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    Intensity of observation with active surveillance or watchful waiting in men with prostate cancer in the United States

    Population-based studies assessing various active surveillance (AS) protocols for prostate cancer, to date, have inferred AS participation by the lack of definitive treatment and use of post-diagnostic testing...

    Bashir Al Hussein Al Awamlh, **an Wu in Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases (2023)

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    Race and prostate cancer: genomic landscape

    In the past 20 years, new insights into the genomic pathogenesis of prostate cancer have been provided. Large-scale integrative genomics approaches enabled researchers to characterize the genetic and epigeneti...

    Camilo Arenas-Gallo, Jude Owiredu, Ilon Weinstein in Nature Reviews Urology (2022)

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    A comparative population-based analysis of peritoneal carcinomatosis in patients undergoing robotic-assisted and open radical cystectomy

    To compare the population-based incidence of peritoneal carcinomatosis following open (ORC) vs. robotic-assisted radical cystectomy (RARC).

    Spyridon P. Basourakos, Bashir Al Hussein Al Awamlh in International Urology and Nephrology (2022)

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    Patient Engagement in the Management of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

    Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is an ideal disease model to consider the utility and impact of patient engagement since treatment choices, outcomes, and side effects are complex. The aim of this review is ...

    Tenny R. Zhang, Spyridon P. Basourakos in Current Bladder Dysfunction Reports (2022)

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    Local anaesthetic techniques for performing transperineal prostate biopsy

    New technical modifications enable transperineal prostate biopsy to be performed in the ambulatory setting under local anaesthesia. Although a variety of techniques for administration of local anaesthetic duri...

    Spyridon P. Basourakos, Mathew J. Allaway, Ashley E. Ross in Nature Reviews Urology (2021)

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    Continent Cutaneous Urinary Diversions

    Continent cutaneous urinary diversion (CCUD) requires the use of intestinal segment to construct a urinary reservoir as well as a catheterizable continence mechanism. It constitutes an ideal solution for patie...

    Spyridon P. Basourakos, Douglas S. Scherr in Bladder Cancer (2021)

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    Retroperitoneal Biopsy

    The retroperitoneal space is situated between the posterior abdominal parietal peritoneum and the internal surface of the transversalis fascia and extends from the diaphragm to the pelvis. Various pathologies ...

    Spyridon P. Basourakos, Elliot B. Levy, Timothy McClure in Interventional Urology (2021)

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    Management of the Small Renal Mass: a 2020 Update

    Small renal masses (≤ cT1a, less than 4 cm) are a subset of renal tumors with low malignant and metastatic potential but increasing incidence given increased use of cross-sectional imaging. Here, we review the...

    Rand N. Wilcox Vanden Berg, Spyridon P. Basourakos in Current Oncology Reports (2020)

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    Active surveillance for prostate and thyroid cancers: evolution in clinical paradigms and lessons learned

    The adverse effects of overdiagnosis and overtreatment observed in men with clinically insignificant prostate cancers after the introduction of prostate-specific antigen-based screening are now being observed ...

    Lisa M. Lowenstein, Spyridon P. Basourakos in Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology (2019)