Annals of Urologic Oncology

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  • Open radical retropubic prostatectomy as a saviour in the era of robotics- a single surgeon experience

    Abdul Rouf Khawaja, Malik Abdul Rouf ... Mohd.Saleem Wani

    Outcome of its safety, perioperative outcomes, functional outcomes, oncologic outcomes in open radical retropubic prostatectomy for organ confined prostate cancers in the era of robotic surgery. A prospective study of radical retropubic prostatectomy performed at SKIMS between 2013 and 2020 was conducted. Work up of the patients in the study (n=42) included age, comorbidities, serum prosta...

    RESEARCH | Published: 10 Oct 2020

    Annals of Urologic Oncology, Volume 3, Issue 2

    Pages: 54-60   PDF(2060KB)

  • Short term outcomes in Indian patients with high risk prostate cancer after laparoscopic radical prostatectomy- data from a single institute

    Prashant Patel, Shrenik J Shah, Arpan Choudhary

    Management of high risk prostate cancer (HRPC) is in evolving stage. Effectiveness of the various treatment strategies is being explored. We examined the short term efficacy of laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) in treatment of patients with HRPC. Retrospective observational study had 140 HRPC patients of Indian origin, based on D’Amico classification system. Baseline workup was completed. ...

    RESEARCH | Published: 04 Oct 2020

    Annals of Urologic Oncology, Volume 3, Issue 2

    Pages: 61-70   PDF(837KB)

  • Long non-coding RNAs in castration-resistant and neuroendocrine prostate cancer: Potential role and therapeutic impact

    Kumari S. Prajapati, Atul K. Singh ... Sanjay Gupta

    Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed malignancy and leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men worldwide. The disease is heterogeneous in nature exhibiting various clinical subtypes and genetic/transcriptomic features. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are transcripts of more than 200 nucleotides that does not encode any protein and play important role in several biological processes as ...

    REVIEW | Published: 31 Dec 2020

    Annals of Urologic Oncology, Volume 3, Issue 2

    Pages: 71-81   PDF(1270KB)

  • Comparative study of histological changes (thermal artefacts) in resected specimens of monopolar and bipolar trans-urethral resection of bladder tumours

    Vasudevan Thirugnanasambandam, Jeyaraman Ramanathan

    The primary aim of the study was to study the histological changes (Thermal artefacts) noted in the resected specimens between the Monopolar and Bipolar Trans-Urethral Resection of Bladder Tumours (TURBT). The study was done between March 2012 and Feb 2013. This was a comparative study between Monopolar and Bipolar resection specimens studied for histological changes (Thermal artefacts). Institu...

    RESEARCH | Published: 04 Nov 2020

    Annals of Urologic Oncology, Volume 3, Issue 2

    Pages: 82-88   PDF(939KB)

  • Minimal invasive treatments for renal cell carcinoma

    Selahattin Çalışkan, Mustafa Sungur

    Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most common malignancy of the kidney that accounts 85% of all renal tumors and 2-3% of all adult malignancies . The etiology of RCC associated with smoking , obesity, anti-hypertensive therapy, coffee and tea, Western diet (high fat and protein and low fruits and vegetables). However, the detection of small renal masses has been increased because of widespread us...

    REVIEW | Published: 05 Oct 2020

    Annals of Urologic Oncology, Volume 3, Issue 2

    Pages: 89-96   PDF(1080KB)

  • Multilocular cystic renal neoplasm-low malignant potential (MCRN-LMP)- review

    Sunil Vitthalrao Jagtap

    Multilocular Cystic Renal Neoplasm of Low Malignant Potential (MCRN-LMP), previously known as multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma as a rare variant of cystic kidney. It is composed of multiple cysts separated by thin septa covered with clear cells with no expansile growth. The termMCRN-LMPshould be used exclusively to identify a cystic kidney lesion with a small clusters of neoplastic clear c...

    REVIEW | Published: 31 Dec 2020

    Annals of Urologic Oncology, Volume 3, Issue 2

    Pages: 97-102   PDF(874KB)