cystoscopy and urinary cytology are currently the basis for diagnosis and ‎follow-up of bladder tumors. research to find a sensitive and specific tumor ‎marker for diagnosis of bladder tumor is actively underway, however, due to low sensitivity ‎and high cost of cytology. this cross-sectional study was performed in 65 patients to evaluate whether urinary bladder ‎cancer (ubc) antigen level can ...

breast cancer is the most common cancer in women except skin cancer. the common metastatic sites include lymph node, lung, liver and bone. however, metastasis to the bladder is extremely rare. to our knowledge, this is the first case of breast cancer metastasis to urinary bladder in jordan which is reported. nine years after the initial diagnosis of lobular breast carcinoma, the patient suffere...

bladder cancer is the most frequent genitourinary malignancy in iran. environmental and genetic factors are the two factors linked with bladder cancer expansion. the aim of this study was to investigate the role of pten gene and environmental risk factors on the progression and prognosis of bladder cancer.we evaluated 55 tumor specimens and 66 bladder mucosa samples of non-cancerous patients be...

background: prostate cancer is the sixth most common cancer worldwide and will include about 30% of all malignancies in men.since the initial report of the anatomic radical prostatectomy, refinements in the surgical technique have been made. several studies showthat bladder neck preservation (bnp) during radical prostatectomy makes improve early return of urinary continence, erectile function o...

objective(s):green tea (gt) is one of the most popular beverages worldwide whose beneficial effects on health have been demonstrated. recent studies suggest that gt may contribute to reduction of cancer risk and progression. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of whole gt on urinary bladder chemical carcinogenesis in male and female icr mice. materials and methods: the gt characte...

Objective(s):Green tea (GT) is one of the most popular beverages worldwide whose beneficial effects on health have been demonstrated. Recent studies suggest that GT may contribute to reduction of cancer risk and progression. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of whole GT on urinary bladder chemical carcinogenesis in male and female ICR mice. Materials and Methods: The GT charact...

abstract introduction: bladder cancer is the most common tumor of the urinary tract and the ninth cancer in terms of incidence in both sexes in the world. bladder cancer is the second most common cancer in men in iran. this study aimed to investigate the trend of death from bladder cancer in iran.materials and methods: this study was conducted by the use of data on mortality in iran during 2006...

botulinum toxin (bt) is a potent presynaptic neuromuscular blocking agent which induces selective, reversible muscle weakness for months when injected intramuscularly.during recent years bt has revolutionized the treatment of previously intractable symptoms of detrusor overactivity. based on a systematic search of the pubmed database,a review of the current literature on the use of onabotulinum...