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Literature The cancer of testicles represents 1% of male neoplasms and 5% of urological malignant neoplasm. Its incidence has been growing in Western societies. Cancer of testicles usually presents as an increase of consistence in one testicles and absence of pain, as a casual ultrasound scan finding, or it could be highlighted by a scrotal injury. The surgical treatment is either radical orchiectomy or radical orchiectomy plus retroperitoneal lymph node dissection. Case presentation The case presented concerns a 48-year-old male with a history of left testicular trauma and subsequent hypotrophy. Over the next 4 years, the patient developed a testicle size increase up to 15 cm in diameter. At diagnosis, he had retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy. The patient was, after surgery, referred to the oncology department. Conclusion The awareness of the male population respect to testicular cancer and its screening methods (e.g. self-examination) is essential to make the diagnosis at an early stage. It is also essential to psychologically support patients undergoing surgical and/or pharmacological therapy due to risk of determining anxiety or depression compared to the whole population.Egg freezing (EF) technology has improved significantly over the last decade, giving women more choice over their reproductive futures. Despite this advance, EF brings forth contentious ethical and regulatory issues. Policies controlling access to EF vary around the world and there is a lack of consensus about who should have access and what criteria are relevant in making these decisions. This study aimed to identify views of women about access to EF for both "medical" and "non-medical" risks to infertility. An online survey was administered to women aged between 18 and 60 years in Victoria, Australia between April and May 2018. A total of 1,066 individuals initiated the survey. The median age of the participants was 28 years and 81% were less then 40 years old. Almost all participants (98%) supported access to medical EF in situations where treatments (e.g. chemotherapy) or illnesses threaten fertility. Support for access to EF for non-medical indications was lower; 75% supported EF for "lack of suitable partner", followed by "financial insecurity to raise a child" (72%) and "career/educational advancement" (65%). Older respondents (aged ≥40 years) were less likely than their younger counterparts to support all indications for non-medical EF. Our findings indicate broad support for EF. However, the variation in support between indications for non-medical EF suggests that individuals do not think about access to EF simply in terms of medical necessity. To reflect public views, future policy may need to consider access to EF beyond the medical/non-medical distinction.Self-awareness is an essential nursing competency and there is limited knowledge about nurses' levels and application of self-awareness and instruments to measure nursing-specific self-awareness. Using mixed methods, we developed and tested a scale to measure nurses' self-awareness. First, 13 nurses were interviewed to understand their meanings of self-awareness and to develop nursing-specific self-awareness scale. selleckchem Qualitative analysis generated professional, personal, contextual, and contentious aspects of self-awareness. Second, a 25-item scale assessed through expert consultations and pilot testing with 252 nurses. The content validity index was 0.94. After psychometric testing, seven items were deleted. Cronbach's alpha for the 18-item scale was 0.87 and the four-factor structure accounted for 45.55% of the variance. Lastly, the final scale was administered to 216 nurses. Nurses' had moderate self-awareness (59.65 ± 7.01), significantly associated with age and years of the clinical and educational experience. Intensive care nurses were more self-aware than nurses in other settings.The prevalence of concomitant abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and severe aortic stenosis (AS) has been increasing in the elderly population. Both conditions have adverse outcomes, if not adequately managed. No clear recommendations are available in the literature until today, in regards of the management sequence making thus the decision-making challenging. We report 2 cases of AAA and significant AS treated with endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) and transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) during the same procedure and a review of the literature on this topic. Based on our experience, the combined procedure with TAVI followed by EVAR seems to be feasible, safe, and effective while detailed preoperative planning and a carefully tailored management strategy by a multidisciplinary team are essential.Aim To report the outcomes and prognosis of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) who present with or develop metastases during treatment. Methods This is a retrospective observational study of patients diagnosed with MPM over 7 years. Metastases at presentation or during follow-up were recorded. Multivariate Cox regression was used to evaluate the relationship of clinicopathologic variables and overall survival (OS). Logistic regression was used for propensity score matching of patients to assess chemotherapy treatment effect. Results There were 367 patients included with a median age of 71 years (range, 29-91). A total of 69 patients (18%) had metastases 14 at presentation and 55 during follow-up. Patients presenting with metastases had significantly worse median and 2-year OS compared to those developing metastases during follow-up 13.3 months (95% confidence interval [CI], 2-24.6 months) and 0% versus 20.2 months (95% CI, 16.7-23.3 months) and 33%, respectively (p = 0.029). Female sex, age >70 years, nonepithelioid histology, and not receiving chemotherapy were independent poor prognostic factors. There was no difference in OS of patients with locally advanced (T4) disease compared to metastatic disease (M1) median OS 10.7 months (95% CI, 5.9-15.6) versus 13.3 months (95% CI, 2-24.6) (p = 0.18), respectively. Following propensity matching, sarcomatoid histology (hazard ratio, 7.86 [95% CI, 3.64-16.95]; p less then 0.001) and multiple lines of chemotherapy (hazard ratio, 0.38 [95% CI, 0.19-0.84]; p = 0.015) were significant independent prognostic factors for OS. Conclusions T4 disease carries a similar OS as metastatic MPM. Female sex, advanced age, nonepithelioid histology, and not receiving chemotherapy were independent poor prognostic factors.