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Tuesday, October 27th 2015

Reviews/Editorials

Loeb S, Cooperberg MR. “Early Detection of Prostate Cancer.” Urological Clinics of North America 2014 May epub. PMID: 24725496 Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24725496


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Tuesday, October 27th 2015

Other Original Articles

Loeb S, Bruinsma SM, Nicholson J, Briganti A, Pickles T, Kakehi Y, Carlsson SV, Roobol MJ. “Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review of Clinicopathologic Variables and Biomarkers for Risk Stratification.” European Urology 2014 Oct epub. PMID: 25457014 Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25457014


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Monday, October 26th 2015

Reviews/Editorials

Loeb S. “Time to replace prostate-specific antigen (PSA) with the Prostate Health Index (PHI)? Yet more evidence that PHI consistently outperforms PSA across diverse populations.” BJU International 2015; 115: 500. PMID: 25808708 Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25808708


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Monday, October 26th 2015

Other Original Articles

Loeb S, Sokoll LJ, Broyles DL, Bangma CH, van Schaik RH, Klee GG, Wei JT, Sanda MG, Partin AW, Slawin KM, Marks LS, Mizrahi IA, Shin SS, Cruz AB, Chan DW, Roberts WL, Catalona WJ. “Prospective Multicenter Evaluation of the Beckman Coulter Prostate Health Index Using WHO Calibration.” Journal of Urology 2012; epub November. PMID:… Read More


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Monday, October 26th 2015

Reviews/Editorials

Vellekoop A and Loeb S. “Update of Randomized Trials for Prostate Cancer Screening.” Reviews in Urology 2013; 15: 37-9. PMID: 23671404 Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3651541/


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Sunday, October 25th 2015

Reviews/Editorials

Loeb S. “Prostate cancer: Predicting prostate biopsy results- PCA3 versus phi.” Nature Reviews Urology 2015 epub Feb 3. PMID: 25644161 Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25644161  


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Sunday, October 25th 2015

Other Original Articles

Tosoian JJ, Loeb S, Feng Z, Isharwal S, Landis P, Elliot DJ, Veltri R, Epstein JI, Partin AW, Carter HB, Trock B, Sokoll LJ. “Association of [-2]proPSA with Biopsy Reclassification During Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer.” Journal of Urology 2012; 188: 1131-6. PMID: 22901577. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22901577


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Sunday, October 25th 2015

Reviews/Editorials

Loeb S “Use of Baseline Prostate-Specific Antigen Measurements to Personalize Prostate Cancer Screening.” European Urology May 2012: 61: 875-6. PMID:22154726. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22154726


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Saturday, October 24th 2015

Reviews/Editorials

Lundon D, Loeb S. “Prostate-Specific Antigen Velocity Risk Count to Discern Significant From Indolent Prostate Cancer.” Reviews in Urology 2014; 16: 154. PMID: 25337050. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4191640/


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Saturday, October 24th 2015

Reviews/Editorials

Loeb S. “Editorial Comment on: A Commentary on PSA Velocity and doubling time for clinical decisions in prostate cancer” Urology 2014; 83: 596. PMID: 24581522 Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24581522


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Saturday, October 24th 2015

Reviews/Editorials

Loeb S. Editorial Comment on “Low percentage of free prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a strong predictor of later detection of prostate cancer among Japanese men with serum levels of total PSA of 4.0 ng/mL or less” Urology 2014; 84: 1167. PMID: 25443924. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25443924


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Saturday, October 24th 2015

Other Original Articles

Nichols JH, Loeb S, Metter EJ, Ferrucci L, Carter HB. “The Relationship Between Prostate Volume and Prostate-Specific Antigen Variability: Data from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging and the Johns Hopkins Active Surveillance Program.” BJU International 2012; 109: 1304-8. PMID: 22093443. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22093443


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Saturday, October 24th 2015

Reviews/Editorials

Loeb S, Catalona WJ. “The Prostate Health Index: A New Test for the Detection of Prostate Cancer.” Therapeutic Advances in Urology 2014; 6: 74. PMID: 24688603 Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24688603/


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Saturday, October 24th 2015

Reviews/Editorials

Roobol MJ, Bangma CH, Loeb S. “Prostate-specific antigen screening can be beneficial to younger and at-risk men.” CMAJ, May 2012 epub. PMID: 22566532. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3537779/


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Friday, October 23rd 2015

Sirius XM Channel 110 Doctor Radio

Dr. Loeb Hosts the Men’s Health Show on US/Canada satellite radio Sirius XM channel 110 On Wednesdays from 6-8pm EST. https://www.siriusxm.com/doctorradio/weeklyschedule  


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Friday, October 23rd 2015

Report: Forbes article about Viagra & Melanoma

Ever since a paper was released last year detailing cases of melanoma found in men taking the billion-dollar erectile dysfunction (ED) blockbuster Viagra, urologist Stacy Loeb of New York University has been fielding questions from worried patients about whether they should risk the little blue pill…  


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Friday, October 23rd 2015

Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review of Clinicopathologic Variables and Biomarkers for Risk Stratification

Loeb S, Bruinsma SM, Nicholson J, Briganti A, Pickles T, Kakehi Y, Carlsson SV, Roobol MJ. “Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review of Clinicopathologic Variables and Biomarkers for Risk Stratification.” European Urology 2014 Oct epub. PMID: 25457014 Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25457014


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Friday, October 23rd 2015

Use of Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibitors for Erectile Dysfunction and Risk of Malignant Melanoma.

Loeb S, Folkvaljon Y, Lambe M, Robinson D, Garmo H, Ingvar C, Stattin P. “Use of Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibitors for Erectile Dysfunction and Risk of Malignant Melanoma.”  JAMA 2015; 313: 2449-55. PMID: 26103029. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26103029


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Friday, October 23rd 2015

Urology Times on Twitter in Urology

5/2014 Urology Times on Twitter in Urology


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Friday, October 23rd 2015

Twitter and Urology- Targeted Oncology Interview

5/2014 Twitter and Urology- Targeted Oncology Interview


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Friday, October 23rd 2015

Lecture on Social Media in Medicine at International Continence Society in Rio de Janiero

10/2014 Lecture on Social Media in Medicine at International Continence Society in Rio de Janiero


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Friday, October 23rd 2015

Australia TV appearance video

8/2013 Australia TV appearance video http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-06/new-blood-test-offers-improved-treatment-for/4867150


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Friday, October 23rd 2015

Arise TV appearance on prostate cancer

6/2014 Arise TV appearance on prostate cancer


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Friday, October 23rd 2015

ASCO/MedPage Today video on Active Surveillance

5/2015 ASCO/MedPage Today video on Active Surveillance http://www.medpagetoday.com/ASCOVideoConferenceReporterAUA/special-reports/AUA2015Video-Videos/1143


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Friday, October 23rd 2015

Seminar on prostate cancer screening at Laura and Isaac Perlmutter NYU Cancer Center

Seminar on prostate cancer screening at Laura and Isaac Perlmutter NYU Cancer Center


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Friday, October 23rd 2015

Global Congress on Prostate Cancer Panel Discussion: “Turning the tables: putting the expert in the patient’s seat”

2/2015 Global Congress on Prostate Cancer Panel Discussion: “Turning the tables: putting the expert in the patient’s seat” http://library.mirrorsmed.org/sessions/turning-tables-putting-expert-patients-seat


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Friday, October 23rd 2015

Global Congress on Prostate Cancer Lecture on Screening and Early Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer

2/2015 Global Congress on Prostate Cancer Lecture on Screening and Early Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer http://library.mirrorsmed.org/sessions/screening-and-early-diagnosis-prostate-cancer


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Friday, October 23rd 2015

Cancer Research and Oncology Virtual Conference: Lecture on Active Surveillance: Trends in Use, Patient Selection & Monitoring

10/2015 Cancer Research and Oncology Virtual Conference: Lecture on Active Surveillance: Trends in Use, Patient Selection & Monitoring September 30, 2015 Lecture topic: Active Surveillance: Trends in Use, Patient Selection and Monitoring Category: prostate cancer Location: online


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Friday, October 23rd 2015

Other Original Articles

Roobol MJ, van Vugt HA, Loeb S, Zhu X, Bul M, Bangma CH, van Leenders AG, Steyerberg EW, and Schroder FH. “Prediction of Prostate Cancer Risk: The Role of Prostate Volume and Digital Rectal Examination in the ERSPC Risk Calculators.” European Urology 2012; 61: 577-83. PMID: 22104592. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22104592


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Friday, October 23rd 2015

Reviews/Editorials

Loeb S, Carlsson S, and Braithwaite RS. “Prostate Cancer: Modeling the Outcomes of Prostate Cancer Screening.” Nature Reviews Urology, March 2012; 13: 183-5. PMID: 224106678. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22410678


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Thursday, October 22nd 2015

Key Papers

Bratt O, Folkvaljon Y, Hjalm Eriksson M, Akre O, Carlsson S, Drevin L, Franck Lissbrant I, Makarov D, Loeb S, Stattin P. “Undertreatment of Men in Their Seventies with High-risk Nonmetastatic Prostate Cancer.” European Urology 2015 epub. PMID: 25813688. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25813688 Using data from national Swedish registries, this study showed that many healthy men in… Read More


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Thursday, October 22nd 2015

Key Papers

Mullins JK, Feng Z, Trock BJ, Epstein JI, Walsh PC, Loeb S. “The Impact of Anatomical Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy on Cancer Control: The 30-Year Anniversary.” Journal of Urology epub October 18, 2012. PMID: 23083655. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23083655 A total of 4,478 men underwent anatomical radical retropubic prostatectomy by Dr Patrick C. Walsh at the Johns Hopkins… Read More


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Thursday, October 22nd 2015

Key Papers

Loeb S, Zhu X, Schroder FH, Roobol MJ. “Long-term radical prostatectomy outcomes among participants from the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) Rotterdam.” BJU International epub Sept 21, 2012. PMID: 22998182. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22998182 This study compared the outcomes of prostate cancer treatment between men in the screening and control arms of the… Read More


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Thursday, October 22nd 2015

Controversies in Management of High-Risk Prostate and Bladder Cancer.

Loeb S, Ribal MJ. “Controversies in Management of High-Risk Prostate and Bladder Cancer.” BJU International 2015 Nov; 116: 675. PMID: 26449166. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26449166


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Thursday, October 22nd 2015

National Trends in the Utilization of Partial Nephrectomy Before and After the Establishment of AUA Guidelines for the Management of Renal Masses.

Bjurlin MA, Walter D, Taksler GB, Huang WC, Wysock JS, Sivarajan G, Loeb S, Taneja SS, Makarov DV. “National Trends in the Utilization of Partial Nephrectomy Before and After the Establishment of AUA Guidelines for the Management of Renal Masses.” Urology 2013; 82: 1283-9. PMID: 24295245. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24295245


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Thursday, October 22nd 2015

Outcomes of a Bladder Cancer Screening Program Using Home Hematuria Testing and Molecular Markers.

Bangma CH, Loeb S, Susstra M, Zhu X, Bouazzaoui SE, Refos J, Van Der Keur KA, Tijn S, Franken CG, van Leenders GJ, Zwarthoff EC, Roobol MJ. “Outcomes of a Bladder Cancer Screening Program Using Home Hematuria Testing and Molecular Markers.” European Urology 2013 epub March 4. PMID: 23478169 Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23478169


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Thursday, October 22nd 2015

Is Prostate Specific Antigen Surveillance Necessary in Men with Benign Prostate Pathology Following Radical Cystoprostatectomy for Bladder Cancer?

Bivalacqua TJ, Loeb S, Pierorazio PM, Schoenberg MP, Partin AW, Guzzo TJ. “Is Prostate Specific Antigen Surveillance Necessary in Men with Benign Prostate Pathology Following Radical Cystoprostatectomy for Bladder Cancer?” Urologia Internationalis epub November 2010; 85: 466. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21071926


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Thursday, October 22nd 2015

A Case of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Diagnosed on Prostate Biopsy.

Loeb S, Lotan T, Thornton K, and Schoenberg MP. “A Case of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor Diagnosed on Prostate Biopsy.” Nature Clinical Practice Urology, December 2008 (epub). Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19048005


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Thursday, October 22nd 2015

Management of Distal Ureter in Laparoscopic Nephroureterectomy- A Comprehensive Review of Techniques.

Macejko AM, Pazona JF, Loeb S, Kimm S, and Nadler RB. “Management of Distal Ureter in Laparoscopic Nephroureterectomy- A Comprehensive Review of Techniques.” Urology 2008 (epub). Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18602140


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Thursday, October 22nd 2015

Thoracic Complications of Urological Laparoscopy: Correlation Between Radiographic Findings and Clinical Manifestations.

Zhao LC, Han JS, Loeb S, Tenggardjaja C, Rubenstein R, Smith ND, and Nadler RB. “Thoracic Complications of Urological Laparoscopy: Correlation Between Radiographic Findings and Clinical Manifestations.” J Endourol 2008; 22: 607. Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18419207


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