Urology

Recent advances in single-site/incision robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy.

INTRODUCTION: Single-site robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (ssRARP) has been successfully appl...

Perioperative, functional, and oncologic outcomes of robot-assisted versus open partial nephrectomy for complex renal tumors (RENAL score ≥ 7): an evidence-based analysis.

This study aims to assess the efficacy and safety of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) compa...

Deep learning-based dominant index lesion segmentation for MR-guided radiation therapy of prostate cancer.

BACKGROUND: Dose escalation radiotherapy enables increased control of prostate cancer (PCa) but requ...

Deep learning-based decision forest for hereditary clear cell renal cell carcinoma segmentation on MRI.

BACKGROUND: von Hippel-Lindau syndrome (VHL) is an autosomal dominant hereditary syndrome with an in...

Beyond diagnosis: is there a role for radiomics in prostate cancer management?

The role of imaging in pretreatment staging and management of prostate cancer (PCa) is constantly ev...

Re: The Evolution of Retzius-Sparing Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy: An Idea, Development, Evolution, Assessment, and Long-Term Study Perspective (From Gotlieb et al., J Endourol 2022;36(8):1077-1082).

Deep Learning of Phase-Contrast Images of Cancer Stem Cells Using a Selected Dataset of High Accuracy Value Using Conditional Generative Adversarial Networks.

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology for image recognition has the potential to identify cancer s...

Re: Carlo A. Bravi, Marco Paciotti, Eleonora Balestrazzi, et al. Outcomes of Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy with the Hugo RAS Surgical System: Initial Experience at a High-volume Robotic Center. Eur Urol Focus. In press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euf.2023.01.008.

A Study of 57 Patients with Prostate Cancer to Compare Outcomes of Estimated Blood Loss and Postoperative Pain Between Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy and Standard Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy.

BACKGROUND Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) is becoming an increasingly common method for...

Reply to Luca Sarchi, Maria Chiara Sighinolfi, Simone Assumma, et al.'s Letter to Editor re: Carlo A. Bravi, Marco Paciotti, Eleonora Balestrazzi, et al. Outcomes of Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy with the Hugo RAS Surgical System: Initial Experience at a High-volume Robotic Center. Eur Urol Focus. In press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euf.2023.01.008.

An artificial neural network model to predict structure-based protein-protein free energy of binding from Rosetta-calculated properties.

The prediction of the free energy (Δ) of binding for protein-protein complexes is of general scienti...

Detection of malignancy in whole slide images of endometrial cancer biopsies using artificial intelligence.

In this study we use artificial intelligence (AI) to categorise endometrial biopsy whole slide image...

Evaluation of deep learning based implanted fiducial markers tracking in pancreatic cancer patients.

Real-time target position verification during pancreas stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is...

Postoperative functional and cancer control evaluation of conventional and Retzius-sparing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: Comparison of selected cases by propensity score matching.

AIM: Although many reports have shown that Retzius-sparing robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RS-...

Quality of life in patients who underwent robot-assisted radical prostatectomy compared with those who underwent low-dose-rate brachytherapy.

BACKGROUND: To compare the quality of life (QOL) in patients who underwent robot-assisted radical pr...

Automated Ki-67 labeling index assessment in prostate cancer using artificial intelligence and multiplex fluorescence immunohistochemistry.

The Ki-67 labeling index (Ki-67 LI) is a strong prognostic marker in prostate cancer, although its a...

Artificial intelligence-based model for lymph node metastases detection on whole slide images in bladder cancer: a retrospective, multicentre, diagnostic study.

BACKGROUND: Accurate lymph node staging is important for the diagnosis and treatment of patients wit...

Predicting muscle invasion in bladder cancer based on MRI: A comparison of radiomics, and single-task and multi-task deep learning.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Radiomics and deep learning are two popular technologies used to develop ...

Robot assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy with maximal urethral length preservation technique preserves penile length.

Penile shortening is a recognized but neglected side effect of prostate cancer treatment. In this st...

Oncological and functional outcomes of high-risk and very high-risk prostate cancer patients after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

PURPOSE: This study investigated the oncological and functional outcomes of robot-assisted radical p...

Development and External Validation of a Machine Learning Model for Prediction of Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients with Prostate Cancer.

BACKGROUND: Pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) is the gold standard for diagnosis of lymph node inv...