[HTML][HTML] A retrospective assessment of sputum samples and antimicrobial resistance in COVID-19 patients

TG Cut, A Mavrea, AA Cumpanas, D Novacescu… - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Data on bacterial or fungal pathogens and their impact on the mortality rates of Western
Romanian COVID-19 patients are scarce. As a result, the purpose of this research was to …

Intravesical prostatic protrusion can be a predicting factor for the treatment outcome in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic obstruction …

AA Cumpanas, M Botoca, R Minciu, V Bucuras - Urology, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of the intravesical protrusion of the prostate (IPP) on the
response to medical treatment with tamsulosin for a 3 month period. MATERIALS AND …

[HTML][HTML] A Retrospective Analysis of the Challenges of Urothelial Cancer Management during the COVID-19 Pandemic at a Single Academic Center in Romania

…, S Latcu, A Croitor, V Dema, R Bardan, AA Cumpanas - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic caused major changes in the healthcare sector due to adaptations
required to hospitalize and treat an impressive number of patients. This retrospective study …

[HTML][HTML] Contemporary clinical definitions, differential diagnosis, and novel predictive tools for renal cell carcinoma

D Novacescu, BO Feciche, AA Cumpanas, R Bardan… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite significant progress regarding clinical detection/imaging evaluation modalities and
genetic/molecular characterization of pathogenesis, advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) …

[HTML][HTML] Rats, neuregulins and radical prostatectomy: a conceptual overview

…, M Raica, TG Cut, J Walter, AA Cumpanas - Journal of Clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the contemporary era of early detection, with mostly curative initial treatment for prostate
cancer (PC), mortality rates have significantly diminished. In addition, mean age at initial PC …

[HTML][HTML] Cystic Echinococcosis in Hospitalized Adult Patients from Western Romania: 2007–2022

…, CA Pirvu, F Lazar, A Nesiu, AG Mihu, AA Cumpanas… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a neglected parasitic disease caused by the tapeworm
Echinococcus granulosus. The aim of this study was to assess the epidemiological features of …

[HTML][HTML] The Cavernous Nerve Injury Rat Model: A Pictorial Essay on Post-Radical Prostatectomy Erectile Dysfunction Research

…, TG Cut, R Ilina, DC Malita, C Tarta, AA Cumpanas - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
Understanding and addressing post-radical prostatectomy (RP) erectile dysfunction (ED) is
of paramount importance for clinicians. Cavernous nerve (CN) injury rat model studies have …

[HTML][HTML] Novel Expression of Thymine Dimers in Renal Cell Carcinoma, Demonstrated through Immunohistochemistry

D Novacescu, TG Cut, AA Cumpanas, F Bratosin… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite significant developments in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) detection and molecular
pathology, mortality has been steadily rising. Advanced RCC remains an incurable disease. …

[HTML][HTML] Long noncoding RNA NEAT1 as a potential candidate biomarker for prostate cancer

…, L Balacescu, O Balacescu, R Bardan, AA Cumpanas… - Life, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Prostate cancer (PCa) remains one of the leading causes of cancer-related
mortality in men worldwide, mainly due to unsatisfactory diagnostic methods used at present, …

[HTML][HTML] Urinary Microbiota—Are We Ready for Prime Time? A Literature Review of Study Methods' Critical Steps in Avoiding Contamination and Minimizing Biased …

AA Cumpanas, OG Bratu, RT Bardan, OC Ferician… - Diagnostics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Within the last few years, there have been an increased number of clinical studies involving
urinary microbiota. Low-biomass microbiome sequencing (eg, urine, lung, placenta, blood) …