Objectives. The aims of this study were to compare the outcomes of robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) between patients who had larger (≥75 g) and smaller (<75 g) prostates and to evaluate the performance of PSA density (PSAD) in determining the oncological outcome of surgery. Methods and Materials. 344 patients who underwent RALP at a single institution were included in the stud...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to identify independent predictors of pain at the MTP joints in patients with PsA. METHODS Thirty-four consecutive patients with PsA (mean age 45.3 years, 65% female, mean disease duration 9.9 years) and 22 control participants (mean age 37.9 years, 64% female) underwent clinical and US examination to determine the presence of pain, swelling, synovitis, ero...

fracture system in carbonate reservoirs is very complex. understanding the features of fractures such as dip, strike and the other parameters can help to distinguish the behaviour of reservoir in any exploration and production plan. image log is the best way to investigate feature planes like fracture and bedding. image log in one of drilled well #10x393 of bangestan reservoir in gachsaran oilf...

PURPOSE To evaluate the value of dynamic contrast enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DCE-MRI) without endorectal coil (EC) in the detection of local recurrent prostate cancer (PC) after radical prostatectomy (RP). MATERIAL AND METHODS Thirty-three patients with recurrent PC underwent DCE-MRI without EC before salvage radiotherapy (RT). At median 15 (mean 16±4.9, range 12-27) months after co...

background: stereotactic body radiotherapy (sbrt) has emerged as an effective treatment for localized prostate cancer. however, prostate-specific antigen (psa) kinetics after sbrt has not been well characterized. the objective of the current study is to analyze the rate of psa decline and psa nadir following hypofractonated sbrt in localized prostate cancer. materials and methods: from 2008 to ...

BACKGROUND Given the uncertainties inherent in clinical measures of prostate cancer aggressiveness, clinically validated tissue biomarkers are needed. We tested whether Alpha-2-Glycoprotein 1, Zinc-Binding (AZGP1) protein levels, measured by immunohistochemistry, and RNA expression, by RNA in situ hybridization (RISH), predict recurrence after radical prostatectomy independent of clinical and p...

abstract   background: regarding the variety of tests present for detecting and also screening prostate cancer and also bearing in mind the advantages and disadvantages of these tests we decided to re-evaluate these tests (total prostate specific antigen and all of its modifications) in detecting prostate cancer in men with intermediate serum psalevels.   methods: following a cross sectional st...

Given that up to 35% of patients develop biochemical recurrence (BCR) after radical prostatectomy (RP), the use of salvage radiation therapy (SRT) to prevent progression and reduce mortality is appropriate for many patients. However, unlike RP or primary radiation where definitions of prostatespecific antigen (PSA) failure are widely accepted and allow early identification of patients for secon...