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Thomas J. Polascik

Thomas J. Polascik

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Medicine

D-Index
78
Citations
18692
World Ranking
18173
National Ranking
9060

Overview

Thomas J. Polascik is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and has made contributions primarily in the field of Medicine, with a concentration in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, and Urology. Their research covers a range of topics including Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques, Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies, and treatments related to Renal cell carcinoma as well as Bladder and Urothelial Cancer.

The scientist's recent publications include studies focusing on advancements in robotic and minimally invasive surgical techniques. Important works in 2020, for example, are:

  • "Pure Single-site Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy Using Single-port Versus Multiport Robotic Radical Prostatectomy: A Single-institution Comparative Study" (2020) published in European Urology Focus
  • "Single-Port Robotic Urological Surgery Using Purpose-Built Single-Port Surgical System: Single-Institutional Experience With the First 100 Cases" (2020) published in Urology
  • "Floating docking technique: a simple modification to improve the working space of the instruments during single-port robotic surgery" (2020) published in World Journal of Urology
  • "Outpatient Extraperitoneal Single-Port Robotic Radical Prostatectomy" (2020) published in Urology
  • "Robot-assisted Radical Prostatectomy Using Single-port Perineal Approach: Technique and Single-surgeon Matched-paired Comparative Outcomes" (2020) published in European Urology

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Jihad Kaouk
  • Guilherme Sawczyn
  • Louis Lenfant
  • Clark A. Wilson
  • Soo-Dong Kim

Their research outputs have been prominently published in the following venues:

  • The Journal of Urology with 16 publications
  • Urology with 11 publications
  • Journal of Endourology with 5 publications
  • European Urology with 3 publications
  • Urologic Oncology Seminars and Original Investigations with 3 publications

Their research field focuses on complex clinical and surgical aspects within medicine, specifically addressing areas related to prostate and urinary system diseases.

Best Publications

  • PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN: A DECADE OF DISCOVERY-WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED AND WHERE WE ARE GOING

    Thomas J. Polascik;Joseph E. Oesterling;Alan W. Partin

  • Frequency of homozygous deletion at p16/CDKN2 in primary human tumours

    P. Cairns;T. J. Polascik;Y. Eby;K. Tokino

  • Synthesis and evaluation of 18F-labeled choline as an oncologic tracer for positron emission tomography: initial findings in prostate cancer.

    Timothy R. DeGrado;R. Edward Coleman;Shuyan Wang;Steven W. Baldwin

  • The role of focal therapy in the management of localised prostate cancer: a systematic review

    Massimo Valerio;Massimo Valerio;Hashim U Ahmed;Mark Emberton;Nathan L Lawrentschuk

  • Satisfaction and Regret after Open Retropubic or Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy

    Florian R. Schroeck;Tracey L. Krupski;Leon Sun;David M. Albala

  • Comparison of [18F]Fluorocholine and [18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose for Positron Emission Tomography of Androgen Dependent and Androgen Independent Prostate Cancer

    David T. Price;R. Edward Coleman;Ray P. Liao;Cary N. Robertson

  • New and Established Technology in Focal Ablation of the Prostate: A Systematic Review

    Massimo Valerio;Massimo Valerio;Massimo Valerio;Yannick Cerantola;Scott E. Eggener;Herbert Lepor

  • Treatment of Localised Renal Cell Carcinoma

    Hendrik Van Poppel;Frank Becker;Jeffrey A Cadeddu;Inderbir S Gill

  • PILOT STUDY OF DIETARY FAT RESTRICTION AND FLAXSEED SUPPLEMENTATION IN MEN WITH PROSTATE CANCER BEFORE SURGERY: EXPLORING THE EFFECTS ON HORMONAL LEVELS, PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN, AND HISTOPATHOLOGIC FEATURES

    Wendy Demark-Wahnefried;David T Price;Thomas J Polascik;Cary N Robertson

  • Variability of the positive predictive value of PI-RADS for prostate MRI across 26 centers: Experience of the society of abdominal radiology prostate cancer disease-focused panel

    Antonio C. Westphalen;Charles E. McCulloch;Jordan M. Anaokar;Sandeep Arora

  • Focal Therapy: Patients, Interventions, and Outcomes—A Report from a Consensus Meeting

    Ian A. Donaldson;Ian A. Donaldson;Roberto Alonzi;Dean Barratt;Eric Barret

  • Rationale for percutaneous biopsy and histologic characterisation of renal tumours.

    Alessandro Volpe;Antonio Finelli;Inderbir S. Gill;Michael A.S. Jewett

  • Flaxseed Supplementation (Not Dietary Fat Restriction) Reduces Prostate Cancer Proliferation Rates in Men Presurgery

    Wendy Demark-Wahnefried;Thomas J. Polascik;Stephen L. George;Boyd R. Switzer

  • Partial Nephrectomy: Technique Complications and Pathological Findings

    Thomas J. Polascik;Charles R. Pound;Maxwell V. Meng;Alan W. Partin

  • Implementation of Germline Testing for Prostate Cancer: Philadelphia Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference 2019

    Veda N. Giri;Karen E. Knudsen;William K. Kelly;Heather H. Cheng

  • Focal Therapy in Prostate Cancer-Report from a Consensus Panel

    J. de la Rosette;H. Ahmed;J. Barentsz;T. Bjerklund Johansen

  • Promoter Hypermethylation Profile of Kidney Cancer

    Essel Dulaimi;Inmaculada Ibanez de Caceres;Robert G. Uzzo;Tahseen Al-Saleem

  • Prostate cancer laterality as a rationale of focal ablative therapy for the treatment of clinically localized prostate cancer.

    Vladimir Mouraviev;Janice M. Mayes;Leon Sun;John F. Madden

  • Survey of neuromuscular injuries to the patient and surgeon during urologic laparoscopic surgery

    J. Stuart Wolf;Robert Marcovich;Inderbir S. Gill;Gyung Tak Sung

  • Novel suppressor loci on chromosome 14q in primary bladder cancer.

    Wayne Yen Hwa Chang;Paul Cairns;Mark P. Schoenberg;Thomas J. Polascik

Frequent Co-Authors

Judd W. Moul
Judd W. Moul Duke University
Stephen J. Freedland
Stephen J. Freedland Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Mark L. Palmeri
Mark L. Palmeri Duke University
Kathryn R. Nightingale
Kathryn R. Nightingale Duke University
Martha K. Terris
Martha K. Terris Augusta University
William J. Aronson
William J. Aronson University of California, Los Angeles
Wendy Demark-Wahnefried
Wendy Demark-Wahnefried University of Alabama at Birmingham
Matthew R. Cooperberg
Matthew R. Cooperberg University of California, San Francisco
Christopher J. Kane
Christopher J. Kane University of California, San Diego
Leah Gerber
Leah Gerber Duke University

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