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List of works by Alessandro Larcher

A Novel Approach for Apical Dissection During Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy: The "Collar" Technique

scientific article published on 2 February 2018

A virus-free cellular model recapitulates several features of severe COVID-19

scientific article published on 01 September 2021

Adherence of the indication to European Association of Urology guideline recommended pelvic lymph node dissection at a high-volume center: Differences between open and robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

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Against the Role of Inflammatory Markers in Renal Cell Carcinoma Prognosis: The Missing Link Between Evidence of Association and Clinical Applicability

scientific article published on 9 March 2016

Assessment of the Rate of Adherence to International Guidelines for Androgen Deprivation Therapy with External-beam Radiation Therapy: A Population-based Study

scientific article published on 4 March 2016

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BPH: a tell-tale sign of prostate cancer? Results from the Prostate Cancer and Environment Study (PROtEuS).

scientific article published in April 2015

Bladder cancer and urothelial impairment: the role of TRPV1 as potential drug target.

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Clinical performance of serum isoform [-2]proPSA (p2PSA), and its derivatives %p2PSA and the Prostate Health Index, in men aged <60 years: results from a multicentric European study.

scientific article published on 26 March 2015

Clinical performance of serum prostate-specific antigen isoform [-2]proPSA (p2PSA) and its derivatives, %p2PSA and the prostate health index (PHI), in men with a family history of prostate cancer: results from a multicentre European study, the PROME

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Clinical performance of the Prostate Health Index (PHI) for the prediction of prostate cancer in obese men: data from the PROMEtheuS project, a multicentre European prospective study

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Clinical use of [-2]proPSA (p2PSA) and its derivatives (%p2PSA and Prostate Health Index) for the detection of prostate cancer: a review of the literature

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Comparison of Postoperative Complications and Mortality Between Laparoscopic and Percutaneous Local Tumor Ablation for T1a Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Population-based Study

scientific article published on 26 October 2015

Comparison of functional outcomes of robotic and open partial nephrectomy in patients with pre-existing chronic kidney disease: a multicenter study.

scientific article published on 12 March 2018

Comparison of oncologic outcomes between sarcomatoid and clear cell renal cell carcinoma

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Comparison of renal function detriments after local tumor ablation or partial nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma

scientific article published on 6 June 2015

Complications and quality of life after template-assisted transperineal prostate biopsy in patients eligible for focal therapy.

scientific article published on 19 March 2013

Contemporary 90-day mortality rates after radical cystectomy in the elderly

scientific article published on 15 October 2014

Contemporary North-American Assessment of Robot-assisted Surgery Rates and Total Hospital Charges for Major Surgical Uro-oncological Procedures

scientific article published on 30 March 2019

Conversion of Robot-assisted Partial Nephrectomy to Radical Nephrectomy: A Prospective Multi-institutional Study.

scientific article published on 25 December 2017

Correlation Between Primary Hypospadias Repair and Subsequent Urethral Strictures in a Series of 408 Adult Patients.

scientific article published on 21 February 2017

Cytoreductive Nephrectomy in Metastatic Patients with Signs or Symptoms: Implications for Renal Cell Carcinoma Guidelines

scientific article published on 02 June 2020

Development and internal validation of a Prostate Health Index based nomogram for predicting prostate cancer at extended biopsy.

scientific article published on 15 August 2012

Development of a New Comorbidity Assessment Tool for Specific Prediction of Perioperative Mortality in Contemporary Patients Treated with Radical Cystectomy

scientific article published on 27 March 2019

Differences in Patient Characteristics among Men Choosing Open or Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy in Contemporary Practice - Analysis of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Database

scientific article published on 4 August 2016

Differential effect on survival of pelvic lymph node dissection at radical cystectomy for muscle invasive bladder cancer

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Elective Nephron Sparing Surgery Decreases Other Cause Mortality Relative to Radical Nephrectomy Only in Specific Subgroups of Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma

scientific article published on 25 May 2016

End-Stage Renal Disease After Renal Surgery in Patients with Normal Preoperative Kidney Function: Balancing Surgical Strategy and Individual Disorders at Baseline

scientific article published on 25 March 2016

European temporal trends in the use of lymph node dissection in patients with renal cancer

scientific article published on 3 August 2017

Extended pelvic lymph node dissection in patients with prostate cancer previously treated with surgery for lower urinary tract symptoms

External beam radiotherapy with or without androgen deprivation therapy in elderly patients with high metastatic risk prostate cancer

scientific article published on 6 February 2018

Feasibility and preliminary clinical outcomes of robotic laparoendoscopic single-site (R-LESS) pyeloplasty using a new single-port platform

scientific article published on 28 March 2012

Five-year biochemical recurrence-free and overall survival following high-dose-rate brachytherapy with additional external beam or radical prostatectomy in patients with clinically localized prostate cancer

scientific article published on 22 October 2015

Focal therapy and prostate cancer

scientific article published in September 2013

Head-to-head comparison of prostate health index and urinary PCA3 for predicting cancer at initial or repeat biopsy.

scientific article published on March 2013

Histotype predicts the rate of lymph node invasion at nephrectomy in patients with nonmetastatic renal cell carcinoma

scientific article published on 28 February 2020

Hypertension and Cardiovascular Morbidity Following Surgery for Kidney Cancer

scientific article published on 25 March 2019

Identifying optimal candidates for local treatment of the primary tumor among patients diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer: a SEER-based study

scientific article published on 10 September 2014

Identifying the Most Informative Prediction Tool for Cancer-specific Mortality After Radical Prostatectomy: Comparative Analysis of Three Commonly Used Preoperative Prediction Models

scientific article published on 10 August 2015

Identifying the Optimal Candidate for Salvage Lymph Node Dissection for Nodal Recurrence of Prostate Cancer: Results from a Large, Multi-institutional Analysis

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Impact of stage migration and practice changes on high-risk prostate cancer: results from patients treated with radical prostatectomy over the last two decades

scientific article published on 17 March 2015

Indication for and extension of pelvic lymph node dissection during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: an analysis of five European institutions

scientific article published on 04 January 2014

Is Robot-assisted Surgery Contraindicated in the Case of Partial Nephrectomy for Complex Tumours or Relevant Comorbidities? A Comparative Analysis of Morbidity, Renal Function, and Oncologic Outcomes

scientific article published on 15 May 2018

Local tumour ablation for localized kidney cancer: Practice patterns in Canada.

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Long-Term Followup and Deterioration Rate of Anterior Substitution Urethroplasty

scientific article published on 15 February 2014

Long-term oncologic outcomes of laparoscopic renal cryoablation as primary treatment for small renal masses

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Long-term survival of patients aged 80 years or older treated with radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer

scientific article published on 10 March 2017

Low Other Cause Mortality Rates Reflect Good Patient Selection in Patients with Prostate Cancer Treated with Radical Prostatectomy.

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Lymph node dissection for renal cell carcinoma: what are we missing?

scientific article published on 3 June 2016

Lymph node dissection should not be dismissed in case of localized renal cell carcinoma in the presence of larger diseases

scientific article published on 8 August 2017

Lymphadenopathies in patients with renal cell carcinoma: clinical and pathological predictors of pathologically confirmed lymph node invasion.

scientific article published on 15 December 2015

Margin, Ischemia, and Complications System to Report Perioperative Outcomes of Robotic Partial Nephrectomy: A European Multicenter Observational Study (EMOS Project)

scientific article published on 01 March 2015

Margin, ischemia, and complications (MIC) score in partial nephrectomy: a new system for evaluating achievement of optimal outcomes in nephron-sparing surgery

scientific article published on 9 June 2012

Metachronous metastasis of renal cell carcinoma to the urinary bladder: a case report.

scientific article published on 3 November 2017

MicroRNA 193b-3p as a predictive biomarker of chronic kidney disease in patients undergoing radical nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma.

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Minimally Invasive Partial Nephrectomy Versus Laparoscopic Cryoablation for Patients Newly Diagnosed with a Single Small Renal Mass

scientific article published on 20 May 2015

Mortality, morbidity and healthcare expenditures after local tumour ablation or partial nephrectomy for T1A kidney cancer

scientific article published on 17 September 2016

Multicenter European external validation of a prostate health index-based nomogram for predicting prostate cancer at extended biopsy

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Oncologic Surveillance for Renal Cell Carcinoma: What Is Still Needed?

scientific article published on 25 March 2016

Oncologic outcomes in prostate cancer patients treated with robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: results from a single institution series with more than 10 years follow up

scientific article published on 14 December 2018

PISCES: a horoscope for first-line targeted therapy of metastatic renal cell carcinoma

scientific article published on 29 September 2014

Pathological High-risk Renal Cell Carcinoma: Trends in Clinical Characteristics Over 25 Years

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

Patterns of use and patient characteristics: brachytherapy for localized prostate cancer in octo- and nonagenarians

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Perioperative and Oncologic Outcomes of Nephrectomy and Caval Thrombectomy Using Extracorporeal Circulation and Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest for Renal Cell Carcinoma Invading the Supradiaphragmatic Inferior Vena Cava and/or Right Atrium.

scientific article published on 13 September 2017

Population-based assessment of cancer-specific mortality after local tumour ablation or observation for kidney cancer: a competing risks analysis

scientific article published on 19 September 2015

Prediction of Competing Mortality for Decision-making Between Surgery or Observation in Elderly Patients With T1 Kidney Cancer.

scientific article published on 21 November 2016

Prediction of Complications Following Partial Nephrectomy: Implications for Ablative Techniques Candidates

scientific article published on 20 July 2015

Prediction of Significant Prostate Cancer at Prostate Biopsy and Per Core Detection Rate of Targeted and Systematic Biopsies Using Real-Time Shear Wave Elastography

scientific article published on 3 June 2015

Prediction of early and late complications after oral mucosal graft harvesting: multivariable analysis from a cohort of 553 consecutive patients.

scientific article published on 11 September 2013

Predictive and prognostic effect of inflammatory lymphadenopathies in renal cell carcinoma

scientific article published on 25 July 2018

Preoperative Prostate-specific Antigen Isoform p2PSA and Its Derivatives, %p2PSA and Prostate Health Index, Predict Pathologic Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Radical Prostatectomy for Prostate Cancer: Results from a Multicentric European Prospectiv

scientific article published on 16 August 2014

Preoperative frailty predicts adverse short-term postoperative outcomes in patients treated with radical nephroureterectomy

scientific article published on 12 January 2020

Preoperative prostate-specific antigen isoform p2PSA and its derivatives, %p2PSA and prostate health index, predict pathologic outcomes in patients undergoing radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer

scientific article published on 04 November 2011

Prostatitis, other genitourinary infections and prostate cancer: results from a population-based case-control study

scientific article published on 25 June 2015

Radical Nephrectomy With or Without Lymph Node Dissection for High-Risk Non-Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Multi-Institutional Analysis

scientific article published on 7 December 2017

Radical prostatectomy represents an effective treatment in patients with specimen-confined high pathological Gleason score prostate cancer.

scientific article published on 4 April 2012

Re: "trifecta" in partial nephrectomy: A. J. Hung, j. Cai, M. N. Simmons and I. S. Gill j Urol 2013; 189: 36-42.

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Re: Brian I. Rini, Tanya B. Dorff, Paul Elson, et al. Active Surveillance in Metastatic Renal-cell Carcinoma: A Prospective, Phase 2 Trial. Lancet Oncol Lancet 2016;17:1317-24: Active Surveillance in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: Option or Except

scientific article published on 29 September 2016

Re: Editorial Comment on Clinical Performance of Serum Isoform -2proPSA (p2PSA) and its Derivatives, Namely %p2PSA and PHI (Prostate Health Index) in Men Younger than 60 Years of Age: Results from a Multicentric European Study

scientific article published on 03 April 2015

Re: Rohann J.M. Correa, Alexander V. Louie, Nicholas G. Zaorsky, et al. The Emerging Role of Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy for Primary Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Eur Urol Focus. In press. https://doi.org/10.101

scientific article published on 26 September 2019

Re: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Perioperative and Oncologic Outcomes of Laparoscopic Cryoablation versus Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy for the Treatment of Small Renal Tumors

scientific article published on 02 September 2014

Relationship of chronic histologic prostatic inflammation in biopsy specimens with serum isoform [-2]proPSA (p2PSA), %p2PSA, and prostate health index in men with a total prostate-specific antigen of 4-10 ng/ml and normal digital rectal examination

scientific article published on 6 December 2013

Renal Function Assessment Gap in Clinical Practice: An Awkward Truth

scientific article published on 24 January 2020

Reply from Authors re: Matthew C. Hayes, David J. Breen. Excision Versus Ablation in Renal Cancer: Optimising Outcome and Minimising Risk. Eur Urol 2016;69:683–4

scientific article published on 13 December 2015

Reply from Authors re: Steven C. Campbell, Wen Dong, Joe Zabell, Diego Aguilar Palacios. End-stage Renal Disease After Renal Surgery: Partial Nephrectomy Is Protective, but to What Degree and Consequence? Eur Urol 2016;70:562-3: Functional Outcomes

scientific article published on 04 May 2016

Reply to Kazutaka Saito's Words of Wisdom re: Nephron-sparing Techniques Independently Decrease the Risk of Cardiovascular Events Relative to Radical Nephrectomy in Patients with a T1a-T1b Renal Mass and Normal Preoperative Renal Function. Eur Urol.

scientific article published on 27 April 2016

Reply to Marc A. Bjurlin, Lee C. Zhao, and Michael D. Stifelman's Letter to the Editor Re: Nicolò Maria Buffi, Giovanni Lughezzani, Rodolfo Hurle, et al. Robot-assisted Surgery for Benign Ureteral Strictures: Experience and Outcomes from Four Tertia

scientific article published on 16 September 2016

Reply: To PMID 25733270

scientific article published on 01 March 2015

Requiem for Open Radical Cystectomy in Bladder Cancer Patients

scientific article published on 06 August 2018

Robot-assisted Surgery for Benign Ureteral Strictures: Experience and Outcomes from Four Tertiary Care Institutions

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Robot-assisted uretero-ureterostomy for iatrogenic lumbar and iliac ureteral stricture: technical details and preliminary clinical results

scientific article published on 22 March 2011

Robot-assisted versus open cystectomy in the RAZOR trial

Robot-assisted, Single-site, Dismembered Pyeloplasty for Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction with the New da Vinci Platform: A Stage 2a Study

scientific article published on 13 March 2014

Robotic Partial Nephrectomy versus Minimally Invasive Radical Nephrectomy for Clinical T2a Renal Mass: A Propensity Score Matched Comparison from the ROSULA (Robotic Surgery for Large Renal Mass) Collaborative Group

scientific article published on 31 March 2020

Robotic assisted radical prostatectomy in morbidly obese patients: how to create a cost-effective adequate optical trocar.

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Serum index test %[-2]proPSA and Prostate Health Index are more accurate than prostate specific antigen and %fPSA in predicting a positive repeat prostate biopsy

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Short-Form Charlson Comorbidity Index for Assessment of Perioperative Mortality After Radical Cystectomy

scientific article published on March 2017

Sociodemographic Disparities in the Nonoperative Management of Small Renal Masses.

scientific article published on 29 October 2015

Suboptimal use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in radical cystectomy patients: A population-based study

scientific article published on March 2016

Suboptimal use of pelvic lymph node dissection: Differences in guideline adherence between robot-assisted and open radical prostatectomy

scientific article published on August 2016

Surgical quality, cancer control and functional preservation: introducing a novel trifecta for robot-assisted partial nephrectomy

scientific article published on 12 December 2019

Survival After Conservative Management Versus External Beam Radiation Therapy in Elderly Patients With Localized Prostate Cancer

scientific article published on 10 May 2016

Survival Outcomes in Octogenarian and Nonagenarian Patients Treated with First-line Androgen Deprivation Therapy for Organ-confined Prostate Cancer

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The Association of Uromodulin Genotype with Renal Cancer Aggressiveness

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The Effect of Anatomical Location of Lymph Node Metastases on Cancer Specific Survival in Patients with Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma.

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The Impact of Insurance Status on Tumor Characteristics and Treatment Selection in Contemporary Patients With Prostate Cancer

scientific article published on November 2015

The Learning Curve for Robot-assisted Partial Nephrectomy: Impact of Surgical Experience on Perioperative Outcomes

scientific article published on 19 September 2018

The Surgical Learning Curve for One-stage Anterior Urethroplasty: A Prospective Single-surgeon Study.

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The critical role of lymph node dissection in selecting high-risk nonmetastatic renal cancer candidates for adjuvant therapy after nephrectomy

scientific article published on 28 January 2019

The relationship between continence and perineal body tone before and after radical prostatectomy: a pilot study

scientific article published on 06 March 2012

The side and the location of the primary tumor does not affect the probability of lymph node invasion in patients with renal cell carcinoma

scientific article published on 24 November 2018

Treatment trends and Medicare reimbursements for localized prostate cancer in elderly patients

scientific article published on 19 March 2018

Trifecta outcomes of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy in solitary kidney: A Vattikuti Collective Quality Initiative (VCQI) database analysis.

scientific article published on 27 July 2017

Updated nomogram predicting lymph node invasion in patients with prostate cancer undergoing extended pelvic lymph node dissection: the essential importance of percentage of positive cores

scientific article published on 07 November 2011

Upstaging to pT3a disease in patients undergoing robotic partial nephrectomy for cT1 kidney cancer: Outcomes and predictors from a multi-institutional dataset

scientific article published on 16 January 2020

Urethral lift for benign prostatic hyperplasia: a comprehensive review of the literature.

scientific article published on December 2013

Use of adjuvant chemotherapy in radical cystectomy patients aged >65 years: a population-based study from the surveillance epidemiology and end results (SEER)-medicare database

scientific article published on 12 October 2016

Uterine artery Doppler pulsatility index at 11-38 weeks in ICSI pregnancies with egg donation.

scientific article published on 10 February 2017

Ventral oral mucosal onlay graft urethroplasty in nontraumatic bulbar urethral strictures: surgical technique and multivariable analysis of results in 214 patients

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Waist circumference, waist-hip ratio, body mass index, and prostate cancer risk: results from the North-American case-control study Prostate Cancer & Environment Study

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When to Perform Preoperative Bone Scintigraphy for Kidney Cancer Staging: Indications for Preoperative Bone Scintigraphy

scientific article published on 7 September 2017

When to perform preoperative chest computed tomography for renal cancer staging.

scientific article published on 29 September 2016

You Can Trust a Crystal Ball About as Far as You Can Throw It.

scientific article published on 5 February 2018

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