Original Basic Research And Clinical Articles	2013-06-05 10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art2
Inflammatory changes in biopsy specimens from patients with suspected prostate cancer Przemysław Adamczyk, Zbigniew Wolski, Romuald Butkiewicz, Joanna Nussbeutel, Tomasz Drewa Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in elderly men. The development of the 'clinically insignificant' prostate cancer into its invasive form is still unclear, and it is believed, that chronic inflammation may play its role, what was proposed by De Marzo in 1999. But there is no clear opinion on the subject of existence of dependencies between changes of the inflammatory type and PCa.
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Editorial Referring	10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art3
Inflammatory changes and the prostate Mark S. Soloway
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Author's Reply	10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art4
Author's reply Przemysław Adamczyk
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Original Basic Research And Clinical Articles	2013-08-20 10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art5
Lymphovascular invasion in testicular germ cell tumors: clinical - pathological correlates Ofer Yossepowitch, Yaron Ehrlich, Marc Lubin, Raanan Tal, Miriam Konichezsky, Jack Baniel We assessed clinical-pathological correlates of lymphovascular invasion in testicular germ-cell tumors
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Editorial Referring	10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art6
Precise pathological assessment plays a key role in proper patient management in non-seminoma germ cells tumor Roman Sosnowski, Marcin Ligaj
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Review Paper	2013-08-20 10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art7
The Relationship of Cancer Stem Cells in Urological Cancers Jan Adamowicz, Marta Pokrywczyńska, Jakub Tworkiewicz, Zbigniew Wolski, Tomasz Drewa Numerous studies are ungoing to identify and isolate cancer stem cells from cancers of genito-urinary tracts . The better understanding of their role in prostate, urothelial and kidney cancer origin, growth and progression opens new pathways in development of more effective treatment methods. However there are still many issues before advances in this field can be introduced for clinical application. This review addresses current achievements in cancer stem cells research in uro-oncology.
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Editorial Referring	10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art8
Stem cells - the key to cancer treatment Kajetan Juszczak, Piotr Maciukiewicz
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Original Basic Research And Clinical Articles	2013-08-01 10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art9
PROGNOSTIC FACTORS OF OVERALL SURVIVAL IN RENAL CANCER PATIENTS - SINGLE ONCOLOGICAL CENTER STUDY Tomasz Drewniak, Marek Sandheim, Jacek Jakubowski, Kajetan Juszczak, Andrzej Wojciech Stelmach The clinical course of renal cancer remains difficult to predict. Attempts of appointing new Independent Prognostic Factors (IPFs) and comparisons of already identified ones among populations are inevitable to develop more effective prognostic instruments. The aim of the study was to evaluate IPFs of overall survival in given population of patients with renal cancer.
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Case Report	2013-05-16 10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art10
Repeated Endoscopic Treatments of Multiple Recurrent Ureteral Tumors Following 5-Year-Long History of Bladder Tumors in the Patient from Endemic Nephropathy Region Tomislav Pejcic, Jovan Hadzi-Djokic, Biljana Markovic, Zoran Dzamic, Ljubomir Djurasic, Miodrag Acimovic Ureteral urothelial tumors (UUT) are uncommon; the incidence is higher in areas of Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN), with the prevalence of low grade lesions. In these patients, the efficacy of conservative surgery is comparable to nephroureterectomy. Endoscopic treatment is indicated for single, small/low grade UUT, in older patients with significant comorbidity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Case Report	2013-06-05 10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art11
Rare Case of Malignant Lymphoma of Kidney Maciej Ziarek, Marek Długosz, Marek Lipiński We present a 6-year-old patient suffering from extranodal malignant lymphoma. The patient was admitted to the County Hospital Urology Ward with suspicion of the left kidney tumour. As a part of pre-operational diagnosis, ultrasonographic examination and computed tomography of kidneys were conducted. The results confirmed the initial diagnosis. After undergoing radical surgical treatment, the patient is currently under the care of hematology ward of oncology centre.
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Case Report	2013-05-16 10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art12
Retroperitoneoscopic renal pelvis resection as a treatment of the urothelial tumor of the solitary kidney Mateusz Wojtarowicz, Marcin Słojewski, Adam Gołąb, Piotr Petrasz Urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract is relatively rare. The standard treatment is invariably radical nephroureterectomy. In selected cases organ sparing surgery is justified. We present the case of the tumor of the kidney pelvis of the solitary organ where a laparoscopic approach was successfully applied.
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Original Basic Research And Clinical Articles	2013-06-23 10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art13
Conventional Monopolar Transurethral Resection of Prostate in Patients with Large Prostate (≥80 grams) Mehmet Yucel, Bekir Aras, Soner Yalcinkaya, Namik Kemal Hatipoglu, Erol Aras Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) is still regarded as the gold standard for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) secondary to benign prostate obstruction in prostates between 30 and 80 mL. Endoscopic treatment of large prostate is not adequately discussed in literature. Our objective was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of TURP in large prostate glands (>80 ml) in patients with BPH.
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Original Basic Research And Clinical Articles	2013-07-05 10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art14
Double J stent reduces the efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in the treatment of ureteral lumbar stones Caroline Pettenati, Amine Benchikh El Fegoun, Vincent Hupertan, Sébastien Dominique, Vincent Ravery We evaluated the effect of the presence of a double J stent on the efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) in the treatment of ureteral lumbar stones.
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Editorial Referring	10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art15
Is there a place for ESWL in the treatment of complicated proximal ureteral stones? Ewa Bres-Niewada
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Original Basic Research And Clinical Articles	2013-05-24 10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art16
CORRECTION OF FERTILITY DISORDERS IN PATIENTS WITH CRYOGLOBULINEAMIA Borys Gerasun, Roman Kopets, Roman Hrytsko, Oleksandr Herasun Cryoglobulinemia can be among the causes of sperm bad quality. But conventional examination algorithm for patients with idiopathic oligozoospermia makes no provision for cryoglobulin determination in blood serum.
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Original Basic Research And Clinical Articles	2013-05-01 10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art17
Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Postmenopausal Women with Diabetes Mellitus George Kasyan, Tatiana Y. Berketova, Anton K. Rogozin, Dmitry Y. Pushkar An evaluation of efficacy of the management of urinary tract infections by using local forms of Estriol in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes and asymptomatic bacteriuria.
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Editorial Referring	10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art18
Are the estrogens an effective umbrella against bacterial bladder invasion? Jerzy B. Gajewski
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Editorial referring to the paper published in this issue on pp. 320-326 Thorsten H. Ecke
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Editorial Referring	10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art20
Urinary tract infections in postmenopausal women Sotir Stavridis
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Author's Reply	10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art21
Author's reply George Kasyan
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Letter to the Editor	2013-05-17 10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art22
A three year review of the management of Fournier's gangrene presenting in a single Saudi Arabian institute Atif Katib, Mohammad Al-Adawi, Bassem Dakkak, Amani Bakhsh
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Editorial Referring	10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art23
Towards zero mortality in Fournier's gangrene Bolesław Kuzaka, Bartosz Dybowski
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Case Report	2013-08-11 10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art24
Gangrene of the penis, scrotum and perineum, occurred after radiotherapy of rectal cancer - a case report Marcin Życzkowski, Rafał Bogacki, Piotr Bryniarski, Krzysztof Nowakowski, Bartosz Muskała, Andrzej Paradysz We present a case of a 58-old man hospitalized because of a gangrene of the penis and scrotum, after radio-chemotherapy for rectum cancer. At the time of the adoption patients presented with extensive gangrene with necrosis affecting the scrotum and the penis. In the first day of hospitalization the patient was operated. Due to the progress of the disease, he had to be operated again. The status of the patient initially very bad, was gradually improving. He was discharged from hospital after 59 days in good general status with good wound healing.
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Case Report	2013-05-19 10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art25
The Remnant of Congenital Blind- Ended Megaureter in 23-Year-Old Woman Causing Chronic Pain and Urinary Infection Tomislav Pejcic, Biljana Markovic, Zoran Dzamic, Milan Radovanovic, Jovan Hadzi-Djokic Multicystic dysplastic kidney (MCDK) is congenital anomaly as the result of abnormal interaction between the ureteric bud and metanephric mesenchyme. Unilateral MCDK can be associated with other anomalies of the genitourinary tract. Relatively rare associated anomaly is the presence of ipsilateral refluxing blind megaureter.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Review Paper	2013-03-30 10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art26
Clinical experience with once-daily tacrolimus in de novo kidney transplant recipients from living donors in Japan: -year follow up Kenichiro Ishida, Shinichi Ito, Tomohiro Tsuchiya, Yoshinori Imanishi, Takashi Deguchi We assessed our clinical experience with de novo kidney transplant recipients from living donors who received once-daily tacrolimus (OD TAC). In addition, we investigated tacrolimus pharmacokinetics and compared the dose of tacrolimus in de novo kidney transplant patients treated with OD TAC or twice-daily tacrolimus (BD TAC).
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Editorial Referring	10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art27
Once- versus twice-daily tacrolimus: are the formulations equivalent? Michał Ciszek
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Review Paper	2013-11-14 10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art28
Urogenital disorders after pelvic ring injuries Atom A. Ter-Grigorian, George R. Kasyan, Dmitry Y. Pushkar The close anatomical relationship between the skeletal and connective systems of the pelvis, neurological and vascular structures and pelvic organs are the predisposing factors for structural and functional damages of the urogenital system.
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Editorial Referring	10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art29
Urological implications of pelvic trauma Cristian Persu
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Editorial Referring	10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art30
We need to know the treatment urethral injuries Thorsten H. Ecke
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Original Basic Research And Clinical Articles	2013-07-05 10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art31
Transperitoneal laparoscopic pyeloplasty in the treatment of Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction. Juan Gómez Rivas, Sergio Alonso y Gregorio, María A. Portilla Eastmond, Jesús Cisneros Ledo, Luis Hidalgo Togores, Jesús Javier de la Pena Barthel Laparoscopic pyeloplasty was first described by Schuessler. During the last decade, this technique has been developed in order to achieve the same results as open surgery, with lower rates of morbidity and complications. In this study we review our experience using laparoscopic pyeloplasty as the gold standard for the treatment of the ureteropelvic junction obstruction (UPJO).
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Case Report	2013-07-19 10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art32
CASE REPORT: LAPAROSCOPIC URETERAL REIMPLANTATION IN THE RENAL TRANSPLANT Sergio Alonso y Gregorio, Juan Gómez Rivas, Leslie Cuello Sánchez, Jesús Cisneros Ledo, Luis Hidalgo Togores, Jesús Javier de la Pena Barthel We present what is to our knowledge, the first case of laparoscopic ureteral reimplantation reported in the renal transplant.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Editorial Referring	10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art33
Sometimes the communications are of special value Marcin Słojewski
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Author's Reply	10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art34
Author's reply Sergio Alonso y Gregorio, Juan Gómez Rivas
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Case Report	2013-06-25 10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art35
Case report: A trial of prophylactic placement of ureteral catheters in a case of excision of a huge pelvic mass with incidental cystotomy Hussein Warda Ureteral injuries are one of the major complications following gynecologic surgeries. They are serious, troublesome and associated with significant morbidity. We present a case of a 8-year old obese female who presented with a very large pelvic mass. We attempted to use preoperative prophylactic bilateral ureteral catheters to prevent injury. A laparotomy was performed with removal of the large multi-lobulated pelvic mass, total abdominal hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, appendectomy and repair of an incidental cystotomy
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Original Basic Research And Clinical Articles	2013-07-19 10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art36
Propionylcarnitine and methionine concentrations in newborns with hypospadias Andrzej Kowal, Dariusz Mydlak, Mariusz Ołtarzewski, Anna Bauer, Ewa Sawicka, Kamil K. Hozyasz Of interest is that factors like maternal diet can influence the risk of hypospadias-affected pregnancy. Increased propionylcarnitine (C3) is regarded as a biomarker of vitamin B12 deficiency. The retrospective study was undertaken to determine whether increased propionylcarnitine and low methionine in newborns are associated with hypospadias.
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Editorial Referring	10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art37
Influence of maternal diet on the development of malformation of the external genitalia - Are we ready to make some recommendations? Raimund Stein
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Case Report	2013-05-18 10.5173/ceju.2013.03.art38
Congenital Giant Hydroureter Presenting as Abdominal Mass in an Infant Tarun Dilip Javali, Prathvi Shetty, Nagaraj Harohally Herein we present a case of a 7 months old baby girl, with left single system ectopic ureter, in whom the ureter was dilated to such an extent that it presented as an abdominal mass.
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Scientific integrity also concerns editors and publishers

Recently, there have been many dishonest propositions from scientific publishing houses and publishers. Authors receive offers to publish articles in journals of questionable reputability and often an unfairly created image which portrays a resemblance of a journal with high standards possessing an Impact Factor, generated by Clarivate Analytics (previously Thomson Reuters).

Many trademarks imitating the "original" Impact Factor have appeared. These trademarks entice authors to publish articles in journals which do not appear in the Science Citation Index Expanded database, managed by Clarivate Analytics. These journals of course have their own unique impact factors, but they are not indexed by Clarivate Analytics. Authors publish their articles in these journals only to later find out that they will not be indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded database. Often, these articles cannot be then withdrawn because after an article is assigned a DOI number, it cannot be published in another journal as this would be considered plagiarism. Subsequently, these journals may demand up to a few thousand dollars from authors in order to withdraw their articles.

Why am I writing about this? I am writing about this because I think that editors and publishers must be honest and present credible offers to authors. In my opinion, impact factors that are not the result of parameters calculated by Clarivate Analytics should not be used, even if they are trademarks. In scientific research, the concept of an "Impact Factor" has existed for too long for it to be used by other institutions, even if it is calculated fairly and called an "unofficial impact factor". This is simply a case of scientific integrity.

The SCOPUS database has come up with a very good solution to this problem by naming their impact factor "CiteScore". This is a fair approach to authors by publishers.

As editors and publishers, we must also have an honest approach to scientific research.

Dear authors, please look out for journals which advertise various new impact factors. Before you submit your articles to a journal, make sure to check first in which database it is indexed.

With kind regards,
Tomasz Drewa
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