SCI Abstract

search
+
Acupuncture to reduce nocturia in survivors of prostate cancer
The efficacy of acupuncture to ameliorate nocturia in survivors of prostate cancer was assessed in a pilot randomized clin...
Turning back time in the testes
Leydig cells are particularly vulnerable to testis ageing, new preclinical data in Nature Communications have shown. The p...
Updated favourable-histology Wilms tumour risk stratification: rationale for future Children’s Oncology Group clinical trials
Patients with Wilms tumour have benefited from the results of decades of large collaborative clinical trials, leading to i...
Why women are not treated equally in healthcare and what can be done
Despite recognized sex-based differences in healthcare requirements, women continue to experience substantial disparities ...
Molecular and therapeutic landscape of non-clear cell renal carcinoma
Molecular and therapeutic landscape of non-clear cell renal carcinoma
Non-clear cell renal cell carcinomas (nccRCC) include diverse subtypes such as papillary, oncocytic and chromophobe, colle...
Non-human primates as a translational model for the study of male reproductive health
Non-human primates as a translational model for the study of male reproductive health
Male fertility is complex and influenced by genetic, hormonal, environmental and lifestyle factors. However, limitations t...
Disruption of circadian rhythm as a potential pathogenesis of nocturia
Disruption of circadian rhythm as a potential pathogenesis of nocturia
Increasing evidence suggested the multifactorial nature of nocturia, but the true pathogenesis of this condition still rem...
Molecular imaging of renal cell carcinomas: ready for prime time
Molecular imaging of renal cell carcinomas: ready for prime time
The clinical diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is constantly evolving. Diagnostic imaging of RCC relying on enhanced...
HSD3B1, prostate cancer mortality and modifiable outcomes
HSD3B1, prostate cancer mortality and modifiable outcomes
Androgen receptor stimulation by testosterone and dihydrotestosterone is crucial for prostate cancer progression. Despite ...
Tomorrow’s patient management: LLMs empowered by external tools
Tomorrow’s patient management: LLMs empowered by external tools
Large language models are gaining increasing interest in the medical community; however, an important but overlooked aspec...
Metastasis development in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer
Metastasis development in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer
Non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) is the most common type of bladder cancer presentation and is characterized by ...
Opening up about cancer and mental health
Opening up about cancer and mental health
Everyone understands the tragedy of cancer; however, the severity of its effects are only known to those who have first-ha...
Advancing the state of the art in congenital obstructive uropathy
In March 2024, we convened a symposium to consider the state of the art regarding the mechanisms and management of congeni...
Time is on our side — rethinking the concept of time to treatment for prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is often an indolent disease, and delays in treatment up to 6 months do not seem to affect cancer-free sur...
Alternative promoters activate oncogenic programmes
Use of alternative promoters by oncogene transcription factors increases as prostate tumours progress from benign to metas...
Microplastics in the penis
The presence of microplastics has been found in human penile tissue. This discovery has implications for male fertility an...
Increased xenokidney survival
Survival of xenograft kidneys in allosensitized recipients is extended when using kidneys from pigs with multiple genetic ...
Syphilis on the rise — a need for alternative therapies and vaccines
Syphilis, caused by the bacterium Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum (TPA), re-emerged as a global health problem in the t...
Krause corpuscles act as genital vibration detectors
First described in the 1850s by Wilhelm Krause, the function and physiological functions of the sensory structures that be...
Paternal microbiome perturbations affect offspring outcomes
Paternal microbiome perturbations affect offspring outcomes
Paternal origins of health and disease is an emerging paradigm highlighting the influence of paternal environmental exposu...
Molecular biomarkers of progression in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer — beyond conventional risk stratification
Molecular biomarkers of progression in non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer — beyond conventional risk stratification
The global incidence of bladder cancer is more than half a million diagnoses each year. Bladder cancer can be categorized ...
From foes to friends: rethinking the role of lymph nodes in prostate cancer
From foes to friends: rethinking the role of lymph nodes in prostate cancer
Clinically localized prostate cancer is often treated with radical prostatectomy combined with pelvic lymph node dissectio...
Sun, sea, sex and spaghetti as the ESSM hits Bari
Sun, sea, sex and spaghetti as the ESSM hits Bari
Delegates were treated to a fantastic menu of both science and gastronomy as the European Society for Sexual Medicine (ESS...
Targeting histone modifiers in bladder cancer therapy — preclinical and clinical evidence
Targeting histone modifiers in bladder cancer therapy — preclinical and clinical evidence
Bladder cancer in the most advanced, muscle-invasive stage is lethal, and very limited therapeutic advances have been repo...
Diversifying editorial boards to mitigate the global burden of genitourinary cancers
The growing global burden of genitourinary cancers is disproportionately shouldered by low- and middle-income countries. M...
Robotic kidney transplantation
Robotic kidney transplantation
Kidney transplantation is the best treatment option for patients with end-stage renal disease owing to improved survival a...
Overcoming antibiotic resistance in complicated UTI
Complicated urinary tract infection (UTI) is a debilitating condition often resulting in patient hospitalization and conse...
The ins and outs of penile erection
New discoveries concerning the function of fibroblasts in penile erection have improved our understanding of this physiolo...
Robots learning to imitate surgeons — challenges and possibilities
Robots learning to imitate surgeons — challenges and possibilities
Autonomous surgical robots have the potential to transform surgery and increase access to quality health care. Advances in...
Signatures of metabolic diseases on spermatogenesis and testicular metabolism
Signatures of metabolic diseases on spermatogenesis and testicular metabolism
Diets leading to caloric overload are linked to metabolic disorders and reproductive function impairment. Metabolic and ho...
Load More
format_indent_increase