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... Internal Medicine > Chapter 91. Benign and Malignant Diseases of the Prostate Benign and Malignant Diseases of the Prostate: Introduction Benign and malignant changes in the prostate increase ... improve survival in prospective randomized trials. The paradox of management is that although the disease remains the second leading Chapter 091. Benign and Malignant Diseases of the Prostate (Part ... Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and acid phosphatase are produced in the epithelial cells. Both prostate epithelial cells and stromal cells express androgen receptors and depend on androgens for growth....

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... similar, with a proviso that the risks and benefits of the performance of these Chapter 091. Benign and Malignant Diseases of the Prostate (Part 2) Diagnosis and Treatment by Clinical State The ... produced by both nonmalignant and malignant epithelial cells. PSA is prostate-specific, not prostate cancer–specific, and serum PSA increases may occur from prostatitis, BPH, and prostate cancer. ... size and consistency and abnormalities within or beyond the gland. Many cancers occur in the peripheral zone and can be palpated on DRE. Carcinomas are characteristically hard, nodular, and...

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... are clinically localized, 40% are not palpable, and of these, 70% are pathologically organ-confined. The Chapter 091. Benign and Malignant Diseases of the Prostate (Part 3) The PSA criteria ... of cancer, and the amount of cancer is quantified based on the length of the tumor within the core and the percentage of the core involved. accuracy for men with a PSA between 4 and 10, the ... based on the DRE and PSA findings is illustrated in Fig. 91-2. In general, a biopsy is recommended if the DRE or PSA is abnormal. Twenty-five percent of men with a PSA >4 ng/mL and an abnormal...

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... confined to the gland (T2), and those that have extended outside the gland (T3 and T4) (Table 91-1). DRE alone is inaccurate with respect to the extent of the disease within the gland, the presence ... > half of one lobe but not both lobes B1 Palpable, < one lobe Chapter 091. Benign and Malignant Diseases of the Prostate (Part 4) Pathology The noninvasive proliferation of epithelial ... gland by direct extension. When prostate cancer is diagnosed, a measure of histologic aggressiveness is assigned using the Gleason grading system, in which the dominant and secondary glandular...

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... Chapter 091. Benign and Malignant Diseases of the Prostate (Part 5) TRUS is the imaging technique most frequently used ... during his lifetime and thus require treatment, and the probability that the tumor can be cured by single-modality therapy directed at the prostate or requires both local and systemic therapy ... the prostate and to assess local disease extent. T1-weighted images produce a high signal in the periprostatic fat, periprostatic venous plexus, perivesicular tissues, lymph nodes, and bone marrow....

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... Ocular Zoonoses referred to the Inflammatory and Autoim- mune Ocular Diseases Service of the University of Parma - Italy Stefania Gonzales, Alessandro Giannone, Pierangela Rubino, Francesca ... from Tuscany and from Ligury, and Po river flows through its territory. The territory of Parma Province presents two types of en- vironment: mountains with woods in the South and floody plains ... of the environment, the presence of woods and the habit of consuming sausages and raw meat make Parma Province an endemic area for both arthropod- and food-borne zoonoses. Approximately 20%...

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... ANGPTL2 and ANGPTL6 ⁄ AGF in obesity and related metabolic diseases, and discuss the possibility that both could func- tion as molecular targets for the prevention and treatment of obesity and metabolic ... focus on the roles of ANGPTL2 and ANGPTL6 ⁄ AGF in obes- ity and related metabolic diseases, and discuss whether these ANGPTLs could be targets for the prevention and treatment of these conditions. Suppression ... Therefore, it is important to understand the molecular basis underly- ing obesity and related metabolic diseases in order to develop effective pre- ventive and therapeutic approaches against these...

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... illness and the specific nature and circumstances of the contact between the patient and exposed persons. Vol. 54 / RR-12 Recommendations and Reports 27 history, and chest radiograph), and treat and ... state and local TB-control programs, and other organizations. These partnerships have served the medical and public health communities and should be continued and strengthened. ã Financial and ... services (2), and a clear under- standing and acceptance of roles and responsibilities by an expanded group of participants in TB control will be needed to ensure that the clinical and public health...

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... EAC and S180 cells, mice muscle, sarcoma tissue and the kidney of normal and sarcoma-bearing mice. Mitochondria from EAC and S180 cells were prepared according to Moreadith and Fiskum [47] and ... normal and sarcoma-bearing mice, as well as from EAC and S180 cells. In addition, ornithine and GAA were estimated also from the kidney of normal and sarcoma-bearing mice. Enzyme assay AGAT and ... results of enzy- matic assays and immunoblot experiments, and suggest that the increase in AGAT and GAMT in malignant cells is due to the increased mRNA synthesis and ⁄ or increased stability...

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... and AD T. Wisniewski and E. M Sigurdsson 3790 FEBS Journal 274 (2007) 37843798 ê 2007 The Authors Journal compilation ê 2007 FEBS References 1 Prusiner SB (2001) Neurodegenerative diseases and ... in Great Britain, 21 in France, four in Ireland, three in the USA, two in the Netherlands and one each in Italy, Canada, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Portugal and Spain. Most of the patients from these ... SJ & Prusiner SB (1995) Etiology and pathogenesis of prion diseases. Am J Pathol 146, 785–811. 9 Sadowski M, Verma A & Wisniewski T, (2007) Prion diseases. In Neurology in Clinical Practice,...

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