OBJECTIVE Thirty percent of patients with localized prostate cancer undergoing radical prostatectomy experience biochemical recurrence with rising serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA). More than 50% of these develop distant metastases. METHODS Presence of PSA mRNA in pathologically normal pelvic lymph nodes from 154 patients undergoing radical prostatectomy was investigated with non-quantita...

Aim: The aim of our present study was to assess the clinical markers of metabolic syndrome in Non alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) patients. Methods: we selected two groups of patients, NASH (n=40) and Cirrhotic (n=40) from Santhiram General Hospital Nandyal, based on Ultrasonography findings. Inclusion criteria was taken into consideration in selecting the. The anthropometric, clinical and bio...

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a condition associated with metabolic disturbances. The aim of the present study was to investigate the biochemical characteristics and risk factors for NAFLD. The study was carried out in a total of 881 subjects diagnosed by ultrasonography. NAFLD occurred mainly in middle-aged individuals, with a prevalence of 63.1 per cent. Multiple logistic regre...

OBJECTIVES To identify post-prostatectomy prognostic factors for biochemical recurrence (BR). METHODS We retrospectively analyze a series of patients with clinically localized prostate cancer who were treated with radical prostatectomy (RP)as monotherapy between 1996 and 2007, pN0-pNx, with a minimum of 12 months of follow-up. BR is considered to be persistence or elevation in PSA after RP gr...

Chen, G. 2007. Physiological and biochemical factors responsible for boar taint. Doctoral thesis. ISSN: 1652-6880. ISBN: 978-91-85913-09-1 We used entire male pigs to: 1) compare different methods to analyse boar taint compounds; 2) evaluate the effects of raw potato starch (RPS), high amylose barley cultivar (Karmosé), sire selection and live weight on the levels of boar taint compounds; 3) in...

INTRODUCTION Radical prostatectomy (RP) is considered the best treatment for the management of localized prostate cancer in patients with life expectancy over 10 years. However, a complete recovery is not guaranteed for all patients who received/underwent RP treatment. Biochemical recurrence is frequently observed during the post-operative follow-up period. The main objective in this study is t...

Physiological and biochemical factors affecting carotenoid utilization in salmonid fish. Gregory Ian Page Carotenoid utilization in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum) and Atlantic salmon (Salmo sa/ar L.) has been investigated with respect to tissue distribution of carotenoids and the role of the liver on the bioavailability of the lipid soluble carotenoids, astaxanthin and canthaxanthi...

Prevalence of urolithiasis in childhood is increasing. The wide geographic variation in the incidence of lithiasis in childhood is related to climatic, dietary, and socioeconomic factors. Many children with stone disease have a metabolic abnormality. In Southeast Asia, urinary calculi are endemic and are related to dietary factors. The main aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of r...