BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Port-site metastasis (PSM) is a rare complication of laparoscopic intervention in urologic malignancies. Of the greater than 50 reported cases of PSM in the urologic oncology literature, only 9 have occurred after surgery for renal-cell carcinoma (RCC). We report a 10th instance of RCC metastasis-in this case to the camera-port site after robot-assisted partial nephrectom...

Circulating prostate cells can be detected in cancer patients by using reverse transcriptase-PCR (RT-PCR) assay for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSM) mRNA. A quality-control study involving a conventional RT-PCR assay was performed and, surprisingly, detected both transcripts in many negative control cell lines and in normal blood samples. The existenc...

To analyze the learning curve for cancer control from an initial 250 cases (Group I) and subsequent 250 cases (Group II) of robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) performed by a single surgeon. Five hundred consecutive patients with clinically localized prostate cancer received RALP and were evaluated. Surgical parameters and perioperative complications were compared between...

PURPOSE To analyze the location of the positive surgical margin (PSM) and its association with the biochemical recurrence (BCR) rate in cases of radical prostatectomy (RP) according to the type of surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively analyzed 1,880 cases of RP. Baseline characteristics were analyzed. Locations of the PSM were recorded in the four surgery groups as apex, anterior,...

Passive air samplers (PAS) are simple and cost-effective tools to monitor semivolatile organic compounds in air. Chemical uptake occurs by molecular diffusion from ambient air to a passive sampling medium (PSM). Previous calibration studies indicate that even for the same type of PAS, passive air sampling rates (R, m(3)(air)/d) can be highly variable due to the influence of a number of factors....

Fabrication of fine features of smaller 0.15um is vital for future ultra-large scale integrated (ULSI) devices. An area of particular concern is whether and how optical lithography can delineate such feature sizes, i.e., smaller than the exposure wavelength. Resolution enhancement techniques for achieving subwavelength optical lithography are presented. Various types of phase shift mask (PSM) t...

BACKGROUND Patient self-testing (PST) and/or patient self-management (PSM) might provide better coagulation care than monitoring at specialized anticoagulation centers. Yet, it remains an underused strategy in the Netherlands. METHODS Budget-impact analyses of current and new market-share scenarios of PST and/or PSM compared with monitoring at specialized centers were performed for a national...

The increased use of nephron-sparing surgery to treat localized renal cell carcinoma (RCC) lends weight to the question of the value of microscopically positive surgical margins (PSM) in cases with a tumor bed macroscopically free of residual tumor. The aim of this article is to highlight the data available on risk factors for PSM, their clinical relevance, and possible therapeutic consequences...

“Plug: Secrets of the Museum” (PSM) is a game played with NFC-enabled mobile phones inside a museum containing dedicated passive RFID tags. During a PSM session, 8 teams exchange virtual cards representing objects located in the museum. These exchanges are done either with RFID tags or with other teams. PSM game design results in an educational and entertaining game which is much more attractiv...