Evaluation of the New American Urological Association Guidelines Risk Classification for Hematuria
Woldu S, Ng C, Loo R, Slezak J, Jacobsen S, Tan W, Kelly J, Lough T, Darling D, van Kessel K, de Jong J, van Criekinge W, Shariat S, Hiar A, Brown S, Boorjian S, Barocas D, Svatek R, Lotan Y. Evaluation of the New American Urological Association Guidelines Risk Classification for Hematuria. Journal Of Urology 2020, 205: 1387-1392. PMID: 33356483, DOI: 10.1097/ju.0000000000001550.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncidence of bladder cancerBladder cancerHigh-risk groupRisk groupsRisk strataCancer incidenceDegree of hematuriaHigh-risk patientsRisk stratification systemAmerican Urological AssociationEvaluation of patientsMultinational cohort studyRisk-stratified approachBladder cancer incidenceHematuria patientsClinically meaningful categoriesGross hematuriaUrologic evaluationIntermediate riskProspective registryRisk patientsContemporary patientsSmoking historyUrological AssociationHematuriaInequity in selective referral to high-volume hospitals for genitourinary malignancies
Berg S, Tully K, Sahraoui A, Tan W, Krimphove M, Marchese M, Lipsitz S, Noldus J, Trinh Q. Inequity in selective referral to high-volume hospitals for genitourinary malignancies. Urologic Oncology Seminars And Original Investigations 2020, 38: 582-589. PMID: 32217041, DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2020.02.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-volume hospitalsBladder cancerPredictors of treatmentCancer patientsRadical prostatectomyProstate cancerMuscle-invasive urothelial bladder cancerNegative predictors of treatmentBlack raceNational Cancer DatabaseNonmetastatic prostate cancerUrothelial bladder cancerProstate cancer patientsBladder cancer patientsMultivariate logistic regression modelAssociated with lower ratesKidney cancer patientsPrivate insurance statusAssociated with lower oddsAssociated with greater oddsLow-volume hospitalsRadical cystectomyReceipt of treatmentGenitourinary malignanciesPerioperative morbidity