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[The impact of methodology on the reported prevalence of thyroid pathology: comparison of two autopsy series from Switzerland performed with different methods]A Fleischmann
Institut für Pathologie der Universität Bern
Praxis (Bern 1994) 93:1037-43. 2004..These differences were significant (p < 0.001). In conclusion, the methodology has an important impact on the detected prevalence of pathological findings in the thyroid...- Elective management of transitional cell carcinoma of the distal ureter: can kidney-sparing surgery be advised?Gianluca Giannarini
Department of Urology, University of Bern, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland
BJU Int 100:264-8. 2007.... - Prognostic implications of extracapsular extension of pelvic lymph node metastases in urothelial carcinoma of the bladderAchim Fleischmann
Department of Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Am J Surg Pathol 29:89-95. 2005..Therefore, this feature should be used to designate a separate pN category in the staging system. The discrimination of pN1/pN2 in the UICC 2002 classification seems to be arbitrary and of no significant prognostic relevance... - Isolated polyarteritis nodosa of the male reproductive system associated with a germ cell tumor of the testis: a case reportAchim Fleischmann
Department of Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Cardiovasc Pathol 16:354-6. 2007..Two years after surgery he is without evidence of recurrence of either the tumor or PAN... 
Extracapsular extension but not the tumour burden of lymph node metastases is an independent adverse risk factor in lymph node-positive bladder cancerRoland Seiler
Department of Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Histopathology 58:571-8. 2011..To evaluate risk factors in lymph node-positive bladder cancer...- Her2 amplification is significantly more frequent in lymph node metastases from urothelial bladder cancer than in the primary tumoursAchim Fleischmann
Institute of Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Eur Urol 60:350-7. 2011..Genotype and phenotype of primary tumours and their metastases may differ... - Does quantification of USPIO uptake-related signal loss allow differentiation of benign and malignant normal-sized pelvic lymph nodes?Johannes M Froehlich
Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital and Inselspital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Contrast Media Mol Imaging 7:346-55. 2012..Quantification of USPIO-dependent SNR decrease will enable the validation of this promising technique with the final goal of improving and individualizing patient care... - High CD10 expression predicts favorable outcome in surgically treated lymph node-positive bladder cancer patientsRoland Seiler
Institute of Pathology, University of Bern, CH 3010 Bern, Switzerland
Hum Pathol 43:269-75. 2012..The favorable outcome in bladder cancer patients with high CD10 expression might suggest a tumor suppressive function of CD10... - High CD10 expression in lymph node metastases from surgically treated prostate cancer independently predicts early deathAchim Fleischmann
Institute of Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Virchows Arch 458:741-8. 2011..In conclusion, a high CD10 expression in prostate cancer predicts early death. This information is inherent in the primary tumors and in the lymph node metastases and might help to personalize patient management... - Survival in surgically treated, nodal positive prostate cancer patients is predicted by histopathological characteristics of the primary tumor and its lymph node metastasesAchim Fleischmann
Department of Pathology, University of Bern, Switzerland
Prostate 69:352-62. 2009..Histopathological risk factors for survival stratification of surgically treated nodal positive prostate cancer patients are poorly defined as reflected by only one category for nodal metastases... - Good outcome for patients with few lymph node metastases after radical retropubic prostatectomyMartin C Schumacher
Department of Urology, University of Bern, Switzerland
Eur Urol 54:344-52. 2008..Conflicting results exist regarding the value of an extended pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) in node-positive patients undergoing radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP) for clinically localized prostate cancer... - High-level cytoplasmic cyclin D1 expression in lymph node metastases from prostate cancer independently predicts early biochemical failure and death in surgically treated patientsAchim Fleischmann
Institute of Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Histopathology 58:781-9. 2011..To test the prognostic significance of cyclin D1 in nodal-positive prostate cancer... - Nerve sparing open radical retropubic prostatectomy--does it have an impact on urinary continence?Fiona C Burkhard
Department of Urology, University of Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
J Urol 176:189-95. 2006..We prospectively assessed the role of nerve sparing surgery on urinary continence after open radical retropubic prostatectomy... - MMP-2 and MMP-9 in lymph-node-positive bladder cancerRoland Seiler
Institute of Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
J Clin Pathol 64:1078-82. 2011.... - Androgen receptors are differentially expressed in Gleason patterns of prostate cancer and down-regulated in matched lymph node metastasesAchim Fleischmann
Institute of Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Prostate 71:453-60. 2011..More information about AR distribution is needed to optimize evaluation methods and to better understand the role of AR in development and progression of prostate cancer... 
Pelvic lymph nodes: distribution and nodal tumour burden of urothelial bladder cancerRoland Seiler
Department of Pathology, University of Bern, Switzerland
J Clin Pathol 63:504-7. 2010..To evaluate the number of lymph nodes and the lymph node tumour burden in different anatomical pelvic regions to better asses the impact of variations in the extent of lymphadenectomy on reported LN parameters and pelvic tumour clearance...- Is pelvic lymph node dissection necessary in patients with a serum PSA<10ng/ml undergoing radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer?Martin C Schumacher
Department of Urology, University of Bern, Switzerland
Eur Urol 50:272-9. 2006..The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of lymph node metastasis in this subgroup of patients... - Extracapsular extension of pelvic lymph node metastases from urothelial carcinoma of the bladder is an independent prognostic factorAchim Fleischmann
Department of Urology, University of Bern, Inselspital, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
J Clin Oncol 23:2358-65. 2005..In the multivariate analysis, extracapsular extension of LN metastases was the strongest factor predicting prognosis... - Twenty years experience with an ileal orthotopic low pressure bladder substitute--lessons to be learnedUrs E Studer
Department of Urology, University of Bern, Inselspital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
J Urol 176:161-6. 2006..We present the long-term results of a large consecutive series of patients undergoing ileal orthotopic bladder substitution following radical cystectomy... - Combined ultrasmall superparamagnetic particles of iron oxide-enhanced and diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging reliably detect pelvic lymph node metastases in normal-sized nodes of bladder and prostate cancer patientsHarriet C Thoeny
University Hospital of Bern, Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine, Bern, Switzerland
Eur Urol 55:761-9. 2009..Newer approaches such as ultrasmall superparamagnetic particles of iron oxide (USPIO) and diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) have inconsistent diagnostic accuracy and are difficult to interpret... - Immunological microenvironment in prostate cancer: high mast cell densities are associated with favorable tumor characteristics and good prognosisAchim Fleischmann
Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Prostate 69:976-81. 2009..Number of intratumoral mast cells predicts survival in various cancers. The prognostic significance of such mast cells in surgically treated prostate cancer is unknown... - Distinct subcellular expression patterns of neutral endopeptidase (CD10) in prostate cancer predict diverging clinical courses in surgically treated patientsAchim Fleischmann
Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Clin Cancer Res 14:7838-42. 2008..Neutral endopeptidase (CD10), an ectopeptidase bound to the cell surface, is thought to be a potential prognostic marker for prostate cancer... - Refractory hematuria in an oliguric patient after pancreas transplantation with exocrine pancreas bladder drainageBernhard Kiss
Department of Urology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Eur Urol 59:462-4. 2011..However, hematuria was refractory to multiple urological interventions, which eventually necessitated an enteric diversion of the exocrine pancreas. Hematuria ceased following an uneventful postoperative course... - Radical cystectomy with an extended pelvic lymphadenectomy: rationale and resultsRobert D Mills
The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Colney Lane, Norwich NR4 7UY, UK
Surg Oncol Clin N Am 16:233-45. 2007..Whether more extensive dissections than this improve survival is not yet clear... - Is there an indication for frozen section examination of the ureteral margins during cystectomy for transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder?Martin C Schumacher
Department of Urology, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Bern, 3010 Bern, Switzerland
J Urol 176:2409-13; discussion 2413. 2006..We evaluated the incidence of pathological findings of the ureter at cystectomy for transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder and assessed the usefulness of intraoperative frozen section examination of the ureter...