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The impact of the early COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare system resource use and costs in two provinces in Canada: An interrupted time series analysis by Zeitouny, Seraphine, Cheung, Douglas C, Bremner, Karen E, Pataky, Reka E, Pequeno, Priscila, Matelski, John, Peacock, Stuart, Del Giudice, M. Elisabeth, Lapointe-Shaw, Lauren, Tomlinson, George, Mendlowitz, Andrew B, Mulder, Carol, Tsui, Teresa C. O, Perlis, Nathan, Walker, Jennifer D, Sander, Beate, Wong, William W. L, Krahn, Murray D, Kulkarni, Girish S

“…Introduction The aim of our study was to assess the initial impact of COVID-19 on total publicly-funded direct healthcare costs and health services use in two…”
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Low-volume grade group 2 prostate cancer candidates for active surveillance: a radical prostatectomy retrospective analysis by Björklund, Johan, Cheung, Douglas C, Martin, Lisa J, Komisarenko, Maria, Lajkosz, Katharine, Hamilton, Robert J, Zlotta, Alexandre R, Finelli, Antonio

“…Guidelines support considering selected men with ISUP grade group (GG) 2 prostate cancer for active surveillance (AS). We assessed the association of clinical…”
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Occurrence of and Risk Factors for Urological Intervention During Benign Hysterectomy: Analysis of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database by Wallis, Christopher J.D, Cheung, Douglas C, Garbens, Alaina, Kroft, Jamie, Carr, Lesley, Nathens, Avery B, Po, Lesley, Nam, Robert K, Liu, Grace, Gien, Lilian, Satkunasivam, Raj

“…Objective To determine the occurrence of lower genitourinary tract (LGUT) injury during hysterectomy for benign disease and identify risk factors for LGUT…”
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Magnetic resonance imaging diagnosis of prostate cancer: promise and caution by Cheung, Douglas C, Finelli, Antonio

“…Among solid-organ tumours, prostate cancer is alone in being diagnosed via a nontargeted biopsy approach. Systematic transrectal ultrasonography-guided biopsy…”
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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy to Prevent Surgical Site Infection After Elective Colorectal Surgery by Cheung, Douglas C., Muaddi, Hala, de Almeida, John R., Finelli, Antonio, Karanicolas, Paul

“…Surgical site infection is common after colorectal surgery and is associated with increased costs. Prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy has previously…”
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Small Renal Mass Surveillance: Histology-specific Growth Rates in a Biopsy-characterized Cohort by Finelli, Antonio, Cheung, Douglas C., Al-Matar, Ashraf, Evans, Andrew J., Morash, Christopher G., Pautler, Stephen E., Siemens, D. Robert, Tanguay, Simon, Rendon, Ricardo A., Gleave, Martin E., Drachenberg, Darrel E., Chin, Joseph L., Fleshner, Neil E., Haider, Masoom A., Kachura, John R., Sykes, Jenna, Jewett, Michael A.S.

“…Most reports of active surveillance (AS) of small renal masses (SRMs) lack biopsy confirmation, and therefore include benign tumors and different subtypes of…”
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Active Surveillance in Small Renal Masses in the Elderly: A Literature Review by Cheung, Douglas C., Finelli, Antonio

“…Small renal masses have become increasingly common due to widespread imaging; however, optimal management of these lesions in the elderly can be complex due to…”
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A narrative review and update on management following negative prostate biopsy by Cheung, Douglas C, Li, Jenny, Finelli, Antonio

“…PURPOSE OF REVIEWProstate cancer has traditionally been diagnosed using systematic transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy. However, given the inherent nature of…”
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A narrative review of pelvic lymph node dissection in prostate cancer by Cheung, Douglas C, Fleshner, Neil, Sengupta, Shomik, Woon, Dixon

“…Pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) is an important component in the staging and prognostication of prostate cancer. We performed a narrative review to assess…”
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A Population-based Study Comparing Outcomes for Patients With Metastatic Castrate Resistant Prostate Cancer Treated by Urologists or Medical Oncologists With First Line Abiraterone Acetate or Enzalutamide by Woon, Dixon T.S., Finelli, Antonio, Cheung, Douglas C., Martin, Lisa J., Alibhai, Shabbir, Wallis, Christopher J.D, Diong, Christina, Saskin, Refik, Kulkarni, Girish, Fleshner, Neil

“…To compare toxicity and all-cause mortality for mCRPC patients receiving first line oral systemic therapy prescribed by medical oncologists and urologists…”
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Overactive bladder in men: a practical approach by Millman, Alexandra L, Cheung, Douglas C, Hackett, Cian, Elterman, Dean

“…Overactive bladder (OAB) is a significant source of morbidity in males, with a prevalence of 10-16%, and with only a small fraction of these being treated. OAB…”
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“Bring the Hoses to Where the Fire Is!”: Differential Impacts of Marginalization and Socioeconomic Status on COVID-19 Case Counts and Healthcare Costs by Cheung, Douglas C., Bremner, Karen E., Tsui, Teresa C.O., Croxford, Ruth, Lapointe-Shaw, Lauren, Giudice, Lisa Del, Mendlowitz, Andrew, Perlis, Nathan, Pataky, Reka E., Teckle, Paulos, Zeitouny, Seraphine, Wong, William W.L., Sander, Beate, Peacock, Stuart, Krahn, Murray D., Kulkarni, Girish S., Mulder, Carol

“…Local health leaders and the Director General of the World Health Organization alike have observed that COVID-19 “does not discriminate.” Nevertheless, the…”
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Morbidity and Mortality of Radical Nephrectomy for Patients With Disseminated Cancer: An Analysis of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database by Wallis, Christopher J.D, Bjarnason, Georg, Byrne, James, Cheung, Douglas C, Hoffman, Azik, Kulkarni, Girish S, Nathens, Avery B, Nam, Robert K, Satkunasivam, Raj

“…Objective To determine the effect of disseminated cancer on perioperative outcomes following radical nephrectomy. Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort…”
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A Matched Analysis of Active Surveillance Versus Nephrectomy for T1a Small Renal Masses by Cheung, Douglas C, Martin, Lisa J, Komisarenko, Maria, McAlpine, Kristen, Alibhai, Shabbir M H, Finelli, Antonio

“…While patients with a small renal mass (SRM) on active surveillance (AS) experience excellent metastasis-free survival (MFS) and cancer-specific survival…”
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Neoadjuvant Versus Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma: A Microsimulation Model by Hird, Amanda E., Magee, Diana E., Cheung, Douglas C., Sander, Beate, Sridhar, Srikala, Nam, Robert K., Kulkarni, Girish S.

“…Upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) is clinically understudied, and there are no definitive recommendations regarding timing of perioperative chemotherapy…”
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Cost of Bladder Cancer Care: A Single-center Comparison of Radical Cystectomy and Trimodal Therapy by Magee, Diana E, Cheung, Douglas C, Hird, Amanda E, Chung, Peter, Warde, Padraig, Catton, Charles, Berlin, Alejandro, Zlotta, Alexandre, Fleshner, Neil E, Kulkarni, Girish S

“…Radical cystectomy and trimodal therapy are both accepted options in the management of muscle-invasive bladder cancer. As such, we sought to evaluate the…”
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Abiraterone vs. docetaxel for metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer: A microsimulation model by Hird, Amanda E, Magee, Diana E, Cheung, Douglas C, Matta, Rano, Kulkarni, Girish S, Nam, Robert K

“…Our aim was to determine whether androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) with abiraterone acetate (AA) or ADT with docetaxel chemotherapy (DC) resulted in improved…”
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Androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer: Prescribing behaviors and preferences among urologists by Cheung, Douglas C, Martin, Lisa J, Alibhai, Shabbir M H, Komisarenko, Maria, Dharma, Christoffer, Niu, Yue, Warde, Padraig, Sridhar, Srikala S, Fleshner, Neil E, Kulkarni, Girish S, Finelli, Antonio

“…Several androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) medications are available for treating advanced prostate cancer with roughly equivalent oncological efficacy and…”
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Case: Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG)-induced Reiter syndrome with an attempt at repeat BCG induction by Cheung, Douglas C, Millman, Alexandra L, Hamilton, Robert J

“…We present a case of BCG-induced Reiter syndrome with 19-year followup, and the first instance of BCG re-induction in this cohort of patients. This was…”
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Vasopressin improves systemic hemodynamics without compromising mesenteric perfusion in the resuscitation of asphyxiated newborn piglets: a dose–response study by Cheung, Douglas C., Gill, Richdeep S., Liu, Jiang-Qin, Manouchehri, Namdar, Sergi, Consolato, Bigam, David, Cheung, Po-Yin, Dicken, Bryan J.

“…Purpose Hypoxia and reoxygenation (H-R) contributes to multi-organ failure in neonates, including cardiac and systemic complications. Use of vasopressin, an…”
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