[PDF] Top 20 Moderated Posters 6: Bladder Cancer

... Introduction and Objectives: While level 1 evidence supports the use of neo-adjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC), its uptake has been underwhelming. In 2008, ... See full document

... compared. Cancer specific survival and overall survival are ...chromophobe, 6% papillary and one wilms tumor), 9% oncocytoma and 14% missed or no biopsy ...bleeds. Cancer specific survival is 100% ... See full document

... Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, Montreal, QC, Canada Introduction and Objectives: Increasing age may result in higher rates of adverse events following radical cystectomy. We sought to test the effect ... See full document

... Results: We identified 107 patients, 58 female and 49 male, who under- went AC and CUD between 1995 and 2013, with a mean age at surgery of 15 years (range 3-59 years). Mean follow-up was 71 months (range 1 month-15 ... See full document

... in 6 (21%), unspecified GCT in 3 (11%), and sarcoma in 1 ...recurrence-free, cancer-specific, and overall survival rates were 83% (95% CI: 61%, 93%), 96% (95% CI: 75%, 99%), and 96% (95% CI: 75%, 99%), ... See full document

... Methods: During stent placement, ureteral length [ureteropelvic junc- tion (UPJ) to ureterovesical junction (UVJ) distance] was measured by endoscopically viewing an open-ended catheter (with its 1-cm markings) emanating ... See full document

... Patients’ cancer risk was assessed using a modified 2009 Centre for Disease Control Behavioural Risk Factor Surveillance ...and cancer history are not predictive of awareness of this ...kidney cancer ... See full document

... Introduction and Objectives: Phenotypic differentiation of patients with Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome (IC/BPS) may improve under- standing of the pathogenesis and heterogeneity of the condition as ... See full document

... Methods: A retrospective review of women presenting to our centre between 2003-2011 with mesh erosion into the urinary tract was com- pleted. Data was recorded and analyzed using SPSS version 15.0™. Results: Forty ... See full document

... Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United States Introduction: Large locally invasive colorectal, sarcoma, and gynecologic tumours often invade adjacent genitourinary structures necessitating en- bloc ... See full document

... Methods: Patients undergoing their first biopsy were identified. Clinical parameters considered for model inclusion were age, abnormal digital rectal exam (DRE), PSA, family history of PC, ethnicity, and body-mass index ... See full document

... prostate cancer and scheduled for radical prostatectomy under- went real time elastography and contrast enhanced MRI before radical prostatectomy at least 6 weeks after prostate biopsy by independent phy- ... See full document

... sive bladder cancer is radical cystectomy with removal of the prostate and seminal ...prostate cancer and urothelial cancer of the prostate in cysto- prostatectomy specimens conducted for ... See full document

... Methods: OS during 36 months of treatment was analyzed by presence or absence of radiographically-confirmed PVFs in the overall population (median age: 75 years; median ADT duration: 20.5 months), and was adjusted for ... See full document

... Methods: We performed a single-centre, phase II, open-label trial in which men with LHRH agonist-related fatigue were given 2 daily cans of Red Bull® Sugar-Free energy drinks for a period of 4 weeks. Fatigue levels were ... See full document

... Results: Mean patient age was 72.6 years. Mean preoperative patient char- acteristics include transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) volume of 218 grams, AUA symptom score (AUASS) of 18.9, Qmax of 7.5 ml/sec, post-void residual ... See full document

... Materials and Methods: Between 1988 and 2006, 12722 radical cystec- tomies were performed for urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder (UCUB) in 17 Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) reg- ... See full document

... Methods: From May 2005 to November 2010 we performed sixty LRC for muscle invasive or non muscle invasive high grade bladder cancers. We compared our first 30 consecutive patients (group A) with the next 30 ... See full document

... Materials and Methods: Between 1993 and 2008, 2287 patients under- went radical cystectomy at 8 different centres across Canada and had their data recorded in institutional databases. Of these, 2159 had the patho- ... See full document

... Results: Mean baseline PORPUS-P score was 83.1, and fell to 66.5 (p<0.001) at T1. Over time HRQoL improved but did not return to base- line (T4 mean 76.4, p<0.001). The estimated mean PORPUS-P change using growth ... See full document