2024
Hematuria Cancer Risk Score with Ultrasound Informs Cystoscopy Use in Patients with Hematuria
Tan W, Ahmad A, Zhou Y, Nathan A, Ogunbo A, Gbolahan O, Kallam N, Smith R, Khalifeh M, Tan W, Cohen D, Volanis D, Walter F, Sasieni P, Kamat A, Kelly J. Hematuria Cancer Risk Score with Ultrasound Informs Cystoscopy Use in Patients with Hematuria. European Urology Oncology 2024 PMID: 38811250, DOI: 10.1016/j.euo.2024.05.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCancer risk scoreRenal bladder ultrasoundTa bladder cancerUrinary tract cancerRisk scoreValidation cohortBladder cancerHealth care cost savingsBladder ultrasoundDiagnosis of urinary tract cancerInvasive proceduresDevelopment cohortIdentification of cancerSuspicion of bladder cancerSecondary careIndependent validation cohortReceiver operating characteristic curveUK hospitalsArea under the receiver operating characteristic curveOutcome measuresTriage of patientsConsecutive patientsPatient cohortCystoscopyHematuria
2021
Is there still a role for digital rectal examination in the prostate cancer diagnostic pathway in the COVID-19 and post COVID-19 era?
Tan W, Wong A, Mahmalji W, Raza A. Is there still a role for digital rectal examination in the prostate cancer diagnostic pathway in the COVID-19 and post COVID-19 era? The Aging Male 2021, 24: 92-94. PMID: 34319201, DOI: 10.1080/13685538.2020.1786047.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDigital rectal examinationProstate cancer diagnostic pathwayProstate specific antigenSuspicion of prostate cancerCancer diagnostic pathwayDiagnostic pathwayProstate cancerRectal examinationClinical suspicion of prostate cancerAbnormal digital rectal examinationProstate specific antigen measurementsRaised prostate specific antigenReferral to secondary careClinical suspicionSpecific antigenClinical examinationClinical assessmentCOVID-19 eraCancerMRISecondary careCOVID-19ExaminationRadiology servicesCoronavirus-19