Vol 14, No 5 (May 30, 2025): Translational Andrology and Urology

Editorial Commentary

The time to prevent infectious complications is now: why transperineal prostate biopsies should be the new gold standard worldwide
Christopher Orf, Joachim Noldus, Sebastian Berg
Neoadjuvant strategies in locally advanced prostate cancer: progress or premature?
Tamás Fazekas, Péter Nyirády, Isabel Heidegger
Let food be thy healer, and movement thy shield, before the scalpel entering the field—praise for a pre-prostatectomy diet and exercise program
Victoria E. Gonzalez, Helen Y. Hougen
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer with variant histology and/or divergent differentiation
Kojiro Tashiro, Fumihiko Urabe, Takahiro Kimura
Efficacy of prophylactic use of biologic mesh in ileal conduit: insights from the PUBMIC trial
Kenji Zennami
Patient-centered outcomes and preference between darolutamide and enzalutamide: insights from the ODENZA trial
Guillaume Lim Fat, Shabbir Alibhai
Biopsy-free radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer—modern reality or pipe dream?
Matthew J. Roberts, Arya Bahadori, Marlon L. Perera
Metastatic renal cell carcinoma disease response in the era of immune checkpoint inhibitor-based combinations
Micah Ostrowski, Georges Gebrael, Benjamin L. Maughan
Shifting paradigms in the treatment of small renal masses
Kamil Malshy, Nicola Fazaa, Etan Eigner, Matthew Steidle, Ameer Nsair, Melissa Atallah, Thomas Osinski, Phillip M Rappold, Jathin Bandari
Optimizing salvage radiotherapy in prostate cancer: the emerging role of prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography/computed tomography
Elísabet Gonzalez del Portillo, Fernando López-Campos, Paul Sargos, Felipe Couñago
Variant histology muscle invasive bladder cancer should not preclude neoadjuvant chemotherapy before cystectomy
Sophia Ford, Zachary Adam Hamilton

Original Article

High intratumoral heterogeneity in clear cell renal cell carcinoma is associated with reduced immune response and survival
Qizhou Yang, Yuying Han, Xu Liu, Liting Xue, Zhengguo Ji, Haihong Ye
Clinical significance of urine-based automated detection of GSTP1 methylation for the diagnosis of suspected prostate cancer patients
Ruidong Ji, Liang Zhang, Yaping Xing, Yifei Zhu, Kaifeng Mao, Mingchi Wang, Kenan Xuan, Yu Yang, Richard Lo, Bingfeng Luo, Zhenquan Lu
Migrasome-related lncRNAs predict prognosis and immune response of clear cell renal cell carcinoma
Rong Chen, Lei Dong, Tianci Wei, Qiang Wang
Knowledge, attitude, and practice of kidney transplant patients regarding post-transplant complications: a cross-sectional study
Jie Shen, Pengfeng Gong, Yangyang Sun, Dong Xue
Global epidemiological trends in prostate cancer burden: a comprehensive analysis from Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
Xi Lin, Yi Zhi
Mirabegron efficacy as medical expulsive therapy for distal ureteral stones: a systematic review of the literature, meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis
Richard Dobrucki de Lima, Lucas Schenk de Almeida, Breno Cordeiro Porto, Nathalie Cordeiro Hobaica, Carlo Camargo Passerotti, Rodrigo A. S. Sardenberg, José Pinhata Otoch, José Arnaldo Shiomi da Cruz
GreenLight photoselective laser vaporisation versus transurethral resection of the prostate for large prostates: systematic review and meta-analysis
Breno C. Porto, Bianca C. Benedicto, Beatriz T. Constantinou, Nathalie C. Hobaica, Carlo C. Passerotti, Richard Dobrucki de Lima, Rodrigo A. S. Sanderberg, Everson L. A. Artifon, Jose P. Otoch, Jose A. S. da Cruz
Association between dietary calcium intake and benign prostatic hyperplasia: a population-based result from NHANES 2003 to 2008
Hongyuan Chang, Hao Wang, Anmin Wang, Dongyue Ma, Hui Lv, Di Sun, Ziwei Zhao, Dicheng Luo, Shihao Wang, Jun Guo, Fu Wang
Correlation between lifestyle choices, dietary factors, and the risk of adult urolithiasis: insights from a systematic review and meta-analysis
Limei Hua, Jingran Cao, Xinhong Zhao, Xiaodong Meng, Jianhong Qiu
A cross-sectional survey of experiences and outcomes of using testosterone replacement therapy in UK men
Austen El-Osta, Vivian N. Liu, David Huang, Jeff Foster, Hans Johnson, Aos Alaa, Benedict Hayhoe
Waiting in line for a fusion prostate biopsy—what does a patient know, fear and expect
Kevin Miszewski, Katarzyna Skrobisz, Laura Miszewska, Philipp Lipowski, Bartłomiej Marczak, Sara Nowak, Marcin Matuszewski
Impact of suction ureteral access sheath in ureteroscopy/retrograde intrarenal surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Sotaro Kayano, Akihiro Matsukawa, Ekaterina Laukhtina, Yuji Yata, Keiichiro Miyajima, Masaya Murakami, Tatsuya Shimomura, Steffi Kar Kei Yuen, Shahrokh F. Shariat, Takahiro Kimura, Takafumi Yanagisawa
Identification of core genes in acute kidney injury: evidence from multi-omics human transcriptomic data and in vivo models
Pengxiao Sun, Qiting Weng, Jiaxin Zhou, Qingzhou Chen, Rui Zhang, Jing Nie
Improving outcomes in robot-assisted urologic oncology surgery using a perioperative electronic health program
Alae Touzani, Nam-Son Vuong, Alessandro Uleri, Giuseppe Fallara, Alberto Martini, Naoufel Miaadi, Nordine Deffar, Adil Ouzzane, Benjamin Pradère, Jean Rouffilange, Michaël Baboudjian, Jean-Baptiste Beauval, Bernard Malavaud, Guillaume Ploussard
Financial considerations among adult men undergoing vasectomy: cost analysis and modeling of outpatient costs associated with vasectomy
Samuel Moffet, Tina Lulla, Lambros Stamatakis, Nathan M. Shaw
Analysis of the burden of disease for male infertility globally and in China from 1990 to 2021
Zujuan Shan, Shun Chen, Wenju Zhou, Yingwei Yang, Guifu Zhang, Jinquan Zhao
A prospective study to determine the safety and feasibility of opioid-free discharge after percutaneous nephrolithotomy
David Sobel, Philip Caffery, Evelyn James, Rebecca Ortiz, Aidan Peat, Chris Tucci, Gyan Pareek
Rising incidence and clinical impact of kidney cancer in China and worldwide: a call for targeted prevention, early diagnosis, and equitable treatment
Canxuan Li, Xiayu Kuang, Shaopei Zou, Jing Zhang
Age-related changes in lncRNA expression in sperm
Qiao Zhou, Guangyao Li, Hui Ji, Juan Ji, Zhonghui Ling, Jingwen Sun, Hui Ding, Junqiang Zhang, Xiufeng Ling, Xiaoning Chen, Lu Xu
Comparison of prostate cancer detection rates and complications between transrectal ultrasound-guided transperineal and transrectal biopsies: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Jianhui Du, Shuang Chen, Martha K. Terris, Hiroshi Miyamoto, Yanqin Yu, Qiao Ying
Fisetin-mediated PPAR-γ upregulation: a novel therapeutic approach for corpus cavernosum smooth-muscle-cell apoptosis and restoration of erectile function after cavernous nerve injury
Yijia Fu, Xin Zhang, Runnan Xu, Bodong Lv
Clinical outcomes of modified partial cystectomy in muscle-invasive bladder cancer: balancing tumor control and quality of life
Sian Chen, Ran Xu, Yiqiu Cheng, Jinhai Wu, Xuejin Zhu, Osama Mahmoud, Ryan M. Antar, Arjun Pon Avudaiappan, Jian Zhang, Bin Wang, Yanfei Chen
Association of sperm DNA fragmentation with higher miscarriage rates in non-male factor infertility reproductive cycles
Hong Yu, Chunyan Shi, Chaowu Zhan, Cheng Wang, Jie Chen