2020
Inequity 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
2019
Open Versus Robotic Cystectomy: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis Comparing Survival Outcomes
Moschini M, Zamboni S, Soria F, Mathieu R, Xylinas E, Tan W, Kelly J, Simone G, Meraney A, Krishna S, Konety B, Mattei A, Baumeister P, Mordasini L, Montorsi F, Briganti A, Gallina A, Stabile A, Sanchez-Salas R, Cathelineau X, Rink M, Necchi A, Karakiewicz P, Rouprêt M, Koupparis A, Kassouf W, Scherr D, Ploussard G, Boorjian S, Lotan Y, Sooriakumaran P, Shariat S. Open Versus Robotic Cystectomy: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis Comparing Survival Outcomes. Journal Of Clinical Medicine 2019, 8: 1192. PMID: 31395826, PMCID: PMC6722857, DOI: 10.3390/jcm8081192.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRobot-assisted radical cystectomyOpen radical cystectomyCancer-specific mortalitySurvival outcomesRadical cystectomyPropensity score matchingBladder cancerPatients treated with robot-assisted radical cystectomyAssociation of surgical techniqueLong-term survival outcomesCancer-specific mortality ratesMultivariate Cox regression analysisMultivariate competing risk analysisOpen radical cystectomy patientsRobot-assisted radical cystectomy patientsBilateral pelvic lymphadenectomyCompare survival outcomesMedian follow-upUrothelial bladder cancerScore matchingCox regression analysisPropensity-matched cohortCompeting risk analysisPelvic lymphadenectomyMulticentre cohort