Journal Reviews archive for December 2022

Outcomes of sarcomatoid differentiation in urothelial carcinoma

5 December 2022 | | Urologic Oncology | #BladderCancer, #scmsm, #uroonc, bladder cancer, neoadjuvant therapy, pathological outcomes, sarcomatoid differentiation, survival, urothelial carcinoma

Sarcomatoid differentiation is a rare variant of urothelial carcinoma (UC) seen in 0.6% of cases. Its response to neo-adjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) has not been well reported. The authors have done a retrospective analysis of patients undergoing cystectomy between 1995 and...

PIRADS-3 lesions and clinically significant prostate cancer – what are we missing?

5 December 2022 | | Urologic Oncology | MRI, biopsy, fusion biopsies, prostate cancer, radical prostatectomy, risk, systematic biopsies, targeted biopsies

The use of pre-biopsy MRI has definitely enhanced our decision making in managing patients with suspected prostate cancer (PCa). There is still uncertainty around the outcomes for patients with PIRADS-3 lesions, with a small but definite risk of missing clinically...