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Mapped: The World’s Top 10 Cities in 2035
Cities are heavy hitters in the global economy. Where will the top 10 cities be in 2035—based on GDP, population, and annual growth?
Surgeons Transplant a Testicle From One Brother to His Twin
The rare operation has implications for wounded soldiers, accident victims, cancer patients and those undergoing sex reassignment.
Predicting Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Bladder Cancer
The most effective treatment for muscle-invasive bladder cancer is radical cystectomy
preceded by neoadjuvant chemotherapy. We reviewed the literature to identify predictors
of response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. To date, no instrument exists...
Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of mirabegron in patients aged ≥65 yr with overactive bladder wet: a phase IV, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled study (PILLAR)
PILLAR, the first randomised controlled trial of mirabegron in patients with overactive
bladder (OAB) aged ≥65yr, demonstrated the efficacy of mirabegron for OAB symptoms.
The safety and tolerability were consistent with the known safety profile of...
How complaining rewires your brain for negativity — Ladders
You can’t blame your brain. Who’d want to build a temporary bridge every time you need to cross a river? It makes more sense to construct a bridge.
Assessing the Impact of Time to Cystectomy for Variant Histology of Urothelial Bladder Cancer
To determine if the timing of radical cystectomy for variant histology of urothelial carcinoma has an impact on survival. Variant histology has been a…
Correction: Establishment and characterization of a primary androgen‐responsive African‐American prostate cancer cell line, E006AA. Prostate 2004;60(2):145‐152
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Updated European Association of Urology Guidelines on Renal Cell Carcinoma: Immune Checkpoint Inhibition Is the New Backbone in First-line Treatment of Metastatic Clear-cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
Pembrolizumab plus axitinib are recommended as a new standard of care in all International
Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium (IMDC) risk groups. For treatment-naïve
IMDC intermediate- and poor-risk patients, ipilimumab plus...
Percutaneous nephrolithotomy for staghorn calculi: Troubleshooting and managing complications
Staghorn calculi comprise a unique subset of complex kidney stone disease. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is the gold standard treatment for stag…
Update of the AUA Policy Statement on the Use of Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis, Staging and Management of Prostate Canc... - PubMed - NCBI
J Urol. 2019 Oct 23:101097JU0000000000000617. doi: 10.1097/JU.0000000000000617. [Epub ahead of print]
Hand-held device could be non-surgical therapy for kidney stones
Clinical trials have begun at UC San Diego Health for a new investigational hand-held technology that could non-invasively fragment painful kidney stones.
Indian-origin Abhijit Banerjee wins Nobel Prize for Economics for work on global poverty
Indian-origin economist Abhijit Banerjee has won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences.
Prospective Evaluation of (99m)Tc-sestamibi SPECT/CT for the Diagnosis of Renal Oncocytomas and Hybrid Oncocytic/Chromophobe Tumors. - PubMed - NCBI
Eur Urol. 2016 Mar;69(3):413-6. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2015.08.056. Epub 2015 Sep 18. Evaluation Studies; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Amrith Rao
@FicarraVincenzo @PorpigliaF @uretericbud @JamesPorterMD @Uroweb @AmerUrological Johns Hopkins have published the utility of Sestamibi Scan, which is supposed to help diff between Onco, HOCT and RCC ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/26386… @michael_gorin @allaf_mo
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A benedictory ode to urological live surgery
This blog was originally published as a comment article in BJU International, 112: 11–12. doi: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.11780.x With the explosion and expansion of information technology, instantaneous dissemination of medical knowledge across the...
Amrith Rao
@mdstifelman I had written a blog for @BJUIjournal IN 2013. pointed that not ALL surgeons are capable of carrying out live surgery. What’s interesting is that skeptics who had debated with me are seen watching live surgeries at EAU, ERUS!
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Professor Roger Kirby named RSM President-Elect
Professor Roger Kirby has been named Royal Society of Medicine President-Elect. He will succeed Professor Sir Simon Wessely as President in July 2020.
What prophylactic steps should we take to prevent DVT/PE after RARP?
Deep vein thromboses (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) are rare, but potentially devastating, complications of major pelvic surgery. We have performed more than 1000 robot assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) procedures in Central London (Lessons...
Amrith Rao
@benchallacombe @Uroweb @NICEComms @BAUSurology There was a nice debate abt this way back in 2013 by @RogerKirby12
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