As the COVID-19 spread globally, social distancing, self-isolation/quarantine, and national
lockdowns have become crucial to control the pandemic. However, these measures may also …

Purpose COVID-19 pandemic represents a novel challenge for healthcare systems, and it
affects even the daily urological practice. Italy was the first country after China to experience a …

Context Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is recommended prior to radical cystectomy in
the setting of muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Despite a 5–10% survival benefit, some …

Importance Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positron emission tomography/computed
tomography (PET/CT) can detect low-volume, nonlocalized (ie, regional or metastatic) …

Importance The optimal management strategy for high-risk prostate cancer and additional
adverse clinicopathologic features remains unknown. Objective To compare clinical outcomes …

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in immediate effects on urological practice, in particular
the vast reduction in elective surgeries. These changes are likely to have long-term effects …

Results An overall prevalence of frailty of 21.8% was found. Patients with complications were
frailer than those without complications (univariate analysis), considering both total patients …

Lymph node dissection (LND; PLND: pelvic LND) is an essential component of radical
cystectomy (RC) for bladder cancer (BC). However, the optimal anatomical extent of LND and its …

Decision-making in urologic oncology involves integrating multiple clinical data to provide an
answer to the needs of a single patient. Although the practice of medicine has always been …

Objective To assess the relationship between the volume of the index lesion (IL) measured
at multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (mpMRI; MRIvol) and at radical …