Specialty Urology
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Orthotopic Neobladder Reconstruction Restores Quality of Life for Female Cystectomy Patients
Orthotopic neobladder reconstruction is becoming the diversion procedure of choice for female cystectomy patients due to recent advances in care for female urology patients.
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Multiparametric MRI/Ultrasound Fusion Biopsy Improves Prostate Cancer Detection
Active surveillance (AS) has become an accepted way to manage prostate cancer in men at lower risk. Multiparametric MRI can be used in conjunction with the standard transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided biopsy to improve detection of clinically significant cancers.
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Improving the Safety of Vena Caval Thrombectomy in Kidney Cancer with Tumor Thrombus Team Approach
Complete removal of a tumor thrombus resulting from venous tumor invasion is essential for eliminating the cancer in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). A multispecialty tumor thrombus team within an integrated practice can improve the safety of this intricate and extensive procedure.
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Microwave Ablation: Another Nephron-sparing Option for Localized RCC
Interventional radiologists at Massachusetts General Hospital determined that microwave ablation for localized renal cell carcinoma is safe, well tolerated and preserves renal function.
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SRPK2 May Have Key Role in Prostate Cancer Progression and Metastasis
Urologists have demonstrated for the first time that SRPK2, a cell-cycle regulator protein, is upregulated in human prostate cancer and contributes to disease progression and metastasis.
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Aromatase Expression in Bladder Tumors is Associated with Cancer Progression
Scientists at Mass General have demonstrated that aromatase in bladder tumors is involved in disease progression and may be a prognostic factor.
Urology contributors
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Adam Scott Feldman, MD, MPH
Director, Combined Harvard Urologic Oncology Fellowship
Recent Article
The Results of the First Penis Transplantation in U.S.
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Ajay Singla, MD
Director, Harvard Urologic Surgery Residency Program
Recent Article
Options for Managing Post-prostatectomy Urinary Incontinence
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Brian Howard Eisner, MD
Co-Director, Kidney Stone Program, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
New Model Evaluates Cost-Effectiveness of Treatment Modalities for Ureteral Stones
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Dianne E. Sacco, MD
Co-Director, Kidney Stone Program, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
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Douglas Middleton Dahl, MD
Chief, Division of Urologic Oncology, Director of Robotic Surgery, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Noninvasive Assay Predicts Drug Response, Early Dissemination in Prostate Cancer
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Elise J. De, MD
Urologist
Recent Article
Complex Chronic Pelvic Pain Linked to Small Fiber Polyneuropathy
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Francis James McGovern, MD
Urologist
Recent Article
Noninvasive Assay Predicts Drug Response, Early Dissemination in Prostate Cancer
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Matthew F. Wszolek, MD
Assistant in Urology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
New Clues Emerge on Management of Recurrent Nonmuscle Invasive Bladder Cancer After Trimodality Therapy
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Shahin Tabatabaei, MD
Director, Prostate Health Program
Recent Article
BPH Supplements Have Little Support for Efficacy and Safety
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Siam Oottamasathien, MD
Director of Pediatric Urology Basic Science Research, Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatric Urology, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Advances in the Pathophysiology, Potential Treatment of Interstitial Cystitis
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