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AUTHOR
E. Caldarera
An appraisal of telomerase activity in benign prostatic hyperplasia
BACKGROUND Prostate cancer is one of the commonest neoplasms in elderly males in developed countries. It is not clear which individuals are at high risk of developing aggressive adenocarcinoma of the prostate. Biomarkers are therefore urgently needed to identify such individuals. It had been suggested both by ourselves and others that prostatic telomerase activity may represent a valuable marker in this respect, particularly if applied to BPH, as tissue is readily available from both transurethral resection of prostates and transrectal ultrasound biopsy. METHODS Tissue was collected prospectively from 46 patients with BPH who underwent TURP for clinically benign prostatic disease, and who w…
Clinical examination, PSA and transrectal ultrasound in the detection of prostate cancer. Our experience
– In this retrospective study, the Authors report their experience on the analysis of sensitivity and specificity of DRE, PSA and transrectal ultrasound, individually and in association, in the study of 118 patients with suspected prostate cancer. Results show that the association of these three techniques give a specificity of 96.6% but low sensitivity (53%).
Correlation between Chronic Prostatitis Syndrome and Pelvic Venous Disease
Objectives: In this study we evaluated the association between chronic prostatitis syndrome (CPS), varicocele and hemorrhoids as manifestations of a pelvic venous disease.<b&g