Current protocols to estimate the number, size, and location of cancerous lesions in prostate using multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI) are highly dependent on reader experience expertise. Automatic voxel-wise cancer classifiers do not directly provide estimates location, size that clinically important. Existing spatial partitioning methods linear or piecewise-linear boundaries s...

Background: Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy in men and the second leading cause of death in all countries of the world. The exact mechanism of prostate cancer is not known. On the other hand, early detection of prostate cancer can lead to a complete cure. Several clinical experiments including Digital Rectum Examination (DRE), biochemistry such as Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA), ...

background: we aimed to value the usefulness of free to total prostate-specific antigen and prostate-specific antigen (psa) density for prostate cancer in the patients with psa levels of 4.0 ng/ml or less. methods: a total of 343 subjects with psa levels of 4.0 ng/ml or less were biopsied. all patients were divided into four groups according to the psa levels: 0 to 1.0 ng/ml, 1.1 to 2.0 ng/ml, ...

In this paper, a novel stochastic method is developed for despeckling transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) images of the prostate. By incorporating the circular probe acquisition particularities and speckle noise statistics of TRUS images of the prostate into a likelihood-weighted Monte Carlo estimation scheme, the proposed method can better remove speckle noise while preserving image structures and d...

to investigate and compare the infectious and non-infectious complications of single-dose versus multiple-dose antibiotic therapy for trans-rectal ultrasound (trus)-guided biopsy of the prostate. patients were enrolled in a prospective randomized study that was designed to investigate the effects of single-dose versus multiple-dose antimicrobial prophylaxis regimen mainly on asymptomatic bacter...

PURPOSE We assessed the effect of age, health status and patient preferences on outcomes of surgery vs active surveillance for low risk prostate cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS We used Monte Carlo simulation of Markov models of the life courses of 200,000 men diagnosed with low risk prostate cancer and treated with surveillance or radical prostatectomy to calculate quality adjusted life expecta...

ferulago w. koch. (apiaceae) genus is represented by approximately 50 taxa throughout the world. ferulago species are known as “çakşır” or “çağşır” in turkey and mostly known for their aphrodisiac effects. however recent reports emphasize the activity of various ferulago species against cancer, as well. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of lyophilized extract of f. mughlea peş...

background the most important surgical complications of renal transplantation are stenosis and obstruction of anastomosis of the ureter to the bladder. hence, routine use of ureteral stents to prevent such complications seems logical; however, the optimal time to remove the ureteral stent is still controversial. objectives the purpose of this study was to compare the benefits and complications ...