Renal angiomyolipoma with liposarcomatous transformation: a case report and review of the literatureShahin Chandrasoma
Department of Urology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Urol Oncol 22:425-7. 2004
..Sarcomatous transformation of the disease is exceedingly rare. We report the first case of a high grade round cell liposarcoma arising in a renal angiomyolipoma...
Conversion from incontinent conduit to continent cutaneous reservoir after renal transplantSiamak Daneshmand
Institute of Urology, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Electronic address
Urology 81:1086-9. 2013
..To describe the technique and outcomes of conversion of incontinent stoma to continent colonic reservoir after renal transplantation (RT)...
- Adenomatous polyp of the verumontanum causing bladder outlet obstruction
Siamak Daneshmand
Department of Urology, USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
ScientificWorldJournal 4:89-91. 2004
- Improving selection of appropriate urinary diversion following radical cystectomy for bladder cancer
Siamak Daneshmand
Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, USC Institute of Urology, 1441 Eastlake Ave, Suite 7416, CA 90089, USA
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 11:941-8. 2011
..It is important to consider the relative and absolute contraindications when choosing any form of urinary diversion. Proper patient selection and thorough standardized preoperative counseling is critical in achieving optimal results...
- Primary renal carcinoid tumor
Siamak Daneshmand
Department of Urology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
ScientificWorldJournal 4:378-80. 2004
..Radical nephrectomy and retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy were performed. Histopathology revealed a typical carcinoid tumor with 1 out of 17 lymph nodes involved. She has no evidence of recurrence or metastasis on 7-month follow-up...
- Prognosis of seminal vesicle involvement by transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder
Siamak Daneshmand
Department of Urology, Kenneth Norris Jr Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
J Urol 172:81-4. 2004
..In this analysis we evaluated the clinical outcomes and prognostic significance of seminal vesicle involvement with TCC of the bladder after radical cystectomy...
- Endoscopic management of upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma: long-term experience
Siamak Daneshmand
Department of Urology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
Cancer 98:55-60. 2003
..The authors evaluated the accuracy of endoscopic biopsy in determining tumor grade in the subset of patients who underwent open surgical excision...
- Prognostic significance of neuroendocrine expression in lymph node-positive prostate cancer
Marcus L Quek
Department of Urology, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, USA
Urology 67:1247-52. 2006
..03, P = 0.03) was associated with poorer overall survival. CONCLUSIONS: NE expression in the primary tumor and lymph node metastasis of patients with node-positive prostate cancer may provide additional prognostic stratification...
- Prognostic significance of lymphovascular invasion of bladder cancer treated with radical cystectomy
Marcus L Quek
Departments of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Urol 174:103-6. 2005
..We determined the prognostic significance of lymphovascular invasion (LVI) in patients treated for invasive transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder with radical cystectomy...
- Lymph node dissection technique is more important than lymph node count in identifying nodal metastases in radical cystectomy patients: a comparative mapping study
Ryan P Dorin
USC Institute of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033 9178, USA
Eur Urol 60:946-52. 2011
..The value of lymph node dissection (LND) in the treatment of bladder urothelial carcinoma is well established. However, standards for the quality of LND remain controversial...
- Prognosis of patients with lymph node positive prostate cancer following radical prostatectomy: long-term results
Siamak Daneshmand
Department of Urology, Kenneth Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Urol 172:2252-5. 2004
..Radical prostatectomy may offer long-term survival in patients who have limited tumor bulk and nodal involvement...
- Microscopic and gross extravesical extension in pathological staging of bladder cancer
Marcus L Quek
Department of Urology, Kenneth Norris, Jr Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, 90089, USA
J Urol 171:640-5. 2004
..We evaluated clinical outcomes in patients with pathological microscopic (pT3a) and gross (pT3b) extravesical tumor extension with transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder following radical cystectomy...
- Long-term outcomes of open radical retropubic prostatectomy for clinically localized prostate cancer in the prostate-specific antigen era
Ryan P Dorin
USC Institute of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90033 9178, USA
Urology 79:626-31. 2012
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- Natural history of surgically treated bladder carcinoma with extravesical tumor extension
Marcus L Quek
Department of Urology, Kenneth Norris Jr Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, MS 74, 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Suite 7476, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Cancer 98:955-61. 2003
..The authors evaluated the outcomes of patients with pT3a and pT3b disease after radical cystectomy...
- Radical cystectomy for primary neuroendocrine tumors of the bladder: the university of southern california experience
Marcus L Quek
Departments of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Urol 174:93-6. 2005
..We reviewed our experience with treating these tumors with radical cystectomy to evaluate their histopathological characteristics and clinical outcomes...
- Contemporary management of postchemotherapy testis cancer
Siamak Daneshmand
University of Southern California, Institute of Urology, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
Eur Urol 62:867-76. 2012
..Some controversy still exists regarding the management of testis cancer following chemotherapy for disseminated disease...
- A precystectomy decision model to predict pathological upstaging and oncological outcomes in clinical stage T2 bladder cancer
Anirban P Mitra
Department of Pathology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
BJU Int 111:240-8. 2013
..To pre-emptively identify such patients who will be upstaged and have poor outcomes after cystectomy, aiming to better determine the ideal candidates for neoadjuvant chemotherapy...
- A critical analysis of perioperative mortality from radical cystectomy
Marcus L Quek
Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Urol 175:886-9; discussion 889-90. 2006
..We reviewed the perioperative deaths from a large group of patients treated with radical cystectomy for primary bladder cancer...
- Evolving treatment paradigms for locally advanced and metastatic prostate cancer
Tanya B Dorff
University of Southern California, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Division of Medical Oncology, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 6:1639-51. 2006
..Careful application of these emerging therapies to a select group of prostate cancer patients most likely to obtain benefit from them is the challenge for urologists, medical oncologists and radiation oncologists for the future...
- The importance of an extended lymphadenectomy in the management of high-grade invasive bladder cancer
Marcus L Quek
Department of Urology, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, MS 74, 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Suite 7416, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 4:1007-16. 2004
..The historical development and contemporary rationale for an extended pelvic lymphadenectomy in patients undergoing radical cystectomy are reviewed...
- Reproductive organ involvement in female patients undergoing radical cystectomy for urothelial bladder cancer
Hooman Djaladat
Department of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Urol 188:2134-8. 2012
..We evaluated pathological involvement of the reproductive organs in a cohort of female patients treated with anterior pelvic exenteration for invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder...
- Factors influencing post-recurrence survival in bladder cancer following radical cystectomy
Anirban P Mitra
Department of Pathology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
BJU Int 109:846-54. 2012
..To identify prognostic indicators that influence post-recurrence survival following radical cystectomy for bladder cancer...
- Long-term outcomes of salvage radical cystectomy for recurrent urothelial carcinoma of the bladder following partial cystectomy
Harman M Bruins
USC Institute of Urology, Keck Medical Center of USC, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
BJU Int 111:E37-42. 2013
..We present the clinical outcomes and prognostic factors in patients undergoing radical cystectomy for recurrent disease following partial cystectomy with long-term follow-up...
- Principal component analysis based pre-cystectomy model to predict pathological stage in patients with clinical organ-confined bladder cancer
Hamed Ahmadi
USC Institute of Urology, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 2211, USA
BJU Int 111:E167-72. 2013
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- Midline extraperitoneal approach for retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for testicular germ cell tumor
Philip Kim
University of Southern California Institute of Urology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90033 9178, USA
Urology 80:941-5. 2012
..We postulated that a novel midline extraperitoneal (EP) approach might minimize the morbidity...
- Adjuvant surgery in testicular cancer patients undergoing postchemotherapy retroperitoneal lymph node dissection
Hooman Djaladat
Department of Urology, Norris Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Ann Surg Oncol 19:2388-93. 2012
..To evaluate the clinicopathologic characteristics of patients undergoing adjuvant surgery during postchemotherapy retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (PC-RPLND)...
- Renal cell carcinoma with inferior vena cava tumor thrombus and metastatic caval wall invasion
Jeffrey C Loh-Doyle
University of Southern California, Institute of Urology, Catherine and Joseph Aresty Department of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, USC, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
Urology 79:e6-8. 2012
..We present a case of renal cell carcinoma with inferior vena caval tumor thrombus and metastatic involvement of the distal inferior vena cava...
- Benign retroperitoneal schwannoma: a case series and review of the literature
Siamak Daneshmand
Department of Urology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
Urology 62:993-7. 2003
..The surgical approach should focus on complete excision of the mass. Patients undergoing complete surgical resection tend to do well without evidence of early recurrence...
- Urinary functional outcome following radical cystoprostatectomy and ileal neobladder reconstruction in male patients
Hamed Ahmadi
Institute of Urology, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California
J Urol 189:1782-8. 2013
..Orthotopic neobladder reconstruction is the preferred method of urinary diversion after radical cystoprostatectomy. We evaluated urinary functional outcomes in male patients after orthotopic neobladder using a patient questionnaire...
- A systematic review of neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer
Joshua J Meeks
Department of Urology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
Eur Urol 62:523-33. 2012
..Muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) is a disease with a pattern of predominantly distant and early recurrences. Neoadjuvant cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy has demonstrated improved outcomes for MIBC...
- Continent right colon reservoir using a cutaneous appendicostomy
John P Stein
Department of Urology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
Urology 63:577-80; discussion 580-1. 2004
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- Ethnic differences in neuroendocrine cell expression in normal human prostatic tissue
Siamak Daneshmand
Department of Urology, University of Southern California/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
Urology 65:1008-12. 2005
..The comparatively low NE cell expression in African-American men may play a role in the greater rate of prostate carcinogenesis seen in this ethnic group...
- Preoperative staging of invasive bladder cancer with dynamic gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging: results from a prospective study
Siamak Daneshmand
Institute of Urology, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California 90089 2211, USA
Urology 80:1313-8. 2012
..To evaluate the accuracy of dynamic gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DGE-MRI) to detect extravesical bladder cancer (BC) and lymph node-positive disease in patients with invasive BC...
- Robotic intracorporeal orthotopic ileal neobladder: replicating open surgical principles
Alvin C Goh
USC Institute of Urology, Hillard and Roclyn Center for Robotic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Eur Urol 62:891-901. 2012
..Previous reports on robotic, intracorporeal, orthotopic neobladder may not have fully replicated established open principles of reservoir configuration, leading to concerns about long-term functional outcomes...
- Radical cystectomy with orthotopic neobladder reconstruction following prior radical prostatectomy
Eric Yi Hsiu Huang
USC Institute of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1441 Eastlake Ave, Suite 7416, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
World J Urol 30:741-5. 2012
..To review the perioperative and follow-up outcomes of patients undergoing radical cystectomy with orthotopic neobladder reconstruction for bladder cancer after prior radical prostatectomy (RP) for prostate cancer...
- Colocalycostomy for repair of ureterojejunal fistula
Liyan Zhuang
Division of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
Urology 79:e12-4. 2012
..We report the first case of using an anterior calycostomy to repair a ureterojejeunal fistula in a transverse colon conduit in which the ureter and pelvis were not accessible because of intense fibrosis...
- The management of subcentimeter residual mass in NSGCT: pcRPLND vs. observation
Siamak Daneshmand
USC Institute of Urology, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Urol Oncol 29:842-7. 2011
..The arguments for and against post-chemotherapy retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (pcRPLND) are presented. There is clear consensus that patient's with residual masses > 1 cm should undergo post-chemotherapy surgery...
- Endoscopic management of renal hemangioma
Siamak Daneshmand
Department of Urology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Urol 167:488-9. 2002
..Transurethral ureterorenoscopy using a flexible ureteroscope is an excellent method of visualizing the offending lesion and safely treating it using an electrocautery probe or laser fiber...
- Angiomyolipoma of the kidney: expanding disease spectrum demonstrated by 3 cases
Shahin Chandrasoma
Department of Urology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 12:277-83. 2004
..Low levels of p53 expression were seen in the angiomyolipoma with sarcomatous transformation. Benign angiomyolipomas were consistently negative for both Ki67 and p53...
- EphB4 expression and biological significance in prostate cancer
Guangbin Xia
Department of Medicine, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA
Cancer Res 65:4623-32. 2005
..These data show a role for EphB4 in prostate cancer and provide a rationale to study EphB4 for diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic applications...
- Sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma with massive osteosarcomatous differentiation: an unusual image in clinical urology
Siamak Daneshmand
Department of Urology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
Urology 61:1031-2. 2003
- Colourachal fistula in an adult presenting with feculent umbilical drainage
Marcus L Quek
Department of Urology, Keck School of Medicine, MS #74, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Suiter 7416, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
J Urol 170:184. 2003
- New molecular markers for bladder cancer detection
Marcus L Quek
Department of Urology, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
Curr Opin Urol 14:259-64. 2004
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- Androgen deprivation therapy: evidence-based management of side effects
Hamed Ahmadi
USC Institute of Urology, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
BJU Int 111:543-8. 2013
..Present study focuses on the most recent evidence-based treatment options for various side effects of ADT...
Cryptorchidism and testicular germ cell tumors: comprehensive meta-analysis reveals that association between these conditions diminished over time and is modified by clinical characteristicsKimberly Banks
Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA, USA City of Hope National Medical Center Duarte, CA, USA St Joseph Hospital Orange, CA, USA
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 3:182. 2012
..Based on available data, CO patients and their parents or caregivers should be made aware of elevated TGCT risk following orchidopexy, regardless of age at repair, unilateral vs. bilateral non-descent, or position of undescended testes...
- Review of techniques to remove a Foley catheter when the balloon does not deflate
Siamak Daneshmand
Department of Urology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90033, USA
Urology 59:127-9. 2002
..We discuss the approach to successful management and present a stepwise algorithm to remove the catheter safely and expeditiously...
- Glucose-regulated protein GRP78 is up-regulated in prostate cancer and correlates with recurrence and survival
Siamak Daneshmand
Section of Urologic Oncology, Division of Urology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
Hum Pathol 38:1547-52. 2007
..The intensity of expression is significantly associated with survival and clinical recurrence. GRP78 has considerable potential not only as a prognostic indicator but also as a potential therapeutic target...
- Current clinical trials in renal cell carcinoma
Mitchell H Sokoloff
Department of Surgery, Section of Urologic Oncology, Division of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Portland, OR 97239 3098, USA
Urol Oncol 23:289-92. 2005
..This review highlights several key trials currently available for patients with kidney cancer...
- Re: Prediagnosis prostate specific antigen velocity is associated with risk of prostate cancer progression following brachytherapy and external beam radiation therapy. S. E. Eggener, K. A. Roehl, O. Yossepowitch and W. J. Catalona, J Urol 2006; 176: 1399-
Matthew D Wagner
J Urol 177:2396; author reply 2396-7. 2007
- Intraoperative renal cell carcinoma tumor embolization to the right atrium: incidental diagnosis by transesophageal echocardiography
Christopher B Komanapalli
Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
Anesth Analg 102:378-9. 2006
