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The Use of New Therapies for Metastatic Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer in t...

Introduction:New drugs such as abiraterone (Abi), enzalutamide (Enz), cabazitaxel (Cab) and radium 223 (Rad) were recently approved for metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients. However, their use in clinical practice is largely unknown, so the objective of this research is to describe their use in mCRPC patients in public hospitals in the north of Portugal. Methods:All mCRPC patients trea...

Assessing the Impact of Old Age on Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma: A Retrospe...

Introduction: Upper tract urothelial carcinoma is an infrequent but aggressive disease. Radical nephroureterectomy is the standard of care for nonmetastatic tumors. The potential implications of old age in the management of upper tract urothelial carcinoma are still controversial. Our aim was to analyze the effect of old age on peri-operative and oncological outcomes after radical nephroureterectomy. Methods: W...

Do Variant Histologies of Urothelial Carcinoma change the survival outcome in p...

Anxiety and depression in patients with prostate cancer, at cancer diagnosis an...

Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most prevalent among men, and psychological symptoms may affect many patients. This study aims to describe the prevalence of probable anxiety and depression before PCa treatments and after one year and to identify sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with these outcomes. Between February 2018 and March 2020, 292 patients recently diagnosed with PCa were recruited at the ...

Testicular cancer awareness and knowledge: is it the same? Exploratory study in...

Testicular cancer (TC) is among the most common malignancies in the young male. Awareness plays an important role, because delay in diagnosis affects outcome. Testicular self-examination (TSE) is controversial, but recent evidence shows some cost benefits in performing this exam versus a late-stage diagnosis. The aims of this study are to determine and compare awareness for TC and TSE in males and females with ...

Prospective evaluation on the effect of interobserver variability of digital re...

To assess the level of agreement between digital rectal examination findings of two urologists and its effect on risk prediction using the digital rectal examination-based Rotterdam Prostate Cancer Risk Calculator.

Ensino da Anatomia na Escola de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade do Minho