Drugs that target the tumor vasculature and inhibit angiogenesis are widely used for cancer treatment. Individual tumors show large differences in vascularity, but it is uncertain how these differences affect responsiveness to antiangiogenesis. We investigated this question using two closely related prostate cancer models that differ markedly in tumor vascularity: PC3, which has very low vascul...

Objective: To observe the effect of vitamin C and E administration on endometrial thickness and vascularity in clomiphene citrate stimulated endometrium Method: Research design was randomized clinical trial. Both groups were stimulated with clomiphene citrate. Treatment group was given vitamin C and E, while control group was given placebo. Transvaginal ultrasound examination is used to assess ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the association between thymidine phosphorylase (TP) and angiogenesis, and other conventional prognostic markers. We also evaluated interobserver and intraobserver reliability for TP expression in ductal carcinoma, to achieve a more consistent results. METHODS Our study included all cases diagnosed in Adnan Menderes University Medical Faculty Hospital, Aydin, Turkey as ...

Objectives Ultrasonography (US) is a fast, available and low-cost imaging tool used for detecting knee synovitis. Our aims were to assess the relationship between US and histology findings in appraising levels of inflammation and vascularity in the knee joint in subjects with inflammatory arthropathies; to determine whether differences exist in the appraisal between varying knee compartments an...

Combined thromboxane synthase inhibitors and thromboxane receptors antagonists have been shown to have a beneficial effect on different models of thrombosis in vivo. We studied the action of one of these compounds (DT-TX 30) compared with dazoxiben (a thromboxane synthase inhibitor) on retinal vascularity in streptozotocin-diabetic rats. Ten nondiabetic animals were treated with isotonic saline...

OBJECTIVE To describe the typical sonographic findings and clinical applications of color Doppler sono-hysterography and to correlate the vascularity of lesions seen on color Doppler sonohysterography to microvessel density and the presence of vessels greater than 0.5 mm. METHODS Color Doppler sonohysterography was performed on 25 women with abnormal uterine bleeding. The vascularity (number ...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate preoperatively the results of transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) in the detection of morphological, vascularization status of urethral rhabdosphincter (RS) and evaluate the correlation with urinary continence after radical prostatectomy (RP). METHODS 211 patients who underwent RP were prospectively studied using TRUS scan of the RS thickness. At...

BACKGROUND This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of gray-scale and power Doppler sonography for acute cholecystitis and show a correlation between sonographic and intraoperative findings, quantitively. METHODS Forty chronic and forty acute cholecystitis patients were examined. Early laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed for acute cholecystitis. Demographic characteristics, so...

BACKGROUND We evaluated shear-wave elastography (SWE) and color Doppler ultrasonography (US) features for fibroepithelial lesions (FELs), and to evaluate their utility to differentiate fibroadenomas (FAs) and phyllodes tumors (PTs). METHODS This retrospective study included 67 FELs pathologically confirmed (49 FAs, 18 PTs). B-mode US, SWE and color Doppler US were performed for each lesion. M...