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We here report the incidence of different types of genitourinary cancers among the Iranian population according to the records of the Iran Ministry of Health and Medical Education. In a population-based cancer-registry study in 2005, all recorded data in pathology laboratories, freestanding cancer clinics and treatment centers, physician offices, and other state central registries were obtained with the assistance of Iran Universities of Medical Sciences and sent to the Diseases Management Center in the Health Ministry. The prevalences of urological cancers were as follows: bladder cancer 48.3%; prostate cancer 33.4%; renal cell carcinoma 10.3%; renal pelvis and ureter cancer 0.75%; testicular cancer 6.15%; penile cancer 0.15%; urethral cancer 0.45%; and other unspecified urinary cancers 0.43%. The male to female ratios for the various common urological cancers varied between 1.69 (renal cell carcinoma) and 7.75 (unspecified urinary cancers). The incidence of prostate cancer among our population was dramatically higher than in other countries of Asia. However, bladder cancer was found to be the commonest of the genitourinary cancers, especially in elderly patients, among our population.
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PMID:Incidence of genitourinary cancers in the Islamic Republic of Iran: a survey in 2005. 1925 36

Synchronous metastasis of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) to the ureter or the bladder represents an extremely rare event. We report one case of synchronous metastasis of RCC to the ipsilateral ureter and one case of solitary synchronous metastasis of RCC to the urinary bladder. We review the literature and discuss possible mechanisms of dissemination. We discuss the surgical management of metastases from RCC as well as the surgical options in the treatment of these rare occurrences.
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PMID:Synchronous metastatic renal cell carcinoma to the genitourinary tract: two rare case reports and a review of the literature. 1936 39

A 79-year-old woman presented with gross hematuria. She had undergone a right radical nephrectomy 2 years previously for G2 pT2 renal cell carcinoma, clear cell variant. Intravenous pyelography showed a filling defect in the left ureter. Systemic work-up demonstrated no evidence of other metastases. Partial uretectomy and end-to-end ureteroureterostomy were performed. Histology showed metastatic clear cell carcinoma consistent with the primary renal tumor. Six months after surgery, her serum creatinine was stable at 1.6 mg/dl and she was doing well without evidence of recurrent disease. Solitary metastasis of renal cell carcinoma to the contralateral renal pelvis or ureter is extremely rare, with only 7 cases having been reported. We herein describe the present case and review the relevant literature.
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PMID:[Solitary metastasis of renal cell carcinoma to the contralateral ureter: a case report]. 1937 23

Attention is called to the difference between the pathologist's and the radiologist's point of view. The reasons for this difference are discussed with special emphasis on renal tumours.Classification of renal tumours. The first main groups are innocent and malignant. Are these really clear-cut or do they blend into one another? The commoner innocent renal tumours are adenoma, fibroma, myoma, lipoma, and angioma. These are rarely of any clinical importance but adenoma is a possible source of hypernephroma. Many elaborate classifications of cancer of the kidney have been proposed but the following four groups are sufficient for most puposes: Carcinoma, hypernephroma, sarcoma, and teratoid tumours.Much the commonest malignant renal tumour in adults is the hypernephroma, thought by Grawitz and others to be derived from ectopic adrenal rests. There is still no agreement concerning their origin but three views are held at the present time: (a) All are carcinoma of renal tubules. (b) Some are derived from renal tubules and some from ectopic adrenal. (c) All are formed from adrenal tissue. These views are discussed with special reference to material in St. Mary's Hospital Museum, and it is suggested that the first view is the most probable although the second cannot be excluded.The teratoid tumours are the commonest in infants and swine. The differences between them and hypernephromata are described. The renal Pelvis, ureter, and bladder all have tumours of the same type and can conveniently be considered together. Connective tissue tumours, both innocent and malignant, are very rare. Papilloma and carcinoma are rare in the pelvis and ureter, but commoner in the bladder. The relation between these two tumours is discussed.
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PMID:The Pathology of Tumours of the Urinary Tract: (Section of Radiology). 1999 30

Understanding of the role of radiation as a cause of kidney cancer remains limited. The most common types of kidney cancer are renal cell carcinoma and renal pelvis carcinoma. It has been posited that these entities differ in their degree of radiogenicity. Recent analyses of cancer incidence and mortality in the Life Span Study (LSS) of Japanese atomic bomb survivors have examined associations between ionizing radiation and renal cell carcinoma, but these analyses have not reported results for cancer of the renal pelvis and ureters. This paper reports the results of analyses of kidney cancer incidence during the period 1958-1998 among 105,427 atomic bomb survivors. Poisson regression methods were used to derive estimates of associations between radiation dose (in sievert, Sv) and cancer of the renal parenchyma (n = 167), and cancer of the renal pelvis and ureter (n = 80). Heterogeneity by cancer site was tested by joint modeling of cancer risks. Radiation dose was positively associated with cancers of the renal pelvis and ureter [excess relative rate (ERR)/Sv = 1.65; 90% confidence interval (CI): 0.37, 3.78]. The magnitude of this association was larger than the estimated association between radiation dose and cancer of the renal parenchyma (ERR/Sv = 0.27; 90% CI = -0.19, 0.98). While the association between radiation and cancer of the renal parenchyma was of greater magnitude at ages <55 years (ERR/Sv = 2.82; 90% CI = 0.45, 8.89) than at older attained ages (ERR/Sv = -0.11; 90% CI = nd, 0.53), the association between radiation and cancers of the renal pelvis and ureter varied minimally across these categories of attained age. A test of heterogeneity of type-specific risks provides modest support for the conclusion that risks vary by kidney cancer site (LRT = 2.34, 1 d.f., P = 0.13). Since some studies of radiation-exposed populations examine these sites in aggregate, results were also derived for the combined category of cancer of the renal parenchyma, renal pelvis and ureters. Overall, there was a positive association between radiation and the combined category of cancer of the renal parenchyma, renal pelvis and ureters (ERR/Sv = 0.60, 90% CI: 0.09, 1.30). Updated follow-up of the LSS cohort provides substantial additional information on the association between radiation and cancer of the renal pelvis and ureter, a site not examined in recent reports on analyses of these data. The results are suggestive of differences between the different regions of the kidney in sensitivity to the carcinogenic effects of ionizing radiation.
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PMID:Ionizing radiation and kidney cancer among Japanese atomic bomb survivors. 2051 63

Urinary tract carcinomas are among the most common malignancies and are derived from neoplastic transformation of the urothelium. They can be located in the lower (bladder, urethra) or upper (pyelocaliceal cavities, ureter) urinary tract. Urothelial carcinomas are the fourth most common cancer type after prostate or breast cancer, lung cancer, and colorectal cancer. Bladder cancer accounts for 90-95% of urothelial carcinomas and it is the most common malignancy of the urinary tract. Renal cancer also belongs to the urothelial carcinomas and is a relatively uncommon solid tumor, accounting for about 3% of all adult malignancies, although its incidence is on the rise. The most common histological subtype, renal cell carcinoma (RCC), is a clear cell carcinoma that makes up approximately 70-80% of all renal neoplasms and appears to be the only histological subtype that is partially responsive to immunotherapeutic approaches. The current review gives an overview of upper urinary tract tumors and renal cancer, in particular RCC, highlighting issues related to its molecular pathogenesis and the new immunotherapeutic approaches.
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PMID:[Renal and upper urinary tract tumors: what the nephrologist should know]. 2092 97

A 45-year-old woman had gross hematuria without flank pain for two weeks. She visited our hospital and a renal echo showed a heterogenous mass on the left kidney. Abdominal computed tomography showed a multicystic tumor, about 7 cm, on the left renal pelvis and the proximal ureter. The tumor was enhanced after contrast injection. Ureteroscopy showed an intraluminal polypoid tumor. Cystic renal cell carcinoma or urothelial carcinoma was suspected preoperatively. We performed a hand-assisted laparoscopic nephroureterectomy, and the post-operative course was uneventful. The pathology report demonstrated that the tumor was composed of an admixture of stroma and flattened to cuboidal urothelium. The tumor stromal cells expressed both estrogen and progesterone receptors, and no malignant cells were found. There has been no recurrence or deterioration of the patient's renal function since surgery. We suggest keeping in mind the diagnosis of mixed epithelial and stromal tumor of the kidney when encountering perimenopausal women with renal cystic tumors.
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PMID:Mixed epithelial and stromal tumor of the kidney--a case report. 2119 15

We studied a harmful action of laser, ultrasound and ballistic energies on intact wall of human ureter in 15 ureters of men and women with renal carcinoma aged 43-55 years (mean age 48 +/- 8 years) before nephrureterectomy in vivo. With growing time of exposure to laser radiation, ureteral mucosa undergoes destructive alterations up to muscular layer. Ureteral wall exposure to ultrasound do not change thickness of the wall considerably, cell elements remain viable. Histological examination of the ureteral wall after exposure to intraureteral ballistic impact suggests that 15 second and longer exposure to this impact may reduce probability of mucosal regeneration because of irreversible changes. The analysis of literature data and original findings shows that now there is no absolutely safe energy for contact ureterolithotripsy.
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PMID:[Morphological changes in the ureteral wall in contact ureterolithotripsy]. 2126 Sep 37

Paired box2 (Pax2) gene plays a crucial role in kidney development and is expressed in the nephric duct, mesenchyme of pronephrons, mesonephrons, and metanephrons with special spatial and temporal characteristic. Research in animals indicate that Pax2 can interact with many important transcription factors such as Gdnf, Ret, SHH, Wnt4, and Fgf to organize the nephric linage specification, pro/mesonephric tubule formation and descent, emergence of the ureteric bud, branching morphogenesis, and nephron induction. Pax2 is associated with various congenital renal and ureter malformations, and the mutation is easist to detected in Renal-coloboma syndrome. In renal cell carcinoma, Wilms tumor and many acquired kidney diseases Pax2 is expressed abnormally, whose diagnose and therapy value will be the focus of further research. This paper reviews the molecular structure, expression and regulation of Pax2 in kidney development and diseases.
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PMID:[The role of Pax2 in regulation of kidney development and kidney disease]. 2195 93

Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) is extremely rare, and MFH arising from a hydronephrotic kidney has not been reported. When MFH originates from a long-standing hydronephrotic kidney, the imaging findings can include nearly invisible renal parenchyma and atrophy of the ureter and renal artery, in addition to the findings attributable to the MFH, and the MFH with hydronephrosis may be confused with a cystic renal cell carcinoma.
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PMID:Malignant fibrous histiocytoma arising from a hydronephrotic kidney: a case report and review of the literature. 2254 87


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