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RANKL acts directly on RANK-expressing prostate tumor cells and mediates migration and expression of tumor metastasis genes
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2008-01-01)
BACKGROUND Metastases to bone are a frequent complication of human prostate cancer and result in the development of osteoblastic lesions that include an underlying osteoclastic component. Previous studies in rodent models ...
ETS rearrangements and prostate cancer initiation Reply
(Nature Publishing Group, 2008-02-11)
Physician and Patient Satisfaction with the New AMS 700 Momentary Squeeze Inflatable Penile Prosthesis
(Blackwell Publishing Inc, 2009-06)
Introduction. A single-armed, prospective, multicenter study evaluated the redesigned American Medical Systems (AMS) 700 Momentary Squeeze (MS) pump inflatable penile prosthesis (IPP) with enhanced features for ease of ...
Phase II trial of fenretinide in advanced renal carcinoma
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science + Business Media, Inc., 2005-01)
Purpose : Fenretinide, a synthetic form of retinoid, induced apoptosis even in chemotherapy resistant cell lines. A phase II study was hence conducted to evaluate toxicity and efficacy of fenretinide in metastatic renal ...
Continuous real time ex vivo epifluorescent video microscopy for the study of metastatic cancer cell interactions with microvascular endothelium
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2003-09)
Recent studies suggest that only endothelium-attached malignant cells are capable of giving rise to hematogenous cancer metastases. Moreover, tumor cell adhesion to microvascular endothelium could be crucial in metastasis ...
The utility of lockout valve reservoirs in preventing autoinflation in penile prostheses
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2002-09)
Introduction : Autoinflation is a troublesomecomplication following penile prosthesisplacement that may be potentiated by prevesicalscarring following radical prostatectomy. Weevaluated the frequency of autoinflation ...
The Leech and the Physician: Biology, Etymology, and Medical Practice with Hirudinea medicinalis
(Springer-Verlag; by Société Internionale de Chirurgie, 2000-07)
The history of the word “leech” and the practice of leeching reveal interconnected social histories. We give the linguistic and medical histories of the word, and explore its biology and clinical history. Our historical ...
Understanding Potential Intraoperative Impediments for Learning Laparoscopic Nephrectomy
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, 2008-06-01)
Purpose: We evaluated factors that impact the ability to learn hand-assisted laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (HALDN) to identify impediments to diffusion of this procedure. Methods: From February 2002 to June 2004, we ...
Evidence of porcine and human endothelium activation by cancer-associated carbohydrates expressed on glycoproteins and tumour cells
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2004-01)
The biology of a prostate cancer metastasis suppressor protein: Raf kinase inhibitor protein
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2005-02-01)
Raf kinase inhibitor protein (RKIP) was originally identified as a protein that bound membrane phospholipids and was named phosphatidylethanolamine binding protein-2 (PEBP-2). RKIP was than identified as a protein that ...