results there was no statistical difference between the 2 groups with respect to the recurrence rate (p > 0.05). although the recurrence interval was longer for the metformin group, this increase was not statistical significant (p > 0.05). furthermore, tumor recurrence had no correlation with sex or the grade of the tumors. conclusions according to our findings, it seems that metformin has no c...

objective: the current methods for bladder cancer diagnosis suffer from low sensitivity and specificity. therefore, finding a novel tumor markers with high specificity and sensitivity is of great interest. micrornas (mirna, mir) are small endogenously-produced, non-coding rnas with an important role in regulating gene expression. recent studies show that mirnas expression profiles represent sig...

conclusions although it is a rare entity, ec should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with dysuria, hematuria and any kind of acquired voiding dysfunction, including frequency, pollakiuria and incontinence. case presentation we present a 17-year-old male patient, who was continent night and day in his childhood, and was admitted to our clinic for complaints of...

background: the gold standard for detection of bladder cancer is cystoscopy, which is an invasive and complicated procedure. our study was conducted to find a tumor marker with high specificity, sensitivity, and accuracy for the diagnosis of bladder cancer. methods: serum samples were collected from 58 bladder cancer patients and 60 healthy control subjects. levels of lipid-bound sialic acid (l...

small cell carcinoma of the urinary bladder (sccub) is an extremely rare bladder malignancy characterized by an aggressive clinical behavior. so, it is important to diagnose this high grade disease by urinary cytology. we report a case of sccub in an old man with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (cll) in remission, while bladder tumor was diagnosed by cytology. with this article, we aimed to review...

bladder cancer is the most frequent genitourinary malignancy in iran. environmental and genetic factors are the two factors linked with bladder cancer expansion. the aim of this study was to investigate the role of pten gene and environmental risk factors on the progression and prognosis of bladder cancer.we evaluated 55 tumor specimens and 66 bladder mucosa samples of non-cancerous patients be...

breast cancer is the most common cancer in women except skin cancer. the common metastatic sites include lymph node, lung, liver and bone. however, metastasis to the bladder is extremely rare. to our knowledge, this is the first case of breast cancer metastasis to urinary bladder in jordan which is reported. nine years after the initial diagnosis of lobular breast carcinoma, the patient suffere...

Background: Carcinoid tumors usually originate from the enterochromaffin cells located in gastrointestinal tract and bronchopulmonary system. They may rarely arise in the urinary bladder, where this can be eventually miscued as any other commoner bladder neoplasms. The current study was conducted to connote an uncommon clinicopathological presentation by a carcinoid tu...

Bladder cancer is one of the most common forms of cancers in the world. The current gold standards for itsdiagnosis are cystoscopy and urine cytology. Cystoscopy, a naked eye assessment of the bladder, is invasive, uncomfortable and costly with a great deal of personal variability in its results; while urine cytology has high specificity but low sensitivity, particularly for low-grade les...

abstract   synchronous upper urinary tract tumor and superficial bladder tumor are uncommon. this is a report of a 62- year- old man presented with episode of painless gross hematuria and flank pain. we worked him up and found a left renal mass and bladder lesion. he underwent nephrectomy and tur-bt, and the pathology report of both showed a high grade urothelial transitional cell carcinoma. th...