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2011 Press Releases

Success of First World Congress of Pediatric Urology Underscores Increasing Importance of Specialty (June 2011 Supplement issue)

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2010 Press Releases

What is the Best Treatment for Children with Vesicoureteral Reflux (VUR)? (July 2010 issue)

  • The Swedish Reflux Trial in Children: IV. Renal Damage
    July 2010 (Vol. 184 | No. 1 | Pages 292-297)

    Per Brandström, Tryggve Nevéus, Rune Sixt, Eira Stokland, Ulf Jodal, Sverker Hansson

Few Differences in Outcomes Between Open and Laparoscopic Prostate Surgery (April 2010)

  • Comparative Effectiveness of Prostate Cancer Surgical Treatments: A Population Based Analysis of Postoperative Outcomes
    April 2010 (Vol. 183 | No. 4 | Pages 1366-1372)

    William T. Lowrance, Elena B. Elkin, Lindsay M. Jacks, David S. Yee, Thomas L. Jang, Vincent P. Laudone, Bertrand D. Guillonneau, Peter T. Scardino, James A. Eastham


2009 Press Releases

New study associates psychiatric comorbidities and sexual trauma with the type, severity and quality of life impact of LUTS in women (December 2009)

  • The Influence of Psychiatric Comorbidities and Sexual Trauma on Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Female Veterans
    December 2009 (Vol. 182 | No. 6 | Pages 2785-2790)

    Adam P. Klausner, Diane Ibanez, Ashley B. King, Daniel Willis, Benjamin Herrick, Luke Wolfe, B. Mayer Grob

Association of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and the Metabolic Syndrome (August 2009)

  • Association of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and the Metabolic Syndrome: Results From the Boston Area Community Health Survey
    August 2009 (Vol. 182 | No. 2 | Pages 616-625)

    Varant Kupelian, Kevin T. McVary, Steven A. Kaplan, Susan A. Hall, Carol L. Link, Lalitha Padmanabhan Aiyer, Patrick Mollon, Nihad Tamimi, Raymond C. Rosen, John B. McKinlay

When Should Prostate-Specific-Antigen (PSA) Testing Be Stopped? (April 2009)

  • Prostate Specific Antigen Testing Among the Elderly—When To Stop?
    April 2009 (Vol. 181 | No. 4 | Pages 1606-1614)

    Edward M. Schaeffer, H. Ballentine Carter, Anna Kettermann, Stacy Loeb, Luigi Ferrucci, Patricia Landis, Bruce J. Trock, E. Jeffrey Metter

New Tools Can Better Predict Successful Kidney Transplant Outcomes (March 2009)
  • Nomograms for Predicting Graft Function and Survival in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation Based on the UNOS Registry
    March 2009 (Vol. 181 | No. 3 | Pages 1248-1255)

    H.Y. Tiong, D.A. Goldfarb, M.W. Kattan, J.M. Alster, L. Thuita, C. Yu, A. Wee, E.D. Poggio

Treatments after Prostate Surgery Reported in The Journal of Urology® (March 2009)
  • Adjuvant Radiotherapy for Pathological T3N0M0 Prostate Cancer Significantly Reduces Risk of Metastases and Improves Survival: Long-Term Followup of a Randomized Clinical Trial
    March 2009 (Vol. 181 | No. 3 | Pages 956-962)

    Ian M. Thompson, Catherine M. Tangen, Jorge Paradelo, M. Scott Lucia, Gary Miller, Dean Troyer, Edward Messing, Jeffrey Forman, Joseph Chin, Gregory Swanson, Edith Canby-Hagino, E. David Crawford

  • A Double-Blind Randomized Crossover Study of Oral Thalidomide Versus Placebo for Androgen Dependent Prostate Cancer Treated With Intermittent Androgen Ablation
    March 2009 (Vol. 181 | No. 3 | Pages 1104-1113)

    William D. Figg, Maha H. Hussain, James L. Gulley, Philip M. Arlen, Jeanny B. Aragon-Ching, Daniel P. Petrylak, Celestia S. Higano, Seth M. Steinberg, Gurkamal S. Chatta, Howard Parnes, John J. Wright, Oliver Sartor, William L. Dahut

Low Income Men Diagnosed More Often With Advanced Prostate Cancer (February 2009)
  • Long-Term Outcomes of External Sphincterotomy in a Spinal Injured Population
    February 2009 (Vol. 181 | No. 2 | Pages 705-709)

    David Pan, Andrew Troy, John Rogerson, Damien Bolton, Doug Brown, Nathan Lawrentschuk

  • Access to Prostate Cancer Care and Implications for Survival Among Minorities
    February 2009 (Vol. 181 | No. 2 | Pages 447-448)

    M. Norman Oliver


2008 Press Releases

American Urological Association Releases Best Practice Statement on Cryosurgery for the Treatment of Localized Prostate Cancer (September 2008)

  • Best Practice Statement on Cryosurgery for the Treatment of Localized Prostate Cancer
    November 2008 (Vol. 180 | No. 5 | Pages 1993-2004)

    Richard J. Babaian, Bryan Donnelly, Duke Bahn, John G. Baust, Martin Dineen, David Ellis, Aaron Katz, Louis Pisters, Daniel Rukstalis, Katsuto Shinohara, J. Brantley Thrasher

Tadalafil Shows Promise for Relief of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Associated with Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (August 2008)
  • Tadalafil Administered Once Daily for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Secondary to Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A Dose Finding Study
    October 2008 (Vol. 180 | No. 4 | Pages 1228-1234)

    Claus G. Roehrborn, Kevin T. McVary, Albert Elion-Mboussa, Lars Viktrup

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