Browsing by Author "Tan, Wei Phin"
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Diet and Exercise Are not Associated with Skeletal Muscle Mass and Sarcopenia in Patients with Bladder Cancer.
(European urology oncology, 2021-04)<h4>Background</h4>There is limited understanding about why sarcopenia is happening in bladder cancer, and which modifiable and nonmodifiable patient-level factors affect its occurrence.<h4>Objective</h4>The objective is ... -
Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH) Levels During Androgen Deprivation Therapy Are Not Associated With Survival or Development of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
Background Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) dysregulation plays a potential role in prostate cancer progression. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether higher FSH levels during androgen deprivation therapy ... -
Heated Intravesical Chemotherapy: Biology and Clinical Utility.
(The Urologic clinics of North America, 2020-02)Non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer can be a challenging disease to manage. In recent years, hyperthermia therapy in conjunction with intravesical therapy has been gaining traction as a treatment option for bladder cancer, ... -
Hyperthermia Improves Solubility of Intravesical Chemotherapeutic Agents
(Bladder Cancer, 2020-12-14)<jats:p>BACKGROUND: Nearly 70% of all new cases of bladder cancer are non-muscle invasive disease, the treatment for which includes transurethral resection followed by intravesical therapy. Unfortunately, recurrence rates ... -
PD-L1/PD-1 Biomarker for Metastatic Urothelial Cancer that Progress Post-platinum Therapy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
(Bladder cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 2019-11-22)<h4>Background</h4>Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) are extremely expensive and most patients with metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC) do not benefit significantly from their use.<h4>Objective</h4>We performed a systematic ... -
Safety and efficacy of intravesical chemotherapy and hyperthermia in the bladder: results of a porcine study.
(International journal of hyperthermia : the official journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group, 2020-01)<h4>Background</h4>Hyperthermia (heating to 43 °C) activates the innate immune system and improves bladder cancer chemosensitivity.<h4>Objective</h4>To evaluate the tissue penetration and safety of convective hyperthermia ... -
The nephroureterectomy: a review of technique and current controversies.
(Translational andrology and urology, 2020-12)The nephroureterectomy (NU) is the standard of care for invasive upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) and has been around for well over one hundred years. Since then new operative techniques have emerged, new technologies ...
