Daniel A Barocas

..We determined whether a racial quality of care gap exists in surgical care for prostate cancer, as evidenced by racial variation in the use of high volume surgeons and facilities, and in the quality of certain outcome measures of care...

..Differences in the appropriateness and QoC delivered to men of different racial groups may contribute to disparities in outcome...

..We studied the relationship between the level of F2-isoprostanes, a validated biomarker of oxidative stress, and prostate cancer and high grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia...

..We compared biochemical recurrence-free survival of patients who underwent radical retropubic prostatectomy vs robot assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy in concurrent series at a single institution...

..Similarly, we advocate careful studies to identify successful surgical techniques of high volume surgeons and efforts to disseminate these techniques...

..To evaluate the impact of prostatic urothelial carcinoma (PUC) on survival of patients with bladder cancer undergoing radical cystoprostatectomy (RCP)...

..We determined whether there is a difference in survival parameters in patients with pathological T2a vs T2b urothelial carcinoma of the bladder...

..We evaluated whether the 2002 TNM substages of pathological T2 prostate cancer predict intermediate term biochemical recurrence-free survival...

..To determine whether robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP) is associated with a lower transfusion rate than radical retropubic prostatectomy (RRP)...

..We determined whether prostate size predicts Gleason score upgrading in patients with low risk prostate cancer...

..We found a significant and independent association between ABO blood group and overall survival in patients undergoing surgery for locoregional RCC. Specifically, we identified non-O blood type as a predictor of mortality...

..We studied the relationship between surgeon and hospital volume, and overall mortality after radical cystectomy...

..Our results suggest obesity advances prostate carcinogenesis, and that detection biases at prostate biopsy may explain past inconsistencies in the association between obesity and PC...

..The role of malnutrition has not been well studied in patients undergoing surgery for renal cell carcinoma (RCC)...

..We evaluated whether a positive surgical margin at the apex confers a different likelihood of biochemical recurrence than at other sites...

..Considerable controversy remains regarding the correlation between node count and survival, and most prior analyses have not accounted for both patient and provider factors...

..Our aim in this study was to (a) evaluate tumor volume as an independent predictor of adverse pathologic outcomes and BCR and (b) determine the effect of two different methods of tumor volume estimation...

..We characterized the prognostic significance of hydronephrosis, and its relationship to cancer stage and outcome. We also evaluated concordance between the side of identifiable hydronephrosis and concomitant pelvic lymph node metastasis...

..To determine the impact of hospital variables on immediate surgical outcomes for patients treated with radical prostatectomy (RP) in academic centres...

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..We compared whole mount and systematic sampling for detecting pathological outcomes, and compared the prognostic value of pathological findings across pathological methods...

..We evaluated the effect of preoperative nutritional deficiency on perioperative mortality and overall survival in patients undergoing radical cystectomy for bladder cancer...

..To evaluate the outcomes based on gland size between robotically assisted radical prostatectomy (RALP) and open RP (RRP), as larger prostates might increase the difficulty of RP...

..e. solitary kidney, bilateral renal masses, and multifocal tumours) or have used maximal tumour diameter (i.e. tumour size) alone in their assessment of the clinical variables associated with PN use...

..To examine the risk factors for urothelial carcinoma (UC) involvement of the prostate in patients undergoing radical cystoprostatectomy (RCP) for bladder cancer, as such involvement has both prognostic and therapeutic implications...

..We describe hospital discharge status in patients after radical cystectomy for bladder cancer. We determined factors affecting discharge status...

..We analyzed the predictors of early (30 days or less), late (31 to 90 days) and cumulative 90-day hospital readmissions, as well as morbidity and mortality rates...

..We sought to better identify patients at substantial risk for postoperative mortality...

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..We examined the benign ureteroenteric anastomotic stricture rates of open and robot-assisted laparoscopic radical cystectomy...

..Many have proposed minimum node counts, yet an anatomic study assessing the number and variability of lymph nodes in the PLND templates is lacking...

..Data regarding patient selection, complication rates and cancer outcomes are scarce. We report the largest, single institution series to date, to our knowledge, of salvage robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy...

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..Using trajectory clustering analysis we identified predictors of post-prostatectomy urinary incontinence recovery in unique patient groups...

..We also describe the association between statin use and prostate cancer and high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN) before and after controlling for prostate cancer screening indices associated with statin use...

..We sought to determine the impact of radical nephrectomy case volume, hospital size, and geographic region on immediate surgical outcomes for patients undergoing radical nephrectomy in academic centers across the country...

..This study evaluates the reliability, validity, and responsiveness of the Vanderbilt cystectomy index (VCI)...

..We determined the percentage of men in a large prostate cancer registry who met criteria predictive of latent prostate cancer. We also assessed the percentage of men meeting these criteria who chose surveillance...

..Radical prostatectomy is a common treatment for organ confined prostate cancer and its use is increasing. We examined how the increased volume is being distributed and what hospital characteristics are associated with increasing volume...

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..The authors highlight the recent changes to the American Joint Committee on Cancer's staging system for penile carcinoma and discuss other prognostic factors and predictive models...

..To review the diagnosis and management of bladder cancer with an emphasis on studies and developments over the past year...