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List of works by Vincenzo Ficarra

A preoperative prognostic model for patients treated with nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma

scientific article published on 25 July 2008

A prospective, multicenter evaluation of predictive factors for positive surgical margins after nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma: the RECORd1 Italian Project

scientific article published on 23 September 2014

Age at diagnosis is a determinant factor of renal cell carcinoma-specific survival in patients treated with nephrectomy

scientific article published on December 2008

Association of tumor necrosis with pathological features and clinical outcome in 754 patients undergoing radical nephroureterectomy for upper tract urothelial carcinoma: an international validation study.

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Can renal mass biopsy assessment of tumor grade be safely substituted for by a predictive model?

scientific article published on December 2009

Cancer-specific and non-cancer-related mortality rates in European patients with T1a and T1b renal cell carcinoma

scientific article published on 2 December 2008

Characteristics and outcomes of patients with clinical T1 grade 3 urothelial carcinoma treated with radical cystectomy: results from an international cohort

scientific article published on 12 September 2009

Characteristics and outcomes of patients with clinical carcinoma in situ only treated with radical cystectomy: an international study of 243 patients

scientific article published on 17 March 2010

Characteristics and outcomes of patients with pT4 urothelial carcinoma at radical cystectomy: a retrospective international study of 583 patients

scientific article published in January 2010

Concomitant carcinoma in situ as an independent prognostic parameter for recurrence and survival in upper tract urothelial carcinoma: a multicenter analysis of 772 patients

scientific article published on 20 January 2011

Concomitant carcinoma in situ in cystectomy specimens is not associated with clinical outcomes after surgery

scientific article published on 09 June 2011

Concordance and Clinical Significance of Uncommon Variants of Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma in Transurethral Resection and Radical Cystectomy Specimens

scientific article published on 18 September 2014

Conditional Survival Predictions After Nephrectomy for Renal Cell Carcinoma

scientific article published on 17 October 2009

Correction to: Inflammation is a target of medical treatment for lower urinary tract symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia

scientific article published on 10 June 2020

Corrigendum to "Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients with Clinical T1 Grade 3 Urothelial Carcinoma Treated with Radical Cystectomy: Results from an International Cohort" [Eur Urol 2010;57:300-9].

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Corrigendum to "Validation of the 2009 TNM Version in a Large Multi-Institutional Cohort of Patients Treated for Renal Cell Carcinoma: Are Further Improvements Needed?" [Eur Urol 2010;58:588-95]

scientific article published on 15 October 2010

Critical analysis and validation of lymph node density as prognostic variable in urothelial carcinoma of bladder

scientific article published on 8 April 2011

Critical analysis of phase II and III randomised control trials (RCTs) evaluating efficacy and tolerability of a β₃-adrenoceptor agonist (Mirabegron) for overactive bladder (OAB).

scientific article published on 27 July 2014

Discrepancy between clinical and pathological stage: external validation of the impact on prognosis in an international radical cystectomy cohort

scientific article published on 18 January 2011

Disease-free survival at 2 or 3 years correlates with 5-year overall survival of patients undergoing radical cystectomy for muscle invasive bladder cancer

scientific article published on 17 December 2010

Dismiss Systematic Transrectal Ultrasound-guided and Embrace Targeted Magnetic Resonance Imaging-informed Prostate Biopsy: Is the Paradigm Ready to Shift?

scientific article published on 10 June 2015

Does preoperative platelet count and thrombocytosis play a prognostic role in patients undergoing nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma? Results of a comprehensive retrospective series

scientific article published on 19 August 2012

Efficacy and safety of a hexanic extract of Serenoa repens (Permixon® ) for the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia (LUTS/BPH): systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials an

scientific article published on 06 June 2018

Elective partial nephrectomy is equivalent to radical nephrectomy in patients with clinical T1 renal cell carcinoma: results of a retrospective, comparative, multi-institutional study.

scientific article published on 24 August 2011

External validation of the preoperative Karakiewicz nomogram in a large multicentre series of patients with renal cell carcinoma

scientific article published on 31 July 2012

Features associated with recurrence beyond 5 years after nephrectomy and nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma: development and internal validation of a risk model (PRELANE score) to predict late recurrence based on a large multicenter da

scientific article published on 22 June 2012

Female gender is associated with a worse survival after radical cystectomy for urothelial carcinoma of the bladder: a competing risk analysis

scientific article published on 31 January 2014

Gender differences in radical nephroureterectomy for upper tract urothelial carcinoma

scientific article published on 01 October 2010

Impact of clinical and histopathological parameters on disease specific survival in patients with collecting duct renal cell carcinoma: development of a disease specific risk model

scientific article published on 19 February 2013

Impact of medical treatments for male lower urinary tract symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia on ejaculatory function: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Impact of renal function on eligibility for chemotherapy and survival in patients who have undergone radical nephro-ureterectomy

scientific article published on 6 March 2013

Impact of tumour location versus multifocality in patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma treated with nephroureterectomy and bladder cuff excision: a homogeneous series without perioperative chemotherapy

scientific article published on 16 December 2011

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

Inflammation is a target of medical treatment for lower urinary tract symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia

scientific article published on 14 February 2020

International validation of the prognostic value of lymphovascular invasion in patients treated with radical cystectomy

scientific article published on 2 February 2010

International validation of the prognostic value of subclassification for AJCC stage pT3 upper tract urothelial carcinoma of the renal pelvis.

scientific article published on 20 February 2012

Macroscopic sessile tumor architecture is a pathologic feature of biologically aggressive upper tract urothelial carcinoma

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Multi-institutional validation of a new renal cancer-specific survival nomogram

scientific article published on 01 April 2007

Multicenter validation of the prognostic value of patient age in patients treated with radical cystectomy

scientific article published on 19 October 2011

Oncological outcomes after laparoscopic and open radical nephroureterectomy: results from an international cohort

scientific article published on 15 November 2010

Open versus laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for clinical T1a renal masses: a matched-pair comparison of 280 patients with TRIFECTA outcomes (RECORd Project).

scientific article published on 7 September 2013

Optimizing performance and interpretation of prostate biopsy: a critical analysis of the literature

scientific article published on 04 September 2010

PADUA and R.E.N.A.L. nephrometry scores correlate with perioperative outcomes of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy: analysis of the Vattikuti Global Quality Initiative in Robotic Urologic Surgery (GQI-RUS) database.

scientific article published on 16 August 2016

Partial Versus Radical Nephrectomy in Patients With Adverse Clinical or Pathologic Characteristics

scientific article published on 18 April 2009

Patients with distant metastases from renal cell carcinoma can be accurately identified: external validation of a new nomogram

scientific article published on 01 October 2007

Patients with renal cell carcinoma nodal metastases can be accurately identified: external validation of a new nomogram

scientific article published on 01 December 2007

Predicting clinical outcomes after radical nephroureterectomy for upper tract urothelial carcinoma

scientific article published on 23 January 2012

Predicting the risk of bone metastasis in prostate cancer

scientific article published on 26 July 2013

Predictors of cancer-specific mortality after disease recurrence following radical cystectomy

scientific article published on 3 September 2012

Prognostic Factors and Predictive Models in Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Contemporary Review

scientific article published on June 30, 2011

Prognostic ability of simplified nuclear grading of renal cell carcinoma

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Prognostic factors in a large multi-institutional series of papillary renal cell carcinoma.

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Prognostic risk stratification of pathological stage T2N0 bladder cancer after radical cystectomy

scientific article published on 19 November 2010

Prognostic risk stratification of pathological stage T3N0 bladder cancer after radical cystectomy

scientific article published on 22 February 2011

Prognostic role of lymphovascular invasion in patients with urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract: an international validation study

scientific article published on 06 January 2010

Prognostic value of extranodal extension and other lymph node parameters in patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma

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Prognostic value of prior history of urothelial carcinoma of the bladder in patients with upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma: results from a retrospective multicenter study

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Racial differences in the outcome of patients with urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract: an international study

scientific article published on 20 April 2011

Robot-assisted vs open radical prostatectomy: the day after.

scientific article published on 24 April 2017

Rome Consensus Conference - statement; human papilloma virus diseases in males

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Slowdown of urology residents' learning curve during COVID-19 emergency

scientific article published on 09 April 2020

Soft tissue surgical margin status is a powerful predictor of outcomes after radical cystectomy: a multicenter study of more than 4,400 patients

scientific article published on 01 June 2010

Stage pT0 at radical cystectomy confers improved survival: an international study of 4,430 patients

scientific article published in September 2010

Stage-specific effect of nodal metastases on survival in patients with non-metastatic renal cell carcinoma

scientific article published on 16 October 2008

Survival of patients with nonmetastatic pT3 renal tumours: a matched comparison of laparoscopic vs open radical nephrectomy

scientific article published on 16 July 2009

Systematic review and meta-analysis of perioperative outcomes and complications after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

scientific article published on 02 June 2012

Systematic review and meta-analysis of studies reporting oncologic outcome after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

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Systematic review of methods for reporting combined outcomes after radical prostatectomy and proposal of a novel system: the survival, continence, and potency (SCP) classification

scientific article published on 02 December 2011

The European Association of Urology Robotic Urology Section (ERUS) survey of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP).

scientific article published in April 2013

The Simplified PADUA REnal (SPARE) nephrometry system: a novel classification of parenchymal renal tumours suitable for partial nephrectomy

scientific article published on 09 April 2019

The effectiveness of off-protocol adjuvant chemotherapy for patients with urothelial carcinoma of the urinary bladder

scientific article published on 22 July 2010

The impact of the BJUI and what influences it today: does impact factor matter?

scientific article published in November 2013

The impact of tumor multifocality on outcomes in patients treated with radical nephroureterectomy

scientific article published on 28 September 2011

The role of inflammation in lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and its potential impact on medical therapy

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Three-dimensional virtual imaging of renal tumours: a new tool to improve the accuracy of nephrometry scores

scientific article published on 27 September 2019

Trans-rectal versus trans-perineal saturation rebiopsy of the prostate: is there a difference in cancer detection rate?

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Tumor size improves the accuracy of TNM predictions in patients with renal cancer

scientific article published on 28 February 2006

Tumour contact surface area as a predictor of postoperative complications and renal function in patients undergoing partial nephrectomy for renal tumours

scientific article published on 24 October 2018

Unclassified renal cell carcinoma: an analysis of 85 cases

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Validation of the AJCC TNM substaging of pT2 bladder cancer: deep muscle invasion is associated with significantly worse outcome

scientific article published on 20 January 2010

What evidence do we need to support the use of extended pelvic lymph node dissection in prostate cancer?

scientific article published on 01 October 2014

What is the optimal definition of misclassification in patients with very low-risk prostate cancer eligible for active surveillance? Results from a multi-institutional series

scientific article published on 22 January 2015

Will Image-guided Metastasis-directed Therapy Change the Treatment Paradigm of Oligorecurrent Prostate Cancer?

scientific article published on 04 April 2018

pT3 Substaging is a prognostic indicator for lymph node negative urothelial carcinoma of the bladder

scientific article published on 17 June 2010