A clinical outcomes and cost analysis comparing photoselective vaporization of the prostate to alternative minimally invasive therapies and transurethral prostate resection for the... by Stovsky, MD, Griffiths, R, Duff, S

“…Clinical outcomes were measured by the percent improvement in American Urological Association/International Prostate Symptom Score, the maximum uroflowmetry rate and quality of life score. …”

Perspectives on technology - prostate cancer: is local anaesthetic transperineal prostate biopsy really better than transrectal biopsy? by Berridge, C, Omer, A, Lopez, F, Bryant, RJ, Lamb, AD

“…Both the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in the UK, and the American Urological Association in the United States, have concluded for now that the body of evidence is inadequate and not offered a similar recommendation. …”

Application of artificial intelligence to the management of urological cancer by Abbod, MF, Catto, JWF, Linkens, DA, Hamdy, FC

Randomised controlled trial of an interactive multimedia decision aid on benign prostatic hypertrophy in primary care. by Murray, E, Davis, H, Tai, S, Coulter, A, Gray, A, Haines, A

“…OUTCOME MEASURES: Patients' and general practitioners' perceptions of who made the decision, decisional conflict scores, treatment choice and prostatectomy rate, American Urological Association symptom scale, costs, anxiety, utility, and general health status. …”

An empirical evaluation of guidelines on prostate-specific antigen velocity in prostate cancer detection. by Vickers, A, Till, C, Tangen, C, Lilja, H, Thompson, I

“… BACKGROUND: The National Comprehensive Cancer Network and American Urological Association guidelines on early detection of prostate cancer recommend biopsy on the basis of high prostate-specific antigen (PSA) velocity, even in the absence of other indications such as an elevated PSA or a positive digital rectal exam (DRE). …”

Radiotherapy for node positive penile cancer: Experience of the leeds teaching hospitals by Franks, K, Kancherla, K, Sethugavalar, B, Whelan, P, Eardley, I, Kiltie, A

“…Our findings warrant further investigation in larger series of patients. © 2011 American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.…”

Prostate cancer: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and prognosis by Falah Abass Mohamed Salih, Murtaza Mustafa, EM.Illzam, AM.Sharifa, M.Suleiman, SS.Hussain

“…Prognostic indicators of disease outcome are stage, pre-therapy PSA level and Gleason score, higher the grade, and the stage poorer the prognosis.Information on the relationship of diet and prostate cancer is poor. American Urological Association(AUA) recommends screening in those of 55 to 69,no more than every two years.…”
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Prediction of moderate and high grade vesicoureteral reflux after a first febrile urinary tract infection in children: Construction and internal validation of a clinical decision r... by Leroy, S, Romanello, C, Smolkin, V, Galetto-Lacour, A, Korczowski, B, Tuerlinckx, D, Rodrigo, C, Gajdos, V, Moulin, F, Pecile, P, Halevy, R, Gervaix, A, Duhl, B, Vander Borght, T, Prat, C, Foix-L'Hélias, L, Altman, D, Gendrel, D, Bréart, G, Chalumeau, M

“…Further validation is needed before its widespread use. © 2012 American Urological Association Education and Research, Inc.…”

Clinicopathological features and prognostic value of incidental prostatic adenocarcinoma in radical cystoprostatectomy specimens: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 13,140 pa... by Fahmy Ahmed, Omar Ahmed, Mohd Ghani @ Mamat, Khairul Asri, Schubert, Tina, Renninger, Markus, Stenzl, Arnulf, Gakis, Georgios

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Targeted Workup after Initial Febrile Urinary Tract Infection: Using a Novel Machine Learning Model to Identify Children Most Likely to Benefit from Voiding Cystourethrogram by Estrada, CR, Nelson, CP, Wang, HH, Bertsimas, Dimitris J, Dunn, Jack William, Li, Michael, Zhuo, Ying Daisy, MIT ORC Personalized Medicine Group, Advanced Analytics Group of Pediatric Urology

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A double-blind randomized controlled trial and economic evaluation of transurethral resection vs contact laser vaporization for benign prostatic enlargement: a 3-year follow-up. by Keoghane, SR, Lawrence, K, Gray, A, Doll, H, Hancock, A, Turner, K, Sullivan, M, Dyar, O, Cranston, D

“…The primary outcome measure was the change in the American Urologic Association symptom score, with secondary outcome measures being the peak urinary flow rate, treatment-related complications, re-operation rate and health service costs. …”