Predictive Biomarkers of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Immunotherapy Response in Bladder Cancer: Where Are We Now? by Luís Lima, Mário Dinis-Ribeiro, Adhemar Longatto-Filho, Lúcio Santos

“…The most effective therapeutic option for managing nonmuscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), over the last 30 years, consists of intravesical instillations with the attenuated strain Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (the BCG vaccine). …”
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Multilevel plasticity and altered glycosylation drive aggressiveness in hypoxic and glucose-deprived bladder cancer cells by Andreia Peixoto, Dylan Ferreira, Andreia Miranda, Marta Relvas-Santos, Rui Freitas, Tim S. Veth, Andreia Brandão, Eduardo Ferreira, Paula Paulo, Marta Cardoso, Cristiana Gaiteiro, Sofia Cotton, Janine Soares, Luís Lima, Filipe Teixeira, Rita Ferreira, Carlos Palmeira, Albert J.R. Heck, Maria José Oliveira, André M.N. Silva, Lúcio Lara Santos, José Alexandre Ferreira

“…Summary: Bladder tumors with aggressive characteristics often present microenvironmental niches marked by low oxygen levels (hypoxia) and limited glucose supply due to inadequate vascularization. …”
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Risk of postoperative bleeding and thromboembolic events in anticoagulated patients undergoing transurethral resection of bladder tumors by Thomas Paul Scherer, Cici Dam, Uwe Bieri, Daniel Eberli, Raeto Strebel

“…Background: Transurethral resection of the bladder (TURB) harbors a high-risk for postoperative bleeding, especially in patients requiring anticoagulation. …”
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Analgesic effect of intravesical lignocaine in urology surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Ka T. Ng, Wei E. Lim, Wan Y. Teoh, Ahmad N. B. Fadzli, Mohd F. B. Z. Abidin

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Integrated enhanced recovery after surgery protocol in radical cystectomy for bladder tumour—A retroprospective study by Waseem Ashraf, Arif Hamid, Sajad Ahmad Malik, Rouf Khawaja, Sajad Ahmad Para, Mohammad Saleem Wani, Saqib Mehdi

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Effects of Different Voided Urine Sample Storage Time, Temperature, and Preservatives on Analysis with Multiplex Bead-Based Oncuria Bladder Cancer Immunoassay by Sunao Tanaka, Kaoru Murakami, Toru Sakatani, Riko Lee, Wayne Hogrefe, Fernando Siguencia, Charles J. Rosser, Hideki Furuya

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A Giant Pedunculated Urothelial Polyp Mimicking Bladder Mass in a Child: A Rare Case by Mehmet Kaba, Sultan Kaba, Tacettin Yekta Kaya, Hüseyin Eren, Necip Pirinççi

“…These polyps can involve kidney, pelvis, ureter, bladder, and urethra. The most common symptoms are hematuria and flank pain. …”
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Rare Association of Anti-Hu Antibody Positive Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndrome and Transitional Cell Bladder Carcinoma by S. Lukacs, N. Szabo, S. Woodhams

“…We describe the rare association of bladder transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) with anti-Hu antibody positivity resulting in this paraneoplastic neurological syndrome. …”
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A Case of Early Stage Bladder Carcinosarcoma in Late Recurrence of Urothelial Carcinoma after Transurethral Resection by Daisaku Hirano, Toshiyuki Yoshida, Daigo Funakoshi, Fuminori Sakurai, Shou Ohno, Yoshiaki Kusumi

“…Cystoscopy demonstrated an approximately 2.5 cm nonpapillary tumor on the right wall of the bladder. Pelvic MRI showed the tumor without extending the base of the bladder wall. …”
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Salvage of Failed Local and Regional Flaps with Porcine Urinary Bladder Extracellular Matrix Aided Tissue Regeneration by Gregory J. Kruper, Zachary P. VandeGriend, Ho-Sheng Lin, Giancarlo F. Zuliani

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Prognostic role of prognostic nutritional index in patients with bladder cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Jing Sun, Zhenzhen Li, Xiaming Zhu

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Loss of YTHDC1 m6A reading function promotes invasiveness in urothelial carcinoma of the bladder by Jinyun Xu, Jonas Koch, Claudia Schmidt, Malin Nientiedt, Manuel Neuberger, Philipp Erben, Maurice Stephan Michel, Manuel Rodríguez-Paredes, Frank Lyko

“…Abstract Bladder cancer poses significant clinical challenges due to its high metastatic potential and poor prognosis, especially when it progresses to muscle-invasive stages. …”
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Tumor-associated macrophages promote bladder cancer metastasis through the CCL20-CCR6 axis by Ryunosuke Nakagawa, Kouji Izumi, Kaoru Hiratsuka, Takahiro Inaba, Yoshiki Koketsu, Ren Toriumi, Shuhei Aoyama, Taiki Kamijima, Hiroshi Kano, Tomoyuki Makino, Renato Naito, Suguru Kadomoto, Hiroaki Iwamoto, Hiroshi Yaegashi, Shohei Kawaguchi, Takahiro Nohara, Kazuyoshi Shigehara, Hiroki Nakata, Wen-Jye Lin, Atsushi Mizokami

Subjects: “…Bladder cancer…”
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Elevated expression of ANTXR1 gene in tumors is a poor prognostic biomarker for patients with bladder cancer by L. S. Franco, S. Arunachalam, A. Chauhan, S. A. Kareff, P. L. Hallenbeck

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Immunohistochemical Detection and Localization of Somatostatin Receptor Subtypes in Prostate Tissue from Patients with Bladder Outlet Obstruction by Rodolfo Montironi, Liang Cheng, Roberta Mazzucchelli, Doriana Morichetti, Daniela Stramazzotti, Alfredo Santinelli, Gianluca Moroncini, Andrea B. Galosi, Giovanni Muzzonigro, Giancarlo Comeri, Jon Lovisolo, Sergio Cosciani-Cunico, Aldo V. Bono

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A Rare Case of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder Presenting as a Metastatic Right Ventricular Mass by Joanna M. Bonsall, Rhome Hughes, Mario Mosunjac, David Harrison, Habib Samady

“…Unfortunately, she developed fatal respiratory failure. Upon autopsy, the bladder was found to contain polyps of invasive squamous cell carcinoma, similar in morphology to the tumor mass in the heart. …”
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Population Kinetics and Protein Profiles of Co-Cultured Adult and Fetus Rabbit Bladder Smooth Muscle Cells by Hayrunisa Kahraman Esen, Burcu Biltekin, Mevlit Korkmaz, B. Haluk Güvenç

“…Objective: Bladder tissue models have been developed using smooth muscle cells (SMCs) on various scaffolds to mimic bladder morphology and physiology. …”
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Medicarpin induces G1 arrest and mitochondria-mediated intrinsic apoptotic pathway in bladder cancer cells by Chen Yuan, Yin Liqi, Hao Mingxuan, Xu Wenkai, Gao Jixian, Sun Yuxin, Wang Qiao, Chen Shi, Liang Youfeng, Guo Rui, Zhang Jinku, Li Jinmei, Zhai Qiongli, Cheng Runfen, Wang Jiansong, Wang Haifeng, Yang Zhao

Subjects: “…bladder cancer…”
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Image Analysis Based Grading of Bladder Carcinoma. Comparison of Object, Texture and Graph Based Methods and Their Reproducibility by Heung‐Kook Choi, Torsten Jarkrans, Ewert Bengtsson, Janos Vasko, Kenneth Wester, Per-Uno Malmström, Christer Busch

“…The possibility that computerized image analysis could increase the reproducibility of grading of bladder carcinoma as compared to conventional subjective grading made by pathologists was investigated. …”
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Identification of a Novel PPAR Signature for Predicting Prognosis, Immune Microenvironment, and Chemotherapy Response in Bladder Cancer by Ke Zhu, Wen Deng, Hui Deng, Xiaoqiang Liu, Gongxian Wang, Bin Fu

“…Mounting evidence has confirmed that peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) played a crucial role in the development and progression of bladder cancer (BLCA). The purpose of this study is to comprehensively investigate the function and prognostic value of PPAR-targeted genes in BLCA. …”
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