Rationale of prostatic artery embolization (PAE) in the treatment of symptomatic benign
prostatic hyperplasia is conventionally believed to include two parts: shrinkage of the …

The initiation of new blood vessels through angiogenesis is critical to tumor growth. Tumor
cells release soluble angiogenic factors that induce neovascularization, without which …

目的评价术前服用非那雄胺对经尿道前列腺切除术(TURP) 术中出血量的影响及其作用机理.
方法将拟行TURP 术的BPH 患者随机分为术前2 周服用非那雄胺组(每天5 mg) 及对照组 …

Angiogenesis sustains tumor growth and metastasis, and recent studies indicate that the
vascular endothelium regulates tissue mass. In the prostate, androgens drive angiogenic …

The castration-induced regression and testosterone stimulated regrowth of the vasculature
in the rat ventral prostate lobe were studied using stereological techniques. Seven days after …

Penile veno-occlusive dysfunction (venogenic erectile dysfunction) is a common cause of
erectile dysfunction (ED). We investigated whether vascular endothelial growth factor …

Purpose: To prospectively evaluate the technical feasibility and safety of transcatheter
arterial embolization (TAE) of the prostate in healthy pigs. Materials and Methods: The study …

BACKGROUND Androgenic steroids regulate the development and size of the mammalian
prostate gland. The mechanism (s) for this growth control might involve a direct effect on …

Malignantly transformed stem cells represent a potential common nidus for the primary
cancer and the recurrent cancer that arises after treatment failure. Putative prostate stem …

Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is a key primary treatment for advanced and metastatic
prostate cancer and is an important neoadjuvant before radiotherapy. We evaluated 3.0 T …