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Editorial Commentary

Future direction of systemic therapy for advanced renal cell carcinoma: lessons from final and extended follow-up data from the CheckMate 9ER trial
Hiroki Ishihara
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
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:143
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Prime, trap, and fail: engineering chromatin to potentiate topoisomerase II poisons in prostate cancer
Whi-An Kwon
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:144
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Diagnostic potential of urinary PENK methylation for bladder cancer in patients with hematuria: insights from a prospective and multi-institutional study
Dai Koguchi, Izuru Shiba, Yutaka Shiono, Kazumasa Matsumoto
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
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:145
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Patient experience and procedural safety in prostate biopsy: interpreting patient-reported outcome measures in the era of transperineal biopsy
Federica Sordelli, Alessandro Uleri, Guillaume Ploussard, Michael Baboudjian
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:146
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When the kidney is at risk: anaesthetic technique as one piece of a larger puzzle
Carlo Andrea Bravi, Alberto Martini
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:147
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From trial results to bedside decisions: a time-resolved view of CheckMate-9ER
Hiroshi Fukushima, Soichiro Yoshida, Yasuhisa Fujii
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:148
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Original Article

Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate improves the renal insufficiency of benign prostatic hyperplasia with hydronephrosis
Dong-Ya Wang, Jian-Hong Wu, Zhi-Yuan Shen, Zhong-Yun Zhang, Di Wu
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:149
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A novel metal-free sling approach for benign prostatic hyperplasia: early results of the Progator procedure with high ejaculatory preservation
Zhao Luo, Dong Won Choi, Sung Chul Kam, Chao Niu, Tae Hyo Kim, Chang Min Lee, Yu Seob Shin, Ki Soo Lee
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:150
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In vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the human kidney and kidney lesions: new protocol
Tyrone Lawrence Roy Humphries, Xin Dong, Sharon Juliet Del Vecchio, Aaron J. Urquhart, Robert J. Ellis, Hemamali Samaratunga, Julia Watson, Ross S. Francis, Graham J. Galloway, Glenda C. Gobe, Simon T. Wood, Carolyn Mountford
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:151
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Retrospective cohort study of intracytoplasmic sperm injection outcomes using testicular vs. ejaculated sperm among patients with non-obstructive azoospermia or cryptozoospermia
Claudia G. Durbin, Emily Weidenbaum, Phenix Alcide, Chaya Rothschild, Michael Werner, Jennifer K. Blakemore, Caroline McCaffrey, Bobby B. Najari
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:152
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Site-specific heterogeneity in treatment response among patients with metastatic bladder cancer: implications for oligometastatic disease—a retrospective cohort study
Tianwei Wang, Bingjian Wei
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:153
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Trends of surgical interventions for nephrolithiasis over the past decade: a population-based analysis
Mandy Hsu, Abdul-Jawad J. Majeed, Jennifer A. Kane, Joseph Y. Clark
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:154
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Long-term outcome of male urethral hemangioma: a two-center study
Zi-Yue Ma, Liang Liu, Rong-Hua Wu, Lei Du, Zhen-Yu Cui, Jin-Nian Liu, Jin-Chun Qi
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:155
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Association between skeletal muscle index and kidney stones in health screening populations: a single-center cross-sectional study
Lijuan Huang, Jingyu Hu, Xixuan Cai, Hu Li, Xingxiao Pan, Jia Zhang, Tao Chen, Liying Chen
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:156
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Differential expression of ALOX15 and GPX4 in the testicular tissue of men with obstructive and non-obstructive azoospermia: a cross-sectional study
Lucija Romac, Pavle Romac, Jelena Schwenner-Radovniković, Marica Maretić, Damir Sapunar
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:157
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Comprehensive bioinformatics and experimental analysis of PPOX reveals its carcinogenic effect in clear cell renal cell carcinoma
Kaibin Wang, Lili Wang, Yuanhao Zhang, Dingkun Hou, Lijuan Kang, Zheng Qin, Xiao Zhu, Changying Li, Haitao Wang
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:158
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Utilizing intraoperative frozen section examination (IFSE) for diagnosis and treatment in a high-clinical-suspicion prostate cancer (PCa) cohort based on 18F-PSMA PET/CT and MRI: a pilot study
Liang-Yong Zhu, Min Fang, Yang Luan, Tian-Bao Huang, Sheng-Ming Lu, Qin Xiao, Ji Chen, Xiao Tan, Xue-Fei Ding
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:159
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Vasectomy in Israel: motivations, satisfaction, regret, and healthcare counseling
Jeny Petlach, Yoram Dekel, Maharan Kabha
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:160
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Pulsed Thulium:YAG laser enucleation versus open simple prostatectomy for large-gland benign prostatic hyperplasia: a retrospective comparative observational study
Alberto Zambudio-Munuera, Santiago Chiva-San Román, Irene Millán-Ramos, Miguel Herráez-Marcos, Miguel Arrabal-Martín, Miguel A. Arrabal-Polo
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:161
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miR-1251-5p inhibits tumorigenesis and metastasis in renal cell carcinoma by targeting MTHFD2
Yubin Li, Guanghan Fan, Gang Wang, Huadong He
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:162
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Bioinformatics analysis and clinical validation identify FBXW9 as a biomarker in bladder urothelial carcinoma
Duanzhuo Li, Weibin Wu, Yuntao Chen, Zhanxi Liang, Qing Zhang, Chao Yuan, Shengjie Liao, Yanli Liao, Wenxia Si, Xin Yu, Mi Huang
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:163
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Curcumin improves bladder dysfunction in diabetic rats by attenuating oxidative stress via the Keap1/NRF2/HO-1 pathway
Jun-Hao Zheng, Dao-Feng Zhang, Hao-Rui Li, Rong-Yang Jin, Hao Chen, Hai-Yang Zhang
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:164
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Correlation between reproductive hormone levels and genetic abnormalities in patients with non-obstructive azoospermia and oligospermia
Yuhe Fu, Liang Hu, Jinxing Liu, Yuanyuan Pei, Xiaojin Luo, Jiangtao Bai, Weiqiang Liu
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:165
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Electrolyte trajectory-based subphenotypes and their association with hospital length of stay in prostate cancer patients
Yujiao Shen, Haojie Xuan, Jie Wang, Yue Hu, Yanling Zhang
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:166
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Association between prognostic nutritional index (PNI)/Controlling Nutritional Status (CONUT) score and prognosis in patients with bladder cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Yirun Chen, Junbiao Zheng, Dong Li, Qihang Wu, Qiang Ren
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:167
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Long-term pregnancy outcomes after deferential vessel‑sparing microsurgical vasoepididymostomy
Shi-Ying Long, Ming-Kuan Zhou, Kun-Long Lyu, Xin Feng, Yong Gao, Fu-Lin Wang, Wu-Yuan Liao, Ya-Dong Zhang, Xiang-Zhou Sun, Chun-Hua Deng, Xiang-An Tu, Jin-Tao Zhuang
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:168
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Advancing urological practice: the value of combined antegrade and retrograde ureterography for the management of complex ureteral strictures
Kangxiang Xu, Manshun Dong, Chaoqi Liang, Ruoyu Li, Qiuxuan Yu, Jin Liu, Hang Yin, Kuibiao Wang, Xincheng Gao, Yuancheng Zhou, Shuaishuai Chai, Xingyuan Xiao, Bing Li
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
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:169
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Recurrence and timing of conversion to radical nephroureterectomy after endoscopic laser ablation for upper tract urothelial carcinoma: a multicenter Japanese study
Shunsuke Tsuzuki, Fumihiko Urabe, Akio Takayanagi, Maki Yoshioka, Daisuke Yamashita, Futoshi Sano, Atsushi Hirabayashi, Masatake Shinohara, Morifumi Hojo, Wataru Fukuokaya, Akihiro Matsukawa, Kagenori Ito, Keiichiro Mori, Takafumi Yanagisawa, Takahiro Kimura; Japanese Thulium Laser Collaborative Group
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
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:170
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Analysis of factors affecting the upstaging and downstaging of renal cell carcinoma from T1 to T3a and the impact of different surgical approaches on patient prognosis and survival: a multicenter retrospective study
Yishuai Zhang, Yelinar Baerbieke, Junjie Fan, Chenhui Ma, Yanxin Zhuang, Jiacheng Li, Zhiyuan Wang, Jin Zeng, Xinyu Shi, Tao Yang, Xinqi Pei, Xudong Li
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:171
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Super-selective bladder arterial chemotherapy for muscle invasive bladder cancer
Yawei Li, Yuxi Liu, Junqing Xi, Xiao Li, Xiaowu Zhang
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:172
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Development and validation of a machine learning-based radiomics model using 45-keV virtual monoenergetic images for differentiating fat-poor angiomyolipoma from clear cell renal cell carcinoma
Siqing Jing, Jinhua Wang, Xinzhu Zhao, Bin Zeng, Jiali Luo, Zhongxian Yang, Yubao Liu
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:173
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Propofol-based versus volatile anesthesia and postoperative immune response in prostate cancer
Yao Wu, Dandan Feng, Xin Xu
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:174
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NOX4 suppresses malignant progression in prostate adenocarcinoma and functions as a potential diagnostic biomarker
Jimeng Hu, Min Zhou, Xiaobo Wu, Mengbo Hu
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:175
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N-acetylcysteine alleviates experimental autoimmune prostatitis in rats by activating PI3K/Akt/CREB and Keap1/Nrf2 pathways
Changjing Wu, Fudong Fu, Yang Xiong, Feng Qin, Yuhang Liu, Jiuhong Yuan
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
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:176
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The role of lipid-lowering drugs in urologic and male reproductive cancers: a Mendelian randomization study
You-Tu Lin, Jia-Quan Zhou, Cong-Jie Xu, Li-Song Xiao, Lian-Yang Weng, Ying-Guang Li, Yang Wang
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:177
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Template-based pelvic lymph node dissection during lateral decubitus-positioned total retroperitoneal laparoscopic radical nephroureterectomy: a step-by-step description of a surgical technique
Jun-Wei Pan, Xiang Zhang, Xue-Jian Zhou, Xian-Jin Wang, Da Xu, Bo-Ke Liu, Xing-Wei Jin, Yi-Han Chen, Bao-Xing Huang, Wei-Chao Tu, Xin-Le Zhang, Dan-Feng Xu, Yuan Shao
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
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:178
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Detection of a group of classic serum tumor markers (CSTMs) aids in the differential diagnosis and disease assessment of upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC)
Jun-Wei Pan, Feng Qi, Xing-Wei Jin, Wei-Chao Tu, Xian-Jin Wang, Xiang Zhang, Yi-Han Chen, Bao-Xing Huang, Fang-Xiu Luo, Dan-Feng Xu, Yuan Shao
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
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:179
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Brief Report

Analysis of real-world re-induction outcomes with nadofaragene firadenovec in patients with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-unresponsive non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer
Chad Reichard, Andrew Trainer, Katie Grant, Parisa Asgarisabet, Angele Kotomale, Nadia Foskett, Daniel Shoskes
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
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:180
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Study Protocol

An intelligent wearable device based on electrical impedance tomography for dynamic and accurate monitoring of voiding function in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia: protocol for a single-centre self-controlled diagnostic consistency study
Zhuo Liu, Xiushi Lin, Lin Zhuo, Qiang Li, Jiyuan Chen, Zexin Zhu, Xiaolin Li, Chunlei Xiao, Shudong Zhang, Jiangtao Sun, Ke Liu
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
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:181
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Review Article

Platelet-rich plasma in selected urological conditions: a narrative review of biological rationale, current evidence, and limitations
Long Huang, Zongshuai Gao, Xiang Ren, Zhufan Xu, Changtai Zhu
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:182
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PI‑RADS v2.1 for prostate MRI: current applications, ongoing debates, and synergies with advanced technologies: a narrative review
Siying Zhang, Xiaoli Wang, Mingyang Guo, Feng Chen
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:183
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Garment fit, scrotal thermoregulation, and male fertility outcomes: a narrative review
Mathew Zleczewski, Nathan Clay, Joshua Lambert, Florian Stroie
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
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:184
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Large language models for post-discharge follow-up in erectile dysfunction care: a narrative review
Yiman Zhang, Bodong Lv, Runnan Xu, Chenghao Shi
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:185
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Bacillus Calmette-Guérin therapy in the management of upper tract urothelial carcinoma in-situ: a systematic review
Youssef Garras, Daniah Alsaadi, Ned Kinnear, Derek Hennessey
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
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:186
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Impact of bacteriospermia on sperm DNA fragmentation: a narrative review
Jun Ho Lee, Min Chul Cho
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
(5)
:187
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Letter to the Editor

Rethinking survival visualisation: moving beyond Kaplan-Meier curves and hazard ratios in urology
Shugo Yajima, Soichiro Yoshida, Hitoshi Masuda, Yasuhisa Fujii
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
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:188
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Capivasertib plus abiraterone in PTEN-deficient metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer: exploratory analysis of the proportional hazards assumption
Shugo Yajima, Soichiro Yoshida, Hitoshi Masuda, Yasuhisa Fujii
Translational Andrology and Urology  
2026;
15
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:189
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Review Article 
Strategies for maintaining penile size following penile implant
King Chien Joe Lee, Gerald B. Brock
Published online: 28 March 2013
Review Article 
The drug treatment of delayed ejaculation
Ibrahim A. Abdel-Hamid, Moustafa A. Elsaied, Taymour Mostafa
Published online: 01 August 2016
Review Articles 
The impact and management of sexual dysfunction secondary to pharmacological therapy of benign prostatic hyperplasia
Jason Gandhi, Steven J. Weissbart, Noel L. Smith, Steven A. Kaplan, Gautam Dagur, Anna Zumbo, Gargi Joshi, Sardar Ali Khan
Published online: 29 April 2017
Review Article 
Exogenous testosterone: a preventable cause of male infertility
Lindsey E. Crosnoe, Ethan Grober, Dana Ohl, Edward D. Kim
Published online: 16 July 2013
Review Article 
Role of application of tadalafil 5 mg once-daily (≥6 months) in men with erectile dysfunction from six randomized controlled trials
Jiajia Ma, Zi Liu, Jitao Wu, Zhongbao Zhou, Xuebao Zhang, Yuanshan Cui, Chunhua Lin
Published online: 23 June 2020
Review Article 
Oral therapy for Peyronie’s disease, does it work?
Brittani Barrett-Harlow, Run Wang
Published online: 01 June 2016
Review Article 
Traditional Chinese medical therapy for erectile dysfunction
Hao Li, Hongyang Jiang, Jihong Liu
Published online: 29 April 2017
Original Article 
Stretched penile length and its associations with testosterone and infertility
Austen D. Slade, Andrew R. Christiansen, Sorena Keihani, William O. Brant, James M. Hotaling
Published online: 14 January 2021
Review Article 
Asian herbals and aphrodisiacs used for managing ED
Peter H. C. Lim
Published online: 29 April 2017
Review Article 
Testosterone replacement therapy: role of pituitary and thyroid in diagnosis and treatment
Megan Crawford, Laurence Kennedy
Published online: 18 December 2016
Editorial 
Suspected penile fracture: to operate or not to operate?
Ian S. Metzler, Amanda B. Reed-Maldonado, Tom F. Lue
Published online: 26 October 2017
Review Article 
The dangers of sexual enhancement supplements and counterfeit drugs to “treat” erectile dysfunction
Jason Chiang, Faysal A. Yafi, Philip J. Dorsey Jr, Wayne J. G. Hellstrom
Published online: 09 February 2017
Review Article 
Demographic and temporal trends in transgender identities and gender confirming surgery
Ian T. Nolan, Christopher J. Kuhner, Geolani W. Dy
Published online: 27 June 2019
Review Article 
Premature ejaculation: do we have effective therapy?
Ege Can Serefoglu, Theodore R. Saitz, Landon Trost, Wayne J.G. Hellstrom
Published online: 28 March 2013
Expert Opinions on Challenging Cases 
Commentary on the myths of Peyronie’s disease
Alex K Wu, Tom F Lue
Published online: 12 December 2012
Review Article 
Phalloplasty for the genetic male
Giulio Garaffa, Gabriele Antonini, Vincenzo Gentile, David J. Ralph
Published online: 30 June 2012

Original Article

Overall satisfaction, sexual function, and the durability of neophallus dimensions following staged female to male genital gender confirming surgery: the Institute of Urology, London U.K. experience
Maurice M. Garcia, Nim A. Christopher, Francesco De Luca, Marco Spilotros, David J. Ralph
Incidence of urinary extravasation and rate of ureteral stenting after high-grade renal trauma in adults: a meta-analysis
Sorena Keihani, Ross E. Anderson, Michelle Fiander, Mary M. McFarland, Gregory J. Stoddard, James M. Hotaling, Jeremy B. Myers
Safety and efficacy of daily Revactin® in men with erectile dysfunction: a 3-month pilot study
Sabine Nguyen, Jacob Rajfer, Magda Shaheen

Review Article

Future perspectives of prostate cancer therapy
Murali Gururajan, Edwin M. Posadas, Leland W. K. Chung
Small RNA and its application in andrology and urology
Ji Wang, Long-Cheng Li
TGF-β mediated DNA methylation in prostate cancer
Chung Lee, Qiang Zhang, Xaolin Zi, Atreya Dash, Marcelo B Soares, Farahnaz Rahmatpanah, Zhenyu Jia, Michael McClelland, Dan Mercola
Cystine nephrolithiasis
Hasan Fattah, Yasmin Hambaroush, David S. Goldfarb
Kidney stone risk following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery
Benjamin K. Canales, Ricardo D. Gonzalez
Reactive oxygen species, inflammation and calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis
Saeed R. Khan
Outlining the limits of partial nephrectomy
Sameer Chopra, Raj Satkunasivam, Chandan Kundavaram, Gangning Liang, Inderbir S. Gill
Mechanisms of resistance in castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC)
Thenappan Chandrasekar, Joy C. Yang, Allen C. Gao, Christopher P. Evans
Prostate cancer metastasis: roles of recruitment and reprogramming, cell signal network and three-dimensional growth characteristics
Shabnam Ziaee, Gina Chia-Yi Chu, Jen-Ming Huang, Shirly Sieh, Leland W. K. Chung
Inflammation in prostate cancer progression and therapeutic targeting
Timothy Stark, Lydia Livas, Natasha Kyprianou
Sympathetic nervous system and chronic bladder pain: a new tune for an old song
Ana Charrua, Rui Pinto, Lori Ann Birder, Francisco Cruz
Angiogenic factors, bladder neuroplasticity and interstitial cystitis—new pathobiological insights
Ricardo Saban
Increased bladder permeability in interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome
Robert E. Hurst, Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld, Amy B. Wisniewski, Samuel VanGordon, Hsueh Kung Lin, Bradley P. Kropp, Rheal A. Towner
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based radiomics for prostate cancer radiotherapy
Fei Yang, John C. Ford, Nesrin Dogan, Kyle R. Padgett, Adrian L. Breto, Matthew C. Abramowitz, Alan Dal Pra, Alan Pollack, Radka Stoyanova

Editorial

PIVOT and the challenges of localized prostate cancer care
Aviva E. Weinberg, James D. Brooks

Research Highlights

Enzalutamide: the emperor of all anti-androgens
Emmanuel S. Antonarakis

Review Articles

Androgen receptor gene mutation, rearrangement, polymorphism
Kurtis Eisermann, Dan Wang, Yifeng Jing, Laura E. Pascal, Zhou Wang
Androgen receptor epigenetics
Changmeng Cai, Xin Yuan, Steven P. Balk
Androgen receptor genomic regulation
Hong-Jian Jin, Jung Kim, Jindan Yu
Decoding the androgen receptor splice variants
Changxue Lu, Jun Luo
Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) in prostate growth and tumor progression
Campbell M. Grant, Natasha Kyprianou
Steroid hormone synthetic pathways in prostate cancer
Elahe A. Mostaghel
Near-infrared fluorescence and nuclear imaging and targeting of prostate cancer
Jason Wu, Dongfeng Pan, Leland W.K. Chung

Review Article: Hypospadias

Do endocrine disruptors cause hypospadias?
Sisir Botta, Gerald R. Cunha, Laurence S. Baskin

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