive value of serum chromogranin A.

scientific article published in March 2004

Combination therapy of ethinylestradiol and somatostatin analogue reintroduces objective clinical responses and decreases chromogranin a in patients with androgen ablation refractory prostate cancer

scientific article published in November 2003

Combination therapy with rofecoxib and finasteride in the treatment of men with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).

scientific article published in January 2005

Combined dutasteride and tamsulosin

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Comparative analysis of multiparametric magnetic resonance and PET-CT in the management of local recurrence after radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer

scientific article published on 07 March 2012

Comparative effect of finasteride and dutasteride on chromogranin A levels.

scientific article published on November 2010

Comparison Between a Multidisciplinary and a Monodisciplinary Approach to Prostate Cancer: Our 1-Year Experience

Comparison between ultrasound-guided and digital-guided anesthesia before prostatic biopsy.

scientific article published on December 2012

Comparison of Chromogranin A, Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 and Prostate-Specific Antigen Serum Markers in Prostate Adenocarcinoma and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

scientific article published on 18 January 2008

Comparison of Four Validated Nomograms (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Briganti 2012, 2017, and 2019) Predicting Lymph Node Invasion in Patients with High-Risk Prostate Cancer Candidates for Radical Prostatectomy and Extended Pelvic Lymph N

scientific article published in 2023

Complete Response to the Combination Therapy with Androgen Blockade and Somatostatin Analogue in a Patient with Advanced Prostate Cancer: Magnetic Resonance Imaging with 1H-Spectroscopy

scientific article published on 15 February 2007

Conventional imaging and multiparametric magnetic resonance (MRI, MRS, DWI, MRP) in the diagnosis of prostate cancer

scientific article published on August 1, 2012

Correction to: MRI/US fusion-guided biopsy: performing exclusively targeted biopsies for the early detection of prostate cancer

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DNA ploidy, Gleason score, pathological stage and serum PSA levels as predictors of disease-free survival in C-D1 prostatic cancer patients submitted to radical retropubic prostatectomy

scientific article published on 01 January 1996

Deregulation of MicroRNAs mediated control of carnitine cycle in prostate cancer: molecular basis and pathophysiological consequences

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Determination of the time for maximal response to neoadjuvant hormone therapy for prostate cancer using magnetic resonance with spectroscopy (MRSI) and dynamic contrast enhancement (DCEMR)

scientific article published on 10 March 2011

Distribution of Inflammation, Pre-Malignant Lesions, Incidental Carcinoma in Histologically Confirmed Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A Retrospective Analysis

scientific article published on 01 February 2003

Distribution of high chromogranin A serum levels in patients with nonmetastatic and metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma

scientific article published on 19 March 2009

Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in the early evaluation of anti-angiogenic therapy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

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Early recovery of urinary continence after radical prostatectomy using early pelvic floor electrical stimulation and biofeedback associated treatment

scientific article published on 23 February 2009

Editorial comment

Editorial comment on: MR-guided biopsy of the prostate: an overview of techniques and a systematic review

scientific article published on 12 June 2008

Editorial comment on: Shifting the paradigm of testosterone and prostate cancer: the saturation model and the limits of androgen-dependent growth.

scientific article published on 24 September 2008

Effect of Serenoa repens (Permixon®) on the expression of inflammation-related genes: analysis in primary cell cultures of human prostate carcinoma

scientific article published on 14 March 2013

Effect of nonsteroidal antiandrogen monotherapy versus castration therapy on neuroendocrine differentiation in prostate carcinoma

scientific article published in March 2004

Effects of long-term treatment with Serenoa repens (Permixon) on the concentrations and regional distribution of androgens and epidermal growth factor in benign prostatic hyperplasia.

scientific article published in October 1998

Efficacy and safety of Finasteride (5 alpha-reductase inhibitor) monotherapy in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia: A critical review of the literature

scientific article published on 13 January 2020

Etoricoxib and intermittent androgen deprivation therapy in patients with biochemical progression after radical prostatectomy

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Functional magnetic resonance imaging in prostate cancer

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GNRH-agonist or antagonist in the treatment of prostate cancer: a comparision based on oncological results.

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High Frequency of JCV DNA Detection in Prostate Cancer Tissues.

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Histopathological aspects associated with the diagnosis of benign prostatic hyperplasia: clinical implications

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Histopathological aspects of transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder: analysis of 20 years experience

scientific article published on 01 July 2004

Human papilloma virus DNA detection, p53 and Ki67 expression in penile verrucous and squamous cell carcinomas in the same patient

scientific article published in July 2009

In vivo 3D neuroanatomical evaluation of periprostatic nerve plexus with 3T-MR Diffusion Tensor Imaging

scientific article published on 15 June 2013

Increased PSA expression on prostate cancer exosomes in in vitro condition and in cancer patients

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Increased Plasmatic Levels of PSA-Expressing Exosomes Distinguish Prostate Cancer Patients from Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A Prospective Study

scientific article published on 27 September 2019

Independent value of tumor size and DNA ploidy for the prediction of disease progression in patients with organ-confined renal cell carcinoma

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Inflammation and chronic prostatic diseases: evidence for a link?

scientific article published on 2 July 2007

Intermittent androgen deprivation (IAD) in patients with biochemical failure after radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) for clinically localized prostate cancer

scientific article published on 01 December 2000

Intermittent androgen deprivation (IAD) in patients with localized prostate cancer and a biochemical progression after radical prostatectomy

scientific article published on 01 March 2000

Intermittent androgen deprivation in prostate cancer cases with biochemical progression after radical prostatectomy: Are we ready to treat?

scientific article published on 15 January 2016

Intermittent androgen-deprivation therapy in prostate cancer: a critical review focused on phase 3 trials.

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Interobserver reproducibility of the PRECISE scoring system for prostate MRI on active surveillance: results from a two-centre pilot study

scientific article published on 16 December 2019

Is medical therapy an expensive way for delaying surgery in BPH patients?

scientific article published on December 1995

Is there always a role for radical prostatectomy in the treatment of localized prostate cancer?

scientific article published on September 1995

Limitations on the interpretation of prostate-specific antigen serum levels

scientific article published on 01 June 1999

Long term patient satisfaction and quality of life with AMS700CX inflatable penile prosthesis

scientific article published on 26 September 2013

Long-Term Experience with an Anatomical Anterograde Approach to Radical Prostatectomy: Results in Terms of Positive Margin Rate

scientific article published on 19 March 2008

Long-term response to combination therapy with estramustine and somatostatin analogue in a patient with androgen ablation-refractory prostate cancer

scientific article published in December 2004

Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and sexual dysfunction (SD): new targets for new combination therapies?

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MRI ultrasound fusion biopsy in prostate cancer detection: Are randomized clinical trials reproducible in everyday clinical practice?

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

MRI/US fusion-guided biopsy: performing exclusively targeted biopsies for the early detection of prostate cancer

scientific article published on 26 October 2017

Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging (1H-MRSI) and Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance (DCE-MRI): Pattern Changes From Inflammation to Prostate Cancer

Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (1H-MRSI) and dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance (DCE-MRI): pattern changes from inflammation to prostate cancer.

scientific article published in May 2010

Management of patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC): results of an Italian survey using the delphi method

scientific article published on 30 June 2015

Mineral metabolism abnormalities in patients with prostate cancer: a systematic case controlled study

scientific article published on 28 June 2017

Modern role of magnetic resonance and spectroscopy in the imaging of prostate cancer

scientific article published on 06 September 2009

Multidisciplinary management of Prostate Cancer: how and why.

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Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging of the prostate can improve the predictive value of the urinary prostate cancer antigen 3 test in patients with elevated prostate-specific antigen levels and a previous negative biopsy

scientific article published on 04 May 2012

Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging vs. standard care in men being evaluated for prostate cancer: a randomized study

scientific article published on 11 November 2014

Multiple primary tumors: 17 cases of renal-cell carcinoma associated with primary tumors involving different steroid-hormone target tissues

scientific article published on 01 January 1997

Negative Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Prostate Cancer: What's Next?

scientific article published on 19 March 2018

Neoadjuvant therapy with sorafenib in advanced renal cell carcinoma with vena cava extension submitted to radical nephrectomy.

scientific article published on 27 June 2008

Neuroendocrine differentiation in human prostate tissue: is it detectable and treatable?

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Neuroendocrine differentiation in prostate adenocarcinoma

scientific article published on 01 November 2007

New anti-angiogenic targeted therapy in advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC): current status and future prospects

scientific article published on May 2008

New aspects on prostate cancer: hereditary form, developmental estrogenization and differentiation therapy.

scientific article published in September 1998

New perspective in the management of neuroendocrine differentiation in prostate adenocarcinoma.

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New treatment strategies in the management of hormone refractory prostate cancer (HRPC): only chemotherapy?

scientific article published on 15 March 2007

New ultrasensitive assay development by using monoclonal antibodies for detecting prostate-specific antigen

scientific article published on 01 January 1992

Oral ethinylestradiol in castration-resistant prostate cancer: A 10-year experience

scientific article published on 03 September 2014

PCA3 urinary test versus 1H-MRSI and DCEMR in the detection of prostate cancer foci in patients with biochemical alterations.

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Pathology of BPH.

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Penile metastasis from carcinoma of the prostate in a patient with high serum prostate specific antigen levels

scientific article published on 01 September 1999

Peptide growth factors: clinical and therapeutic strategies

scientific article published on 01 June 1997

Plant extracts in BPH.

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Plasmatic exosomes from prostate cancer patients show increased carbonic anhydrase IX expression and activity and low pH

scientific article published on 01 December 2020

Predictors for response to intermittent androgen deprivation (IAD) in prostate cancer cases with biochemical progression after surgery

scientific article published on 12 June 2011

Predictors of Hospitalization After Ureteroscopy Plus Elective Double-J Stent as an Outpatient Procedure

scientific article published on 14 November 2018

Prognostic value of inflammation in prostate cancer progression and response to therapeutic: a critical review

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Prospective Assessment of Vesical Imaging Reporting and Data System (VI-RADS) and Its Clinical Impact on the Management of High-risk Non-muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer Patients Candidate for Repeated Transurethral Resection

scientific article published on 05 November 2019

Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System 3 Category Cases at Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance for Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

scientific article published on 03 July 2019

Prostate cancer gene 3 and multiparametric magnetic resonance can reduce unnecessary biopsies: decision curve analysis to evaluate predictive models

scientific article published on 29 September 2013

Prostate cancer recurrence after radical prostatectomy: the role of 3-T diffusion imaging in multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging

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Prostate cancer: 1HMRS-DCEMR at 3T versus [(18)F]choline PET/CT in the detection of local prostate cancer recurrence in men with biochemical progression after radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP)

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Prostate growth and inflammation.

scientific article published on 07 September 2007

Proton spectroscopic and dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance: a modern approach in prostate cancer imaging

scientific article published on 18 April 2008

Psychological and functional effect of different primary treatments for prostate cancer: A comparative prospective analysis

scientific article published on 26 April 2018

Psychological impact of different primary treatments for prostate cancer: A critical analysis

scientific article published on 03 October 2018

Randomized trial comparing an anterograde versus a retrograde approach to open radical prostatectomy: results in terms of positive margin rate

scientific article published on June 2010

Re: Axel Heidenreich. Consensus criteria for the use of magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis and staging of prostate cancer: not ready for routine use. Eur Urol 2011;59:495-7

scientific article published on 22 March 2011

Recovery of Urinary Continence After Radical Prostatectomy Using Early vs Late Pelvic Floor Electrical Stimulation and Biofeedback-associated Treatment

scientific article published in July 2015

Relationship among age, prostate-specific antigen, and prostate volume in men with lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and in different groups of men with and without benign and malignant prostate diseases.

scientific article published in June 1998

Relationship among symptom score, prostate volume, and urinary flow rates in 543 patients with and without benign prostatic hyperplasia

scientific article published in February 1998

Reply

scientific article published on 29 September 2013

Reply to Bernard Tombal's letter to the editor re: Alessandro Sciarra, Per Anders Abrahamsson, Maurizio Brausi, et al. Intermittent androgen-deprivation therapy in prostate cancer: a critical review focused on phase 3 trials. Eur Urol 2013;64:722-30

scientific article published on 21 December 2013

Reply: To PMID 26142594.

scientific article published in July 2015

Results, questions, perspectives of a study on human Polyomavirus BK and molecular actors in prostate cancer development

scientific article published on March 2015

Role of Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance (MR) Imaging and Proton MR Spectroscopic Imaging in the Detection of Local Recurrence after Radical Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer

scientific article published on 31 December 2007

Role of magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging ([¹H]MRSI) and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) in identifying prostate cancer foci in patients with negative biopsy and high levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA).

scientific article published on 17 September 2010

Role of radical retropubic prostatectomy in patients with locally advanced prostate cancer: the influence of Gleason score 8-10.

scientific article published in January 2003

Safety profile of selective alpha-1 adrenoceptor antagonists in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia

scientific article published on 01 March 1997

Somatostatin analogues and estrogens in the treatment of androgen ablation refractory prostate adenocarcinoma

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Supernumerary kidney laparoscopically treated

scientific article published on November 2013

Superselective embolization of bladder arteries in the treatment of intractable bladder haemorrhage

scientific article published in May 2005

Surgical blood loss during holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) is not affected by short-term pretreatment with dutasteride: a double-blind placebo-controlled trial on prostate vascularity

scientific article published on 11 March 2020

Surgical enucleation for renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Prognostic significance of tumour stage, grade and DNA ploidy

scientific article published on 01 April 1997

The IGF axis in prostate cancer

scientific article published on January 2007

The emerging role of targeted therapy in renal cell carcinoma (RCC): is it time for a neoadjuvant or an adjuvant approach?

scientific article published on 08 March 2011

The role of hormonal therapy in the treatment of prostatic carcinoma.

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Thulium laser supported nephron sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma

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Two-Sided Bulbar Urethroplasty Using Dorsal Plus Ventral Oral Graft: Urinary and Sexual Outcomes of a New Technique

scientific article published on 21 March 2011

Update on screening in prostate cancer based on recent clinical trials

scientific article published on January 2011

Use of 3D T2-weighted MR sequences for the assessment of neurovascular bundle changes after nerve-sparing radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP): a potential diagnostic tool for optimal management of erectile dysfunction after RRP.

scientific article published in May 2009

Use of Multiparametric MR with Neurovascular Bundle Evaluation to Optimize the Oncological and Functional Management of Patients Considered for Nerve‐Sparing Radical Prostatectomy

scientific article published on 29 May 2012

Use of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitor for prevention of urethral strictures secondary to transurethral resection of the prostate.

scientific article published in December 2005

VARIATION OF CHROMOGRANIN A SERUMLEVELS AFTER RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY FOR PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA

scientific article published on 01 January 2003

Value of magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MSR) and dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance (DCEMR) imaging for the characterization of high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HGPIN) foci

scientific article published on 13 November 2009

Value of magnetic resonance spectroscopy imaging and dynamic contrast-enhanced imaging for detecting prostate cancer foci in men with prior negative biopsy

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Variation in chromogranin A serum levels during intermittent versus continuous androgen deprivation therapy for prostate adenocarcinoma

scientific article published in May 2003

Very old people can have favorable outcome after hip fracture: 58 patients referred to rehabilitation

scientific article published on 01 August 2000

Which patients with prostate cancer are actually candidates for hormone therapy?

scientific article published in November 2004

Words of wisdom. Re: Carbonic anhydrase IX in renal cell carcinoma: implications for prognosis, diagnosis, and therapy. Stillebroer AB, Mulders PFA, Boerman DC, Oyen WJG, Oosterwijk. E Eur Urol. In press. DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2010.03.015.

scientific article published on August 2010

Words of wisdom. Re: Intermittent versus continuous androgen deprivation in prostate cancer

scientific article published in December 2013

Words of wisdom. Re: Retrospective analysis of prostate cancer recurrence potential with tissue metabolomic profiles. Maxeiner A, Adkins CB, Zhang Y, et al. Prostate 2010;70:710-7.

scientific article published on August 2010

[ Monotherapy with tamsulosin]

scientific article published on 01 October 2011

[5ARI and PSA: therapeutic aspects]

scientific article published on 23 September 2014

[Comparative effects of transurethral incision (TUIP) and the combination of TUIP and LHRH agonists in the treatment of benign prostatic hypertrophy]

scientific article published on 01 January 1996

[Comparison in the follow-up of two patients with persistent elevated PSA and negative prostate biopsy]

scientific article published on 01 January 2014

[Current diagnostic procedure on neuroendocrine differentiation of prostate cancer].

scientific article published in April 2011

[Epidermal growth factor binding and steroid receptor content in human benign prostatic hypertrophy]

scientific article published on 01 January 1992

[Heredity and urologic tumors]

scientific article published on 01 September 2001

[Neuroendocrine target therapies for prostate cancer]

scientific article published on 01 April 2011

[Pharmacological combinations in the treatment of benign prostatic hypertrophy]

scientific article published on 01 January 1993

[Prostate cancer unit for an optimal management of prostate cancer unit]

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

[Rare case of multiple adenomatoid tumors arising from tunica vaginalis of testis and epididymis]

scientific article published on 01 June 2010

[Role of neuroendocrine cells in prostate cancer progression]

scientific article published on 01 April 2011

[Role of nitric oxide in the urogenital system: physiology and pathology]

scientific article published on 01 December 2000

[The role of prostate specific antigen and its derivatives (age-specific PSA, PSA density, velocity, free/total PSA) in the diagnosis of prostate cancer]

scientific article published on 01 June 1998