Nicholas G Cost

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Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Two girls with urethral duplication
    Nicholas G Cost
    Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Children s Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75390 9110, USA
    Urology 72:800-2. 2008
  2. ncbi Single institution experience with Tru-Cut renal mass biopsy for diagnosing Wilms tumor
    Nicholas G Cost
    Division of Pediatric Urology, Children s Medical Center of Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
    Urol J 10:780-3. 2013
  3. ncbi A robotic-assisted laparoscopic approach for pediatric renal cell carcinoma allows for both nephron-sparing surgery and extended lymph node dissection
    Nicholas G Cost
    Division of Pediatric Urology, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
    J Pediatr Surg 47:1946-50. 2012
  4. ncbi Robot-assisted laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection in an adolescent population
    Nicholas G Cost
    Division of Pediatric Urology, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA
    J Endourol 26:635-40. 2012
  5. ncbi TP53 codon 72 polymorphisms in favorable histology Wilms tumors
    Nicholas G Cost
    Division of Pediatric Urology, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
    Pediatr Blood Cancer 59:326-8. 2012
  6. ncbi A novel SOX9 mutation, 972delC, causes 46,XY sex-reversed campomelic dysplasia with nephrocalcinosis, urolithiasis, and dysgerminoma
    Nicholas G Cost
    Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children s Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390 9110, USA
    J Pediatr Surg 44:451-4. 2009
  7. ncbi Hernia after pediatric urological laparoscopy
    Nicholas G Cost
    Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390 9110, USA
    J Urol 183:1163-7. 2010
  8. ncbi Pediatric testicular torsion: demographics of national orchiopexy versus orchiectomy rates
    Nicholas G Cost
    Division of Pediatric Urology and Department of Research RH, Children s Medical Center and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, TX, USA
    J Urol 185:2459-63. 2011
  9. ncbi Pathological review of wilms tumor nephrectomy specimens and potential implications for nephron sparing surgery in wilms tumor
    Nicholas G Cost
    Division of Pediatric Urology, Children s Medical Center of Dallas, Dallas, Texas Division of Urologic Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
    J Urol 188:1506-10. 2012
  10. ncbi Oncologic outcomes of partial versus radical nephrectomy for unilateral Wilms tumor
    Nicholas G Cost
    Division of Pediatric Urology, University of Texas, Dallas, TX, USA
    Pediatr Blood Cancer 58:898-904. 2012

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Publications16

  1. ncbi Two girls with urethral duplication
    Nicholas G Cost
    Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Children s Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75390 9110, USA
    Urology 72:800-2. 2008
    ..A thorough examination is required, because most cases of duplication can be identified with careful inspection...
  2. ncbi Single institution experience with Tru-Cut renal mass biopsy for diagnosing Wilms tumor
    Nicholas G Cost
    Division of Pediatric Urology, Children s Medical Center of Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
    Urol J 10:780-3. 2013
    ..To evaluate the efficacy of needle biopsy for diagnosing Wilms tumor (WT) before chemotherapy...
  3. ncbi A robotic-assisted laparoscopic approach for pediatric renal cell carcinoma allows for both nephron-sparing surgery and extended lymph node dissection
    Nicholas G Cost
    Division of Pediatric Urology, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
    J Pediatr Surg 47:1946-50. 2012
    ..Robotic-assisted laparoscopy can permit excellent exposure for an oncologically-sound resection, in this case a partial nephrectomy, as well as an extended lymph node dissection...
  4. ncbi Robot-assisted laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection in an adolescent population
    Nicholas G Cost
    Division of Pediatric Urology, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA
    J Endourol 26:635-40. 2012
    ..We present two cases of adolescents who were treated using robot-assisted laparoscopic RPLND (R-RPLND)-one with paratesticular RMS (PT-RMS) and one with testicular GCT (T-GCT)-with good outcomes and low morbidity...
  5. ncbi TP53 codon 72 polymorphisms in favorable histology Wilms tumors
    Nicholas G Cost
    Division of Pediatric Urology, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
    Pediatr Blood Cancer 59:326-8. 2012
    ..However, the genotypic and allelic frequencies showed no significant correlation with age, stage, or disease recurrence...
  6. ncbi A novel SOX9 mutation, 972delC, causes 46,XY sex-reversed campomelic dysplasia with nephrocalcinosis, urolithiasis, and dysgerminoma
    Nicholas G Cost
    Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children s Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390 9110, USA
    J Pediatr Surg 44:451-4. 2009
    ..This first reported case of dysgerminoma in a sex-reversed patient with CD who also had urolithiasis stresses the importance of prophylactic gonadectomy and urologic evaluations in this susceptible population...
  7. ncbi Hernia after pediatric urological laparoscopy
    Nicholas G Cost
    Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390 9110, USA
    J Urol 183:1163-7. 2010
    ..We present our experience with port site incisional hernias following pediatric urological laparoscopy...
  8. ncbi Pediatric testicular torsion: demographics of national orchiopexy versus orchiectomy rates
    Nicholas G Cost
    Division of Pediatric Urology and Department of Research RH, Children s Medical Center and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, TX, USA
    J Urol 185:2459-63. 2011
    ..Thus, we examined the Pediatric Health Information System database for torsion outcomes and demographics at American pediatric hospitals...
  9. ncbi Pathological review of wilms tumor nephrectomy specimens and potential implications for nephron sparing surgery in wilms tumor
    Nicholas G Cost
    Division of Pediatric Urology, Children s Medical Center of Dallas, Dallas, Texas Division of Urologic Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
    J Urol 188:1506-10. 2012
    ..With the increasing use of nephron sparing surgery in Wilms tumor, we reviewed pathological features from Wilms tumor radical nephrectomy specimens to determine the potential efficacy of a nephron sparing approach...
  10. ncbi Oncologic outcomes of partial versus radical nephrectomy for unilateral Wilms tumor
    Nicholas G Cost
    Division of Pediatric Urology, University of Texas, Dallas, TX, USA
    Pediatr Blood Cancer 58:898-904. 2012
    ..Based on recent data demonstrating that renal preserving surgery decreases the likelihood of chronic renal disease and associated co-morbidities, we analyzed oncologic outcomes of patients after partial nephrectomy (PN) for UWT...
  11. ncbi Correlation between preoperative staging computerized tomography and pathological findings after nodal sampling in children with wilms tumor
    Jessica D Lubahn
    Division of Pediatric Urology, Children s Medical Center of Dallas and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
    J Urol 188:1500-5. 2012
    ..Thus, we correlated preoperative computerized tomography and pathological lymph node findings to establish a radiological criterion for pathological lymph node enlargement...
  12. ncbi International consultation on urologic diseases and the European Association of Urology international consultation on locally advanced renal cell carcinoma
    Vitaly Margulis
    UT Southwestern Medical Centre, Dallas, TX, USA
    Eur Urol 60:673-83. 2011
    ..These advanced RCC patients include those with venous tumour thrombi, extracapsular tumour extension, adjacent organ involvement, as well as nodal disease...
  13. ncbi Pediatric standard and robot-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty: a comparative single institution study
    Edward Riachy
    Division of Pediatric Urology, Cincinnati Children s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA
    J Urol 189:283-7. 2013
    ..We report our experience and compare the outcomes between standard and robot-assisted laparoscopic pyeloplasty to treat ureteropelvic junction obstruction in children...
  14. ncbi Immunohistochemical expression of GLUT1 and its correlation with unfavorable histology and TP53 codon 72 polymorphism in Wilms tumors
    Dinesh Rakheja
    Department of Pathology, Children s Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
    Pediatr Dev Pathol 15:286-92. 2012
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  15. ncbi Effect of testicular germ cell tumor therapy on renal function
    Nicholas G Cost
    Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX, USA
    Urology 80:641-8. 2012
    ..To assess the pre- and post-therapy glomerular filtration rate in patients with testicular germ cell tumors to determine its effect on the natural history of renal function...
  16. ncbi The impact of targeted molecular therapies on the level of renal cell carcinoma vena caval tumor thrombus
    Nicholas G Cost
    Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390 9110, USA
    Eur Urol 59:912-8. 2011
    ..Targeted molecular therapies (TMTs) previously have demonstrated oncologic activity in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) by reducing the size of primary tumors and metastases...