Background: Brachytherapy treatment planning in cervix carcinoma patients using two dimensional (2D) orthogonal images provides only point dose estimates while CT-based planning provides volumetric dose assessment helping in understanding the correlation between morbidity and the dose to organs at risk (OARs) and treatment volume. Objective: Aim of present study is to compare Internationa...

from 20 patients with bladder injury due to war trauma, three patients were in critical condition because of extensive bladder injury associated with rectosigmoid injury and septicemia. in these three patients, early supravesical diversion was undertaken using ileal conduit. after stabilization of the patients' condition, undiversion was performed successfully, bringing the patients back t...

bladder stone is an old known mankind disease. it is a problem of male and is more common in children of underdeveloped countries and old age men in industrialized countries. giant bladder stone in a female without any underlying problem is even a rarer entity. the case alone is hence being reported in view of its rarity and persistence of stone from childhood

Background & Aims: In the western countries, bladder cancer is the fourth and eighth common cancer in males and females, respectively, and like other cancers it has been significantly increasing in last years. The aim of this study was to find out the epidemiology of bladder cancer in Fars province /Iran during 2003-2008 according to cancer registry data system. Methods: In this epidemiological...

background : e-cadherin is a trans-membrane glycoprotein that plays a critical role in many aspects of cell adhesion as well as establishment and maintenance of epithelial cell polarity. loss of the adhesive function of e-cadherin seems to promote invasive and metastatic properties of neoplastic cells.   objectives: the present study is a retrospective study aiming to evaluate the loss of e-cad...

objective(s):green tea (gt) is one of the most popular beverages worldwide whose beneficial effects on health have been demonstrated. recent studies suggest that gt may contribute to reduction of cancer risk and progression. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of whole gt on urinary bladder chemical carcinogenesis in male and female icr mice. materials and methods: the gt characte...

background : limited studies are available on the calculation of radiation exposure and its associated risks for people in contact with patients who have been treated with permanent prostate brachytherapy. in this study the changes in the radiation exposure were calculated in different stages of the bladder fullness in prostate seed brachytherapy. methods :magnetic resonance images of three pat...

From 20 patients with bladder injury due to war trauma, three patients were in critical condition because of extensive bladder injury associated with rectosigmoid injury and septicemia. In these three patients, early supravesical diversion was undertaken using ileal conduit. After stabilization of the patients' condition, undiversion was performed successfully, bringing the patients back t...

Summary Bladder cancer is a heterogeneous disease in molecular, histological and clinical aspects. Treatment should also be considered from different angles - surgery, intravesical chemo- or immunotherapy, radiation therapy lifestyle changes. Intravesical treatment of superficial bladder with Еpirubicin Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) continuation surgical to reduce eliminate further recurrence.