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Wassim Kassouf

Wassim Kassouf

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D-Index
83
Citations
26517
World Ranking
15561
National Ranking
647

Overview

Wassim Kassouf is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and has a significant body of research in medicine, particularly focusing on surgery and oncology. Their work spans several subfields including pulmonary and respiratory medicine, urology, and molecular biology, with an emphasis on cancer research and treatment.

The scientist's main research topics include bladder and urothelial cancer treatments, urinary and genital oncology studies, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, urological disorders and treatments, renal cell carcinoma treatment, esophageal cancer research and treatment, and prostate cancer treatment and research.

Key publications by Wassim Kassouf cover a range of influential studies:

  • Epidemiology of Renal Cell Carcinoma: 2022 Update (2022), European Urology
  • Role of neutrophil extracellular traps in radiation resistance of invasive bladder cancer (2021), Nature Communications
  • Reporting Radical Cystectomy Outcomes Following Implementation of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Protocols: A Systematic Review and Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis (2020), European Urology
  • Phase 2 Trial of Atezolizumab in Bacillus Calmette-Guérin-unresponsive High-risk Non-muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer: SWOG S1605 (2023), European Urology
  • International Bladder Cancer Group Consensus Statement on Clinical Trial Design for Patients with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin-exposed High-risk Non-muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer (2021), European Urology

Their frequent co-authors include researchers such as Peter C. Black, Girish S. Kulkarni, Gautier Marcq, Ricardo Rendon, and Rodney H. Breau. Collaborations with these individuals reflect ongoing partnerships in urological and oncological research.

Wassim Kassouf's publications often appear in specialized journals and respected venues such as The Journal of Urology, Canadian Urological Association Journal, Journal of Clinical Oncology, European Urology, and Cancer Research. These journals correspond with the areas of surgery, oncology, and urology that comprise much of Kassouf's focus.

Best Publications

  • Epidemiology and risk factors of urothelial bladder cancer

    Maximilian Burger;James W.F. Catto;Guido Dalbagni;H. Barton Grossman

  • Guidelines for perioperative care after radical cystectomy for bladder cancer: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS(®)) society recommendations.

    Yannick Cerantola;Massimo Valerio;Beata Persson;Patrice Jichlinski

  • Critical analysis of bladder sparing with trimodal therapy in muscle-invasive bladder cancer : a systematic review

    Guillaume Ploussard;Siamak Daneshmand;Jason A. Efstathiou;Harry W. Herr

  • Epidemiology, diagnosis, preoperative evaluation and prognostic assessment of upper-tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC)

    Francesco Soria;Francesco Soria;Shahrokh F. Shariat;Seth P. Lerner;Hans Martin Fritsche

  • Prospective analysis of sensitivity and specificity of urinary cytology and other urinary biomarkers for bladder cancer.

    Faysal A. Yafi;Fadi Brimo;Jordan Steinberg;Armen G. Aprikian

  • Lymphovascular Invasion Predicts Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Node-Negative Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

    Eiji Kikuchi;Vitaly Margulis;Pierre I. Karakiewicz;Marco Roscigno

  • Multicenter Assessment of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer

    Homayoun Zargar;Patrick N. Espiritu;Adrian S. Fairey;Adrian S. Fairey;Laura S. Mertens

  • Repeat Transurethral Resection in Non–muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer: A Systematic Review

    Marcus George Kwesi Cumberbatch;Beat Foerster;Beat Foerster;James W.F. Catto;Ashish M. Kamat

  • Impact of distal ureter management on oncologic outcomes following radical nephroureterectomy for upper tract urothelial carcinoma

    Evanguelos Xylinas;Evanguelos Xylinas;Michael Rink;Michael Rink;Eugene K. Cha;Thomas Clozel

  • An Updated Critical Analysis of the Treatment Strategy for Newly Diagnosed High-grade T1 (Previously T1G3) Bladder Cancer

    Girish S. Kulkarni;Oliver W. Hakenberg;Juergen E. Gschwend;George Thalmann

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

    Hans Martin Fritsche;Maximilian Burger;Robert S. Svatek;Claudio Jeldres

  • Soft Tissue Surgical Margin Status is a Powerful Predictor of Outcomes After Radical Cystectomy: A Multicenter Study of More Than 4,400 Patients

    Giacomo Novara;Robert S Svatek;Pierre I Karakiewicz;Eila Skinner

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

    Robert S. Svatek;Shahrokh F. Shariat;Shahrokh F. Shariat;Giacomo Novara;Eila C. Skinner

  • Predicting Clinical Outcomes After Radical Nephroureterectomy for Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma

    Eugene K. Cha;Shahrokh F. Shariat;Matthias Kormaksson;Giacomo Novara

  • Preoperative Multivariable Prognostic Model for Prediction of Nonorgan Confined Urothelial Carcinoma of the Upper Urinary Tract

    Vitaly Margulis;Ramy F. Youssef;Pierre I. Karakiewicz;Yair Lotan

  • Gender differences in radical nephroureterectomy for upper tract urothelial carcinoma.

    Shahrokh F. Shariat;Ricardo L. Favaretto;Amit Gupta;Hans-Martin Fritsche

  • Comparison of Oncologic Outcomes for Open and Laparoscopic Nephroureterectomy: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of 1249 Cases

    Umberto Capitanio;Shahrokh F. Shariat;Hendrik Isbarn;Alon Weizer

  • Contemporary outcomes of 2287 patients with bladder cancer who were treated with radical cystectomy: a Canadian multicentre experience.

    Faysal A. Yafi;Armen G. Aprikian;Joseph L. Chin;Yves Fradet

  • Lymph Node Density Is Superior to TNM Nodal Status in Predicting Disease-Specific Survival After Radical Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer: Analysis of Pooled Data From MDACC and MSKCC

    Wassim Kassouf;Piyush K. Agarwal;Harry W. Herr;Mark F. Munsell

  • Biomarkers for detection and surveillance of bladder cancer.

    Lorne I Budman;Wassim Kassouf;Jordan R Steinberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Shahrokh F. Shariat
Shahrokh F. Shariat Medical University of Vienna
Yair Lotan
Yair Lotan The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Pierre I. Karakiewicz
Pierre I. Karakiewicz University of Montreal
Colin P. Dinney
Colin P. Dinney The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Giacomo Novara
Giacomo Novara University of Padua
Yves Fradet
Yves Fradet Université Laval
Ashish M. Kamat
Ashish M. Kamat The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jay D. Raman
Jay D. Raman Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Francesco Montorsi
Francesco Montorsi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Vincenzo Ficarra
Vincenzo Ficarra University of Messina

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