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Wednesday, November 15th 2017

Loeb S, Dani H.  “Whom to Biopsy: Prediagnostic Risk Stratification with Biomarkers, Nomograms, and Risk Calculators.” Urol Clin North Am. 2017 Nov; 44(4):517-524. PMID: 29107268     Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29107268


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Wednesday, November 15th 2017

Loeb S. “Biomarkers for Prostate Biopsy and Risk Stratification of Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer Patients.” Urology Practice. 2017 Jul;4(4):315-321. PMID: 29104903 Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29104903


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Wednesday, November 15th 2017

Reviews/Editorials

Tosoian J and Loeb S. “Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy: Comparison of the Open and Robotic Approaches for Treatment of Prostate Cancer.” Reviews in Urology 2012; 14: 1-8. PMID: 23172996. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3502048/


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Wednesday, November 15th 2017

Reviews/Editorials

Loeb S. “Prediction of Outcomes After Radical Prostatectomy in Patients Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer of Biopsy Gleason Score ≥8 Via Contemporary Multi (≥12)-Core Prostate Biopsy.” BJU International July 2011; 108: 222. PMID: 21718432. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21718432


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Wednesday, November 15th 2017

Loeb S, Ross AE.  “Genomic testing for localized prostate cancer: where do we go from here?”  Current Opinion in Urology. 2017 Jun 28 epub. PMID: 28661898     Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28661898


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Wednesday, November 15th 2017

Reviews/Editorials

Schaeffer EM, Loeb S, and Walsh PC. “The Case for Open Radical Prostatectomy.” Urological Clinics of North America 2010; 37: 49. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20152519


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Wednesday, November 15th 2017

Reviews/Editorials

Loeb S and Partin AW. “Open versus minimally invasive radical prostatectomy.” Reviews in Urology, Winter 2010; 12: 20. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2859144/


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Wednesday, November 15th 2017

Reviews/Editorials

Loeb S, Partin AW, and Schaeffer EM. “Complications of Pelvic Lymphadenectomy: Do the Risks Outweigh the Benefits?” Reviews in Urology, Winter 2010; 12: 20. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2859138/


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Wednesday, November 15th 2017

Reviews/Editorials

Loeb S, Schaeffer EM, and Epstein JI. “The Vanishing Prostate Cancer Phenomenon.” Urology, January 2010 epub. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20079526


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Wednesday, November 15th 2017

Reviews/Editorials

Loeb S and Schaeffer EM. “Optimal Therapy in Localized Prostate Cancer: An Unfolding Story.’” Oncology (Williston Park), September 2009; 23: 843. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19839426


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Wednesday, November 15th 2017

Reviews/Editorials

Loeb S and Schaeffer EM. “Does Primary Androgen-Deprivation Therapy Improve Survival for Localized Prostate Cancer?” Aging Health 2008; 4: 451. Link: http://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/full/10.2217/1745509X.4.5.451


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Wednesday, November 15th 2017

Reviews/Editorials

Loeb S and Catalona WJ. “Open Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy.” Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations 2007; 25: 494. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18047959


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Wednesday, November 15th 2017

Reviews/Editorials

Loeb S and Catalona WJ. “Counterpoint: the case for active treatment.” Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, August 2007; 5: 699. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17692174  


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Wednesday, November 15th 2017

Reviews/Editorials

Loeb S and Catalona WJ. “Early versus delayed intervention for prostate cancer: the case for early intervention.” Nature Clinical Practice Urology, July 2007; 4: 348. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17563779


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Wednesday, November 15th 2017

Reviews/Editorials

Lynch J and Loeb S. “The Role of HIFU in Prostate Cancer.” Current Oncology Reports, May 2007; 9: 22. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17430694


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Wednesday, November 15th 2017

Reviews/Editorials

Loeb S and Nadler RB. “Management of the Complications of External Beam Radiotherapy and Brachytherapy.” Current Urology Reports, May 2006; 7: 200. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16630523


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Saturday, November 4th 2017

World Congress of Endourology 2016

Capetown, South Africa. November 8-12, 2016 Lecture topic: Social media in urology Category: Social Media


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Saturday, November 4th 2017

European Association of Urology 2017 Congress

London, England. 2017 Lecture topic: Social Media Category: Social Media


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Saturday, November 4th 2017

PROSCA 2017

Lisbon, Portugal. June 28-30, 2017 Lecture topics: Screening for prostate cancer: where do we stand? Category: Prostate Cancer


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Saturday, November 4th 2017

Astellas Prostate Cancer Meeting

Hobart, Australia. April 8, 2017 Lecture topic: Markers and Prostate Cancer Screening Category: Prostate Cancer


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Saturday, November 4th 2017

Astellas Prostate Cancer Meeting

Melbourne, Australia. April 7, 2017 Topic: Markers and Prostate Cancer Screening Category: Prostate Cancer


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Saturday, November 4th 2017

Astellas Prostate Cancer Meeting

Sydney, Australia. April 5-6, 2017 Topic: Markers and Prostate Cancer Screening Category: Prostate Cancer


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Saturday, November 4th 2017

Astellas Prostate Cancer Meeting

Adelaide, Australia. April 4, 2017 Topic: Markers and Prostate Cancer Screening Category: Prostate Cancer


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Saturday, November 4th 2017

Astellas Prostate Cancer Meeting

Brisbane, Australia. April 3, 2017 Topic: Markers and Prostate Cancer Screening Category: Prostate Cancer


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Saturday, November 4th 2017

Heinrich Warner Symposium

Hamburgo, Germany. June 23-24, 2017 Lecture Topic: Clinical Use of Markers in Localized Prostate Cancer Category: Prostate Cancer


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Saturday, November 4th 2017

Canadian Urological Association 2017 Meeting

Toronto, Canada- June 24-27, 2017 Lecture topics: Optimizing Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer, Serum and Urine Markers to Select Patient for Initial and Repeat Prostate Biopsy Category: Prostate cancer


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Wednesday, October 11th 2017

Dr. Loeb on the Impact of Additional Testing for Prostate Cancer

OncLive: Dr. Loeb on the Impact of Additional Testing for Prostate Cancer (published Oct 11, 2017) 


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Wednesday, October 4th 2017

Prostate Cancer Foundation 24th Annual Scientific Retreat

Washington, DC . October 4-7, 2017 Lecture Topic: Women in science panel, poster on crowdfunding in prostate cancer Category: Women in science, Social Media


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Friday, September 1st 2017

Loeb S, Curnyn C, Fagerlin A, Braithwaite RS, Schwartz MD, Lepor H, Carter HB, Sedlander E.  “Informational needs during active surveillance for prostate cancer: A qualitative study.” Patient Education Counseling 2017 Sep 1 epub.  PMID: 28886974 Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28886974


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Tuesday, August 22nd 2017

Loeb S, Zhou Q, Siebert U, Rochau U, Jahn B, Mühlberger N, Carter HB, Lepor H, Braithwaite RS.   “Active Surveillance Versus Watchful Waiting for Localized Prostate Cancer: A Model to Inform Decisions”. European Urology 2017 Aug 22 epub.  PMID: 28844371 Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28844371 We designed a Markov model showing that active surveillance extends life more than… Read More


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Tuesday, August 15th 2017

Dr Loeb on the Results of Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer (published August 2017)

OncLive: Dr Loeb on the Results of Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer (published August 2017)


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Monday, August 7th 2017

Dani H, Loeb S. “The Role of Prostate Cancer Biomarkers in Undiagnosed Men.” Current Opinion Urology 2017; 27: 210-216. PMID 28212119 Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28212119


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Monday, August 7th 2017

Loeb S, Lilja H, Vickers A. “Beyond prostate-specific antigen: utilizing novel strategies to screen men for prostate cancer.” Current Opinion in Urology 2016 Jun 3 epub. PMID: 27262138 Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27262138


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Monday, August 7th 2017

Lepor A, Catalona WJ, Loeb S. “The Prostate Health Index: Its Utility in Prostate Cancer Detection. Urologic Clinics North America.”   2016 Feb;43(1):1-6. PMID: 26614024 Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26614024


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Monday, August 7th 2017

Liss MA, Ehdaie B, Loeb S, Meng MV, Raman JD, Spears V, Stroup SP.   “An Update of the American Urological Association White Paper on the Prevention and Treatment of the More Common Complications Related to Prostate Biopsy.”  Journal of  Urology  2017 Mar 29 epub. PMID: 28363690 Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28363690 This is an updated American Urological… Read More


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Monday, August 7th 2017

Reviews/Editorials

Loeb S. “Prostate Biopsy Decisions: One Size Fits All Approach with Total PSA is Out and a Multivariable Approach with the Prostate Health Index is In.” BJU International 2015 June epub. PMID: 26054000. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26054000


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Monday, August 7th 2017

Loeb S, Peskoe SB, Joshu CE, Huang WY, Hayes RB, Carter HB, Isaacs WB, Platz EA. “Do Environmental Factors Modify the Genetic Risk of Prostate Cancer?” Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers Prevention 2015; 24: 213. PMID: 25342390. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25342390   This study examined effect modification by environmental factors of the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms with prostate… Read More


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Monday, August 7th 2017

Loeb S, Folkvaljon Y, Damber JE, Alukal J, Lambe M, Stattin P.   “Testosterone Replacement Therapy and Risk of Favorable and Aggressive Prostate Cancer.”  Journal of Clinical Oncology 2017;35(13):1430-1436.  PMID: 28447913.     Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28447913


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Thursday, June 29th 2017

Ciprut S, Curnyn C, Davuluri M, Sternberg K, Loeb S.  “Twitter Activity Associated with US News and World Report Reputation Scores for Urology Departments.”  Urology. 2017 Jun 29 epub.  PMID: 28669746.     Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28669746


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Wednesday, June 28th 2017

Loeb S, Ross AE.   “Genomic testing for localized prostate cancer: where do we go from here?”  Current Opinion in Urology. 2017 Jun 28 epub. PMID: 28661898     Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28621058  


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