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Symptoms and diagnostic delays in bladder cancer with high risk of recurrence: results from a prospective FinnBladder 9 trial by Sell, Ville, Ettala, Otto, Montoya Perez, Ileana, Järvinen, Riikka, Pekkarinen, Tarmo, Vaarala, Markku, Seppänen, Marjo, Liukkonen, Tapani, Marttila, Timo, Aaltomaa, Sirpa, Kaasinen, Eero, Boström, Peter J.

“…Purpose To investigate the symptoms and delays in the clinical pathway of bladder cancer (BC). Methods This is a substudy of a prospective, randomized,…”
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Factors Explaining Recurrence in Patients Undergoing Chemoimmunotherapy Regimens for Frequently Recurring Superficial Bladder Carcinoma by Kaasinen, Eero, Rintala, Erkki, Hellström, Pekka, Viitanen, Jouko, Juusela, Harri, Rajala, Pertti, Korhonen, Heikki, Liukkonen, Tapani

“…Objectives: To study the factors determining new recurrences in patients with frequently recurring superficial bladder tumors. Methods: Of all 205 eligible…”
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Investigating the Finnish Elderly People’s Attitudes and Motivation towards Digital Game-Based Physical Exercises by Pyae, Aung, Liukkonen, Tapani N., Mika, Luimula, Kattimeri, Christina, Cauberghe, Veroline, Smed, Jouni

“…Attitudes and motivation towards physical exercises play a vital role for elderly people’s adherence to exercise. In recent years, digital games have been used…”
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Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Versus Combination of Epirubicin and Interferon-α2a in Reducing Recurrence of Non–Muscle-invasive Bladder Carcinoma: FinnBladder-6 Study by Marttila, Timo, Järvinen, Riikka, Liukkonen, Tapani, Rintala, Erkki, Boström, Peter, Seppänen, Marjo, Tammela, Teuvo, Hellström, Pekka, Aaltomaa, Sirpa, Leskinen, Markku, Raitanen, Mika, Kaasinen, Eero

“…Abstract Background Patients with non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) belonging to the intermediate-risk group should be treated with intravesical…”
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Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Versus Combination of Epirubicin and Interferon- alpha 2a in Reducing Recurrence of Non-Muscle-invasive Bladder Carcinoma: FinnBladder-6 Study by Marttila, Timo, Jaervinen, Riikka, Liukkonen, Tapani, Rintala, Erkki, Bostrom, Peter, Seppaenen, Marjo, Tammela, Teuvo, Hellstrom, Pekka, Aaltomaa, Sirpa, Leskinen, Markku, Raitanen, Mika, Kaasinen, Eero

“…Background: Patients with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) belonging to the intermediate-risk group should be treated with intravesical instillations…”
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Long-term Outcome of Patients with Frequently Recurrent Non–muscle-invasive Bladder Carcinoma Treated with One Perioperative Plus Four Weekly Instillations of Mitomycin C Followed by Monthly Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) or Alternating BCG and Interferon-α2b Instillations: Prospective Randomised FinnBladder-4 Study by Järvinen, Riikka, Marttila, Timo, Kaasinen, Eero, Rintala, Erkki, Aaltomaa, Sirpa, Kallio, Jukka, Liukkonen, Tapani, Puolakka, Veli-Matti, Seppänen, Marjo, Tuhkanen, Kari, Vaarala, Markku, Viitanen, Jouko, Boström, Peter J

“…Abstract Background Recurrent TaT1 non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) patients should be treated with immediate instillation of chemotherapy after…”
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Awareness of Smoking as a Risk Factor in Bladder Cancer: Results from the Prospective FinnBladder 9 Trial by Sell, Ville, Ettala, Otto, Perez, Ileana Montoya, Järvinen, Riikka, Pekkarinen, Tarmo, Vaarala, Markku, Seppänen, Marjo, Liukkonen, Tapani, Marttila, Timo, Aaltomaa, Sirpa, Boström, Peter J

“…Data regarding patient education and smoking habits among bladder cancer patients are scarce. To investigate awareness of smoking as a risk factor for bladder…”
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Reduced expression of retinoblastoma (Rb) gene protein is related to cell proliferation and prognosis in transitional-cell bladder cancer by LIPPONEN, P. K, LIUKKONEN, T. J. O

“…Archival biopsy specimens from transitional-cell bladder cancers (n = 222) were analysed immunohisto-chemically for expression of retinoblastoma (Rb) gene…”
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Clinical and prognostic significance of changes in haemoglobin concentration during 1 year of androgen‐deprivation therapy for hormone‐naïve bone‐metastatic prostate cancer by Ebbinge, Maria, Berglund, Anders, Varenhorst, Eberhard, Hedlund, Per Olov, Sandblom, Gabriel, Krarup, Torben, Hvidt, Valdemar, Mogensen, Peter, Luke, Michael, Sørensen, Ole, Frimodt‐Møller, Cai, Willumsen, Henrik, Klarskov, Peter, Mortensen, Svend, Rasmussen, Finn, Andersen, Jesper Rye, Rosenkilde, Palle, Iversen, Hans‐Georg, Larsen, Erik, Skaarup, Paul, Farber, John, Melchior‐Nissen, Hans, Mommsen, Søren, Iversen, Peter, Kristensen, Jørgen Kvist, Wolf, Hans, Lundbeck, Finn, Højsgaard, Arne, Halme, Antero, Salo, Jaakko, Ruutu, Mirja, Kasinen, Eero, Juusela, Harri, Ala‐Opas, Martti, Salminen, Risto, Liukkonen, Tapani, Viitanen, Jouko, Talja, Martti, Permi, Jaakko, Puolakka, Veli‐Matti, Nurmi, Martti, Hansson, Erkki, Geirsson, Gudmundur, Höisaeter, Per‐Aage, Haukaas, Svein, Hesselberg, Fredrik, Vada, Karsten, Vaage, Sigmund, Tasdemir, Ilker, Lundmo, Per, Ögreid, Per, Ribbegren, Carl‐Johan, Owczarski, Andrzej, Lindeborg, Torsten, Borck, Leif, Susskind, Stig, Hedberg, Bo, Kihl, Björn, Olsson, Jan‐Olof, Häggarth, Lars, Larsson, Bruno, Lindberg, Bengt, Carlsson, Sture, Höjgaard, Inge, Spångberg, Anders, Elfving, Peter, Lundgren, Rolf, Hahne, Bengt, Ideström, Rickard, Hedelin, Hans, Damber, Jan‐Erik, Andersson, Bengt, Sandin, Torsten, Waldén, Mauritz, Telhammar, Ebbe, Olsson, Ronnie, Granfors, Torvald, Stattin, Pär, Brekkan, Einar, Norlen, Bo Johan, Hammarsten, Jan, Mikkelsen, Ib, Ramsing, Anders, Wall, Inger, Adell, Lars, Ullman, Agneta, Nelson, Curt‐Eric, Ljungeryd, Susanne, Andersson, Sven‐Olof, Johansson, Jan Erik, Carlström, Kjell, Damber, Jan Erik, Henriksson, Peter, Tammela, Teuvo, Nielsen, Ole Steen, Damber, Lena, Pousette, Åke, Rannikko, Sakari, Stege, Reinhard

“…Objective To estimate the strength of change in haemoglobin (Hb) concentrations during 1 year of androgen‐deprivation therapy (ADT) as a predictor of survival…”
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Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Does Not Increase the Morbidity of Radical Cystectomy: A 10-year Retrospective Nationwide Study by Salminen, Antti P., Koskinen, Ilmari, Perez, Ileana Montoya, Hurme, Saija, Murtola, Teemu J., Vaarala, Markku H., Nykopp, Timo K., Seppänen, Marjo, Isotalo, Taina, Marttila, Timo, Levomäki, Lasse, Becker, Sebastian, Anttinen, Mikael, Liukkonen, Tapani, Säily, Matti, Pogodin-Hannolainen, Dimitri, Viitanen, Jouko, Palmberg, Christian, Ottelin, Juhani, Sairanen, Jukka, Ettala, Otto O., Boström, Peter J.

“…Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is underutilized in the treatment of bladder cancer (BC). To investigate the effect of NAC on the risk of surgical complications…”
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Safety and long-term results of endoscopic transanal resection in treating rectal adenomas: 15 years’ experience by Sallinen, Ville, Santti, Henrikki, Liukkonen, Tapani, Hellström, Pekka, Mäkelä, Jyrki, Puolakka, Veli-Matti, Paajanen, Hannu

“…Background Endoscopic transanal resection (ETAR) is a scarcely used technique to treat large or sessile rectal adenomas not amenable to polypectomy. The…”
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Gamified Solutions in Healthcare - Testing Rehabilitation Games in Finland and Asia by Luimula, Mika, Kattimeri, Christina, Katajapuu, Niina, Pitkäkangas, Paula, Malmivirta, Helena, Pyae, Aung, Liukkonen, Tapani, Smed, Jouni

“…This paper presents a comprehensive summary of the Gamified Solutions in Healthcare (GSH) research project, which is a joint research project between Turku…”
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Perioperative single dose instillation of epirubicin or interferon-alpha after transurethral resection for the prophylaxis of primary superficial bladder cancer recurrence: a prospective randomized multicenter study--FinnBladder III long-term results by Rajala, Pertti, Kaasinen, Eero, Raitanen, Mika, Liukkonen, Tapani, Rintala, Erkki

“…We evaluated the long-term efficacy of a single dose of interferon or epirubicin administered immediately after transurethral resection compared with…”
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Clinical presentation and predictors of survival related to extent of bone metastasis in 900 prostate cancer patients by Klaff, Rami, Varenhorst, Eberhard, Berglund, Anders, Hedlund, Per Olov, Sjöberg, Folke, Sandblom, Gabriel

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of bone metastasis on survival and quality of life (QoL) in men with hormone-naïve prostate cancer. The…”
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Analysis of false-positive BTA stat test results in patients followed up for bladder cancer by Raitanen, Mika-P, Kaasinen, Eero, Lukkarinen, Olavi, Kauppinen, Risto, Viitanen, Jouko, Liukkonen, Tapani, Tammela, Teuvo L.J

“…Objectives. To evaluate the role of a positive BTA stat Test result in patients with negative cystoscopic findings. Methods. Five hundred one consecutive…”
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Current concepts in the role of intravesical instillations in the therapy and prophylaxis of superficial transitional-cell cancer of the bladder by Alfthan, Olof, Jauhiainen, Kari, Kaasinen, Eero, Liukkonen, Tapani

“…A survey on superficial, local urinary bladder cancer, its prognostic factors, and instillation treatments is presented on the basis of experience with…”
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Parenteral estrogen versus combined androgen deprivation in the treatment of metastatic prostatic cancer: part 2. Final evaluation of the Scandinavian Prostatic Cancer Group (SPCG) Study No. 5 by Hedlund, Per Olov, Damber, Jan-Erik, Hagerman, Inger, Haukaas, Svein, Henriksson, Peter, Iversen, Peter, Johansson, Robert, Klarskov, Peter, Lundbeck, Finn, Rasmussen, Finn, Varenhorst, Eberhard, Viitanen, Jouko

“…To compare parenteral estrogen therapy in the form of high-dose polyestradiol phosphate (PEP; Estradurin) with combined androgen deprivation (CAD) in the…”
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Parenteral estrogen versus combined androgen deprivation in the treatment of metastatic prostatic cancer -- Scandinavian Prostatic Cancer Group (SPCG) Study No. 5 by Hedlund, Per Olov, Ala-Opas, Martti, Brekkan, Einar, Damber, Jan Erik, Damber, Lena, Hagerman, Inger, Haukaas, Svein, Henriksson, Peter, Iversen, Peter, Pousette, Ake, Rasmussen, Finn, Salo, Jaakko, Vaage, Sigmund, Varenhorst, Eberhard

“…In the mid-1980s, interest in parenteral estrogen therapy for prostate cancer was renewed when it was found that it influenced liver metabolism only marginally…”
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