Selecting the Optimal Candidate for Adjuvant Radiotherapy After Radical Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer: A Long-term Survival AnalysisFiras Abdollah
Department of Urology, Vita Salute University, San Raffaele, Milan, Italy Electronic address
Eur Urol 63:998-1008. 2013
..The role of adjuvant radiotherapy (ART) after radical prostatectomy (RP) on survival of patients with prostate cancer (PCa) is still controversial...
- Incidence, survival and mortality rates of stage-specific bladder cancer in United States: A trend analysis
Firas Abdollah
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Centre, Montreal, Canada Department of Urology, Vita Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy Electronic address
Cancer Epidemiol 37:219-25. 2013
..To examine the overall and stage-specific age-adjusted incidence, 5-year survival and mortality rates of bladder cancer (BCa) in the United States, between 1973 and 2009...
- Comparison of mortality outcomes after radical prostatectomy versus radiotherapy in patients with localized prostate cancer: a population-based analysis
Firas Abdollah
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Int J Urol 19:836-44; author reply 844-5. 2012
..To compare the mortality outcomes of radical prostatectomy and radiotherapy as treatment modalities for patients with localized prostate cancer...
- Competing-risks mortality after radiotherapy vs. observation for localized prostate cancer: a population-based study
Firas Abdollah
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 84:95-103. 2012
..Our objective was to test the relationship between radiotherapy and survival in men with localized PCa and compare it with those treated with observation...
- National Comprehensive Cancer Network practice guidelines 2011: Need for more accurate recommendations for pelvic lymph node dissection in prostate cancer
Firas Abdollah
Department of Urology, Vita Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
J Urol 188:423-8. 2012
..We examined the ability of these guidelines to correctly predict lymph node invasion in patients treated with extended pelvic lymph node dissection...
- Lymph node count threshold for optimal pelvic lymph node staging in prostate cancer
Firas Abdollah
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Int J Urol 19:645-51. 2012
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- Critical assessment of the European Association of Urology guideline indications for pelvic lymph node dissection at radical prostatectomy
Firas Abdollah
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
BJU Int 108:1769-75. 2011
..We presented the first formal validation of the 2010 European Association of Urology guidelines for lymphadenectomy in prostate cancer patients...
- Stage-specific impact of pelvic lymph node dissection on survival in patients with non-metastatic bladder cancer treated with radical cystectomy
Firas Abdollah
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Centre, Canada
BJU Int 109:1147-54. 2012
..To examine the effect of stage-specific pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) on cancer-specific (CSM) and overall mortality (OM) rates at radical cystectomy (RC) for bladder cancer...
- A population-based assessment of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network practice guideline indications for pelvic lymph node dissection at radical prostatectomy
Firas Abdollah
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, Department of Urology, Vita Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
BJU Int 109:1177-82. 2012
..The 2010 NCCN practice guidelines for prostate cancer recommend a pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) at radical prostatectomy in all individuals with a nomogram predicted LNI risk of ≥2%...
- Survival after radical cystectomy of non-bilharzial squamous cell carcinoma vs urothelial carcinoma: a competing-risks analysis
Firas Abdollah
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, Department of Urology, University of Montreal Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
BJU Int 109:564-9. 2012
..In Western countries, non-bilharzial squamous cell carcinoma (NBSCC) is the second most common histological subtype in bladder cancer (BCa) after urothelial carcinoma (UC)...
- The importance of pelvic lymph node dissection in the elderly population: implications for interpreting the 2010 National Comprehensive Cancer Network practice guidelines for bladder cancer treatment
Firas Abdollah
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Urol 185:2078-84. 2011
..We examined the pelvic lymph node dissection rate in patients 80 years old or older and the impact of pelvic lymph node dissection on cancer specific and overall mortality in these patients...
- Surgical caseload is an important determinant of continent urinary diversion rate at radical cystectomy: a population-based study
Firas Abdollah
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
Ann Surg Oncol 18:2680-7. 2011
..We tested the hypothesis that patients treated at high RC caseload hospitals and/or by high RC caseload surgeons have higher CUD rates...
- Trans-rectal versus trans-perineal saturation rebiopsy of the prostate: is there a difference in cancer detection rate?
Firas Abdollah
University Vita Salute San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
Urology 77:921-5. 2011
..To test the hypothesis that there is no significant difference in the rate of prostate cancer (PCa) detection rate between the transrectal and transperineal approach in men undergoing a saturation (24-core) prostate rebiopsy...
- The role of transrectal saturation biopsy in tumour localization: pathological correlation after retropubic radical prostatectomy and implication for focal ablative therapy
Firas Abdollah
Department of Urology, San Raffaele Hospital, Universita Vita Salute, Milan, Italy
BJU Int 108:366-71. 2011
..To evaluate the accuracy of an initial 24-core prostate biopsy scheme (PBx24) in predicting unilateral prostate cancer (PCa) in radical prostatectomy (RP) specimens...
- Mortality and morbidity after cytoreductive nephrectomy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma: a population-based study
Firas Abdollah
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
Ann Surg Oncol 18:2988-96. 2011
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- Decreasing rate and extent of lymph node staging in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy may undermine the rate of diagnosis of lymph node metastases in prostate cancer
Firas Abdollah
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada
Eur Urol 58:882-92. 2010
..At radical prostatectomy (RP), pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) represents the most accurate staging procedure for the presence of lymph node (LN) metastases...
- A competing-risks analysis of survival after alternative treatment modalities for prostate cancer patients: 1988-2006
Firas Abdollah
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Center, Montreal, Canada
Eur Urol 59:88-95. 2011
..The efficacy of prostate cancer (PCa) treatment modalities is a subject of continuous debate...
- The effect of marital status on stage and survival of prostate cancer patients treated with radical prostatectomy: a population-based study
Firas Abdollah
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcome Unit, University of Montreal Health Center CHUM, 1058, rue St Denis, Montreal, QC, H2X 3J4, Canada
Cancer Causes Control 22:1085-95. 2011
..We set to test whether this applied to patients diagnosed with prostate cancer (PCa) treated with radical prostatectomy (RP)...
- Hospital and surgical caseload are predictors of comprehensive surgical treatment for bladder cancer: a population based study
Firas Abdollah
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
J Urol 186:824-8. 2011
..We tested the hypothesis that radical cystectomy performed at a high caseload hospital and/or by a high caseload surgeon is more likely to include pelvic lymph node dissection...
- Performance characteristics of computed tomography in detecting lymph node metastases in contemporary patients with prostate cancer treated with extended pelvic lymph node dissection
Alberto Briganti
Department of Urology, Vita Salute University, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
Eur Urol 61:1132-8. 2012
..All previous studies addressing the ability of CT scan to predict lymph node invasion (LNI) were based on historical patients treated with limited pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND)...
- Head-to-head comparison of three commonly used preoperative tools for prediction of lymph node invasion at radical prostatectomy
Firas Abdollah
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Centre, Montreal, Canada
Urology 78:1363-7. 2011
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- Preoperative circulating sex hormones are not predictors of positive surgical margins at open radical prostatectomy
Andrea Salonia
Department of Urology, University Vita Salute San Raffaele, Via Olgettina 60, Milan, Italy
World J Urol 30:533-9. 2012
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- Pelvic/retroperitoneal salvage lymph node dissection for patients treated with radical prostatectomy with biochemical recurrence and nodal recurrence detected by [11C]choline positron emission tomography/computed tomography
Patrizio Rigatti
Department of Urology, Urological Research Institute, University Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Eur Urol 60:935-43. 2011
..The management of patients with clinical recurrence of prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy (RP) remains challenging...
Assessing the risk of lymph node invasion in patients with intermediate risk prostate cancer treated with extended pelvic lymph node dissection. A novel prediction toolAlberto Briganti
Department of Urology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
Prostate 72:499-506. 2012
..Controversy exists regarding the need for extended pelvic lymph node dissection (ePLND) in patients with intermediate risk prostate cancer (PCa)...
- Cancer-specific and other-cause mortality after radical prostatectomy versus observation in patients with prostate cancer: competing-risks analysis of a large North American population-based cohort
Firas Abdollah
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Eur Urol 60:920-30. 2011
..Initial treatment options for low-risk clinically localized prostate cancer (PCa) include radical prostatectomy (RP) or observation...
- Indications for pelvic nodal treatment in prostate cancer should change. Validation of the Roach formula in a large extended nodal dissection series
Firas Abdollah
Department of Urology, Vita Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 83:624-9. 2012
..We hypothesized that the Roach formula is still an accurate tool for LNI predictions if an extended PLND (ePLND) is performed...
- Survival benefit of radical prostatectomy in patients with localized prostate cancer: estimations of the number needed to treat according to tumor and patient characteristics
Firas Abdollah
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Urol 188:73-83. 2012
..We assessed the relationship between treatment type (radical prostatectomy vs observation) and cancer specific mortality in a large, population based cohort...
- Age-adjusted incidence, mortality, and survival rates of stage-specific renal cell carcinoma in North America: a trend analysis
Maxine Sun
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Center, Montreal, Canada
Eur Urol 59:135-41. 2011
..The rising incidence of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has been largely attributed to the increasing use of imaging procedures...
- Is a treatment delay in radical prostatectomy safe in individuals with low-risk prostate cancer?
Maxine Sun
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Center, Montreal, Canada
J Sex Med 9:2961-9. 2012
..Many patients diagnosed with localized prostate cancer (PCa) are presented with several treatment modalities, which may require time to understand these options before making an informed decision regarding treatment...
- Choosing the best candidates for penile rehabilitation after bilateral nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy
Alberto Briganti
Urological Research Institute, Department of Urology, University Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
J Sex Med 9:608-17. 2012
..Controversy exists regarding the ideal candidates for penile rehabilitation after bilateral nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy (BNSRP)...
- Prediction of functional outcomes after nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy: results of conditional survival analyses
Firas Abdollah
Department of Urology, Vita Salute San Raffaele University, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
Eur Urol 62:42-52. 2012
..This effect, known as conditional survival, has not yet been assessed...
- Trends of retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy use in patients with nonseminomatous germ cell tumor of the testis: a population-based study
Maxine Sun
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Center CHUM, Montreal, QC, Canada
Ann Surg Oncol 18:2997-3004. 2011
..Our objective was to assess the utilization rate of RPLND in patients with NSGCTT...
- A non-cancer-related survival benefit is associated with partial nephrectomy
Maxine Sun
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Center, Montreal, Canada
Eur Urol 61:725-31. 2012
..Partial nephrectomy (PN) may better protect against other-cause mortality (OCM) when compared with radical nephrectomy (RN) in patients with localized renal cell carcinoma (RCC)...
- Unilateral positive biopsies in low risk prostate cancer patients diagnosed with extended transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy schemes do not predict unilateral prostate cancer at radical prostatectomy
Andrea Gallina
Department of Urology, Vita Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
BJU Int 110:E64-8. 2012
..To date, there is no way of correctly identifying patients who will harbour unilateral prostate cancer based on routinely available variables...
- Annual prostatectomy volume is related to rectal laceration rate after radical prostatectomy
Jan Schmitges
Martini Clinic, Prostate Cancer Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Urology 79:796-803. 2012
..To examine the effect of annual prostatectomy volume (APV) on contemporary intraoperative rectal laceration (RL) rates after radical prostatectomy...
- Biopsy schemes with the fewest cores for detecting 95% of the prostate cancers detected by a 24-core biopsy
Vincenzo Scattoni
Department of Urology, University Vita Salute, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Eur Urol 57:1-8. 2010
..The most efficient number and location of prostate biopsies remains a matter of debate...
- Serum sex steroids depict a nonlinear u-shaped association with high-risk prostate cancer at radical prostatectomy
Andrea Salonia
Department of Urology, University Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Clin Cancer Res 18:3648-57. 2012
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- Treatment management of small renal masses in the 21st century: a paradigm shift
Maxine Sun
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
Ann Surg Oncol 19:2380-7. 2012
..Active surveillance (AS) also may be considered. We examined the rates of PN, RN, and AS within a contemporary population-based cohort...
- Tumor grade improves the prognostic ability of American Joint Committee on Cancer stage in patients with penile carcinoma
Rodolphe Thuret
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Urol 185:501-7. 2011
..Penile cancer is rare. Thus, predicting cancer specific mortality may be difficult. We devised an accurate and yet easily applicable predictive rule that compares favorably with 2 previous models (73.8% and 74.7% accuracy, respectively)...
- Conditional survival of patients with urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder treated with radical cystectomy
Maxine Sun
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Center, Montreal, Canada
Eur J Cancer 48:1503-11. 2012
..To examine the impact of survival probability according to duration of survivorship following radical cystectomy (RC) in patients diagnosed with urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder (UCUB)...
- There is no way to identify patients who will harbor small volume, unilateral prostate cancer at final pathology. implications for focal therapies
Alberto Briganti
Department of Urology, VitaSalute University, San Raffaele Hospital, Via Olgettina 60, 20132 Milan, Italy
Prostate 72:925-30. 2012
..The aim of this study was to assess the clinical characteristics of the potentially ideal candidates for focal therapy, that is, patients with unilateral, small volume (namely, pT2a) prostate cancer (PCa) at radical prostatectomy (RP)...
- Updated nomogram predicting lymph node invasion in patients with prostate cancer undergoing extended pelvic lymph node dissection: the essential importance of percentage of positive cores
Alberto Briganti
Department of Urology, Vita Salute University, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
Eur Urol 61:480-7. 2012
..Few predictive models aimed at predicting the presence of lymph node invasion (LNI) in patients with prostate cancer (PCa) treated with extended pelvic lymph node dissection (ePLND) are available to date...
- Development and validation of a reference table for prediction of postoperative mortality rate in patients treated with radical cystectomy: a population-based study
Firas Abdollah
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
Ann Surg Oncol 19:309-17. 2012
..The existing literature suggests that the postoperative mortality (POM) rate in radical cystectomy (RC) patients does not exceed 3%. We sought to develop and externally validate a reference table that quantifies POM after RC...
- Comparison of partial vs radical nephrectomy with regard to other-cause mortality in T1 renal cell carcinoma among patients aged ≥75 years with multiple comorbidities
Maxine Sun
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
BJU Int 111:67-73. 2013
..To quantify the effect of partial nephrectomy (PN) vs radical nephrectomy (RN) on other-cause mortality (OCM) in elderly patients with localized renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and/or multiple comorbidities...
- Erectile function outcome after bilateral nerve sparing radical prostatectomy: which patients may be left untreated?
Andrea Gallina
Department of Urology, Vita Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
J Sex Med 9:903-8. 2012
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- Chronic kidney disease after nephrectomy in patients with small renal masses: a retrospective observational analysis
Maxine Sun
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Center, Montreal, Canada
Eur Urol 62:696-703. 2012
..Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a worldwide health threat associated with increased cardiovascular disease and mortality...
- Cytoreductive nephrectomy in the elderly: a population-based cohort from the USA
Maxine Sun
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Center, Montreal, Canada
BJU Int 109:1807-12. 2012
..In consequence, these rates should be discussed at informed consent and a rigorous patient selection remains essential...
- Are infertile men less healthy than fertile men? Results of a prospective case-control survey
Andrea Salonia
Department of Urology, University Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Eur Urol 56:1025-31. 2009
..An association between either subfertility or infertility and an elevated risk of certain male cancers has been previously reported. Nothing is known about abnormalities in infertility and general health conditions...
- Circulating estradiol, but not testosterone, is a significant predictor of high-grade prostate cancer in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy
Andrea Salonia
Department of Urology, University Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Cancer 117:5029-38. 2011
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- The extent of lymphadenectomy does affect cancer specific survival in pathologically confirmed T4 renal cell carcinoma
Umberto Capitanio
Department of Urology, University Vita Salute, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
Urologia 79:109-15. 2012
..We hypothesized that patients with locally advanced cancer invading beyond Gerota's fascia (pT4 Nany Many RCC) might benefit from an extended LND not only for staging but also for survival purposes...
- A stage-for-stage and grade-for-grade analysis of cancer-specific mortality rates in renal cell carcinoma according to age: a competing-risks regression analysis
Maxine Sun
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Center, Montreal, Canada
Eur Urol 60:1152-9. 2011
..The association of advanced age and cancer control outcomes shows discordant findings...
- Lymphatic spread of nodal metastases in high-risk prostate cancer: The ascending pathway from the pelvis to the retroperitoneum
Alberto Briganti
Department of Urology, Vita Salute University San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Prostate 72:186-92. 2012
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- Racial disparities and socioeconomic status in men diagnosed with testicular germ cell tumors: a survival analysis
Maxine Sun
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Cancer 117:4277-85. 2011
..The authors of this report evaluated the effects of race and socioeconomic status (SES) on stage distribution, overall mortality (OM), and cancer-specific mortality (CSM) in men with TGCTs...
- A contemporary population-based assessment of the rate of lymph node dissection for penile carcinoma
Rodolphe Thuret
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
Ann Surg Oncol 18:439-46. 2011
..We assessed ILND rates in a North American cohort...
- Prostate saturation biopsy following a first negative biopsy: state of the art
Carmen Maccagnano
Department of Urology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy carmen maccagnano gmail com
Urol Int 89:126-35. 2012
..The aim of this review is to perform a critical analysis of the literature about the actual role of SPBx in the repeat setting...
- Blood transfusions in radical prostatectomy: a contemporary population-based analysis
Jan Schmitges
Martini Clinic, Prostate Cancer Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
Urology 79:332-8. 2012
..To examine the homologous blood transfusion (HBT), autologous blood transfusion (ABT) and intraoperative blood conservation technique (IOBCT) rates and trends at open (ORP) and minimally invasive radical prostatectomy (MIRP)...
- Perioperative mortality is significantly greater in septuagenarian and octogenarian patients treated with radical cystectomy for urothelial carcinoma of the bladder
Daniel Liberman
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Urology 77:660-6. 2011
..However, population-based data have stated otherwise...
- Hospital volume is a determinant of postoperative complications, blood transfusion and length of stay after radical or partial nephrectomy
Maxine Sun
University of Montreal Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Urol 187:405-10. 2012
..We examined the impact of hospital volume on short-term outcomes after nephrectomy for nonmetastatic renal cell carcinoma...
- Preoperative hypogonadism is not an independent predictor of high-risk disease in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy
Andrea Salonia
Department of Urology, University Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Cancer 117:3953-62. 2011
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- Obesity does not increase the risk of lymph node metastases in patients with clinically localized prostate cancer undergoing radical prostatectomy and extended pelvic lymph node dissection
Alberto Briganti
Department of Urology, Vita Salute University, San Raffaele Hospital, Via Olgettina, 60, 20132, Milan, Italy
Int J Urol 16:676-81. 2009
..We hypothesized that obesity, quantified as body mass index (BMI), is associated with a higher risk of lymph node invasion (LNI) in patients undergoing extended pelvic lymph node dissection (ePLND)...
- How can we predict lymphorrhoea and clinically significant lymphocoeles after radical prostatectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy? Clinical implications
Umberto Capitanio
Department of Urology, University Vita Salute, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
BJU Int 107:1095-101. 2011
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- Influence of obesity on tumour volume in patients with prostate cancer
Umberto Capitanio
Department of Urology, University Vita Salute, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy
BJU Int 109:678-84. 2012
..To investigate the association between body mass index and tumour volume at radical prostatectomy in a large European population...
- Surgery and erectile dysfunction
Andrea Gallina
Department of Urology, Vita Salute University, Milan, Italy
Arch Esp Urol 63:640-8. 2010
..The present article focuses on the short and long term outcomes of pelvic surgery in terms of erectile dysfunction...
- Preoperative erectile function represents a significant predictor of postoperative urinary continence recovery in patients treated with bilateral nerve sparing radical prostatectomy
Giorgio Gandaglia
Department of Urology, University Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
J Urol 187:569-74. 2012
..We tested the hypothesis that baseline erectile and urinary function predicts urinary continence recovery after bilateral nerve sparing radical prostatectomy...
- Diagnosis of isolated high-grade prostatic intra-epithelial neoplasia: proposal of a nomogram for the prediction of cancer detection at saturation re-biopsy
Marco Roscigno
Department of Urology and Pathology, Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy
BJU Int 109:1329-34. 2012
..Our study developed for the first time a predictive nomogram that could be helpful for patient counselling and to guide the urologist to perform rPBX after an initial diagnosis of isolated HGPIN...
- The optimal rebiopsy prostatic scheme depends on patient clinical characteristics: results of a recursive partitioning analysis based on a 24-core systematic scheme
Vincenzo Scattoni
Department of Urology, University Vita Salute, Scientific Institute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Eur Urol 60:834-41. 2011
..The most beneficial number and the location of prostate biopsies remain matters of debate, especially after an initial negative biopsy...
- Management of upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma
Maxine Sun
University of Montreal Health Center, Quebec, Canada
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 10:1955-65. 2010
..Randomized controlled trials are needed to assess the efficacy of the treatment modalities...
- The number of cores taken in patients diagnosed with a single microfocus at initial biopsy is a major predictor of insignificant prostate cancer
Luca Villa
Department of Urology, Urological Research Institute, University Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
J Urol 189:854-9. 2013
..We investigate whether the number of cores taken affects the concordance rate between microfocus of prostate cancer and the confirmation of a pathologically insignificant prostate cancer at radical prostatectomy...
- A population-based analysis of the effect of marital status on overall and cancer-specific mortality in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the penis
Rodolphe Thuret
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
Cancer Causes Control 24:71-9. 2013
..The association between marital status and tumor stage and grade, as well as overall mortality (OM) and cancer-specific mortality (CSM) received little attention in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the penis (SCCP)...
- Conditional survival predictions after surgery for patients with penile carcinoma
Rodolphe Thuret
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Cancer 117:3723-30. 2011
..The objective of the current study was to devise an accurate predictive tool that accounts for CS in men diagnosed with penile cancer...
- Does educational status affect a patient's behavior toward erectile dysfunction?
Andrea Salonia
Department of Urology, University Vita Salute San Raffaele, Scientific Institute H San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
J Sex Med 5:1941-8. 2008
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- Impact of caseload on total hospital charges: a direct comparison between minimally invasive and open radical prostatectomy--a population based study
Firas Abdollah
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Urol 185:855-61. 2011
..We tested the relationship between caseload and total hospital charges after stratifying by minimally invasive and open radical prostatectomy...
- Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate and holmium laser ablation of the prostate: indications and outcome
Nazareno Suardi
Department of Urology, University Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Curr Opin Urol 19:38-43. 2009
..The aim of this review is to critically analyze currently available evidence-based reports regarding HoLEP, with particular interest in long-term follow-up results...
- Identifying the best candidate for radical prostatectomy among patients with high-risk prostate cancer
Alberto Briganti
Department of Urology, Vita Salute University San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
Eur Urol 61:584-92. 2012
..The current role of radical prostatectomy (RP) in patients with high-risk disease remains controversial...
Metabolic syndrome and benign prostatic hyperplasia: evidence of a potential relationship, hypothesized etiology, and preventionFiras Abdollah
Department of Urology, San Raffaele Hospital, Università Vita Salte, Urological Research Institute URI, Milan, Italy
Korean J Urol 52:507-16. 2011
..However, differences in the definitions used to address the examined predictors and endpoints preclude the possibility of arriving at definitive conclusions...
- Is sperm banking of interest to patients with nongerm cell urological cancer before potentially fertility damaging treatments?
Andrea Salonia
Department of Urology, University Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
J Urol 182:1101-7. 2009
..We assessed the opinions of patients with nongerm cell urological cancer on sperm banking before undergoing surgical or nonsurgical therapy that could potentially endanger subsequent fertility...
- Application of ice cold irrigation during vascular pedicle control of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: EnSeal instrument cooling to reduce collateral thermal tissue damage
Kevin C Zorn
Section of Urology, University of Montreal Hospital Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Endourol 24:1991-6. 2010
..As such, we sought to evaluate the collateral tissue effects of EnSeal with or without cold saline irrigation (CSI) during PVP control...
