Assessment of health-related quality of life in renal transplant and hemodialysis patients using the SF-36 health survey

…, S Arakawa, G Hamami, O Matsumoto, S Kamidono - Urology, 2000 - Elsevier
Objectives. To determine whether the health-related quality of life (HQOL) for renal transplant
patients improved using SF-36 survey scores and to examine which clinical measures after …

Conventional versus microdissection testicular sperm extraction for nonobstructive azoospermia

…, I Hara, M Fujisawa, S Arakawa, S Kamidono - The Journal of …, 2002 - auajournals.org
Purpose : We established a practical and safe strategy for testicular sperm extraction (TESE)
in patients with nonobstructive azoospermia and compared conventional with …

Elevation of serum levels of urokinase‐type plasminogen activator and its receptor is associated with disease progression and prognosis in patients with prostate …

…, K Yamanaka, K Gohji, S Arakawa, S Kamidono - The …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Several investigators have revealed that urokinase‐type plasminogen activator
(uPA) and its receptor (uPAR) are overexpressed in serum as well as in tumor tissues in …

Overexpression of clusterin in transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder is related to disease progression and recurrence

H Miyake, M Gleave, S Kamidono, I Hara - Urology, 2002 - Elsevier
Objectives. To determine whether the expression level of clusterin in transitional cell carcinoma
(TCC) of the bladder could be used as a predictor of tumor recurrence and prognosis. …

[HTML][HTML] Renal cell carcinoma with extension of tumor thrombus into the vena cava: surgical strategy and prognosis

…, K Ataka, C Yamashita, Y Okita, S Kamidono - Journal of vascular …, 2001 - Elsevier
Purpose: The outcome of patients who underwent radical resection of renal cell carcinoma
extending into the vena cava was retrospectively analyzed, and risk factors for long-term …

Serum matrix metalloproteinase‐2 and its density in men with prostate cancer as a new predictor of disease extension

…, S Kitazawa, H Miyake, S Kamidono… - … journal of cancer, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
We examined whether the serum matrix metalloproteinase‐2 (MMP‐2) level and MMP‐2
density could be predictors of the development and extension of prostate cancer. Serum …

Oxidative DNA damage in patients with prostate cancer and its response to treatment

H Miyake, I Hara, S Kamidono, H Eto - The Journal of urology, 2004 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: We evaluated the significance of oxidative DNA damage in patients with
prostate cancer based on the measurement of urinary 8-OHdG (8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine) …

Detection of Mycoplasma genitalium, Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma parvum (biovar 1) and Ureaplasma urealyticum (biovar 2) in patients with non‐gonococcal …

…, T Tsukamoto, S Onodera, S Kamidono - … journal of urology, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Aim: To use polymerase chain reaction (PCR)‐microtiter plate hybridization assays to detect
Mycoplasma genitalium, Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma parvum (biovar 1) and …

A conditional replication-competent adenoviral vector, Ad-OC-E1a, to cotarget prostate cancer and bone stroma in an experimental model of androgen-independent …

…, MS Park, CL Hsieh, HE Zhau, C Kao, S Kamidono… - Cancer research, 2001 - AACR
Prostate cancer has a high propensity to metastasize to bone, which often resists hormone,
radiation, and chemotherapies. Because of the reciprocal nature of the prostate cancer and …

Stress protein GRP78 prevents apoptosis induced by calcium ionophore, ionomycin, but not by glycosylation inhibitor, tunicamycin, in human prostate cancer cells

…, I Hara, S Arakawa, S Kamidono - Journal of Cellular …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
GRP78 induction has recently been shown to play a critical role in maintaining cell viability
against several kinds of stress, including depletion of endoplasmic reticulum Ca 2+ and …