What's new in urology?
Urology has undergone remarkable growth and a variety of clinical substantial therapeutic concepts have changed within the last few years. The following short summary incorporates the most actual advances in basic science and clinical medicine as well as surgical technique. Spectacular new concepts have been developed according to therapy of bladder substitution using bowel. Therapy of stone formation in the urinary tract is possible by using extracorporal shockwave therapy in more than 2/3 of the patients. Additionally, promising aspects in the treatment of hypernephroma with immune response modifiers are actually of great interest. The evaluation of prostatic specific antigen (PSA) as a specific marker in prostatic carcinoma and the conflict between indication for lymphadenectomy or surveillance therapy in testicular cancer stage I, as well as tumor regression under chemotherapy influences clinical trials (e.g. surgical debulking). The brief review of diagnostic and therapeutic approaches including some aspects of andrology hopefully may help to understand clinical problems and demonstrate the effectiveness of standard urologic diagnosis and therapy.
Hautmann
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Urologische Universitätsklinik Ulm, FRG.
Wenderoth
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Miller
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K
Egghart
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Frohneberg
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D
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014565:Urogenital Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D014572:Urology / Q000639:trends*