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Kevin M Slawin

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Volume 6, Number 2 Review Articles

Beyond Prostate-Specific Antigen: New Serologic Biomarkers for Improved Diagnosis and Management of Prostate Cancer

Diagnostic Update

Shahrokh F Shariat Eduardo I Canto Michael W Kattan Kevin M Slawin

Prostate cancer Prostate-specific antigen Biomarkers Nomograms Insulin-like growth factor Interleukin-6 Transforming growth factor ß1 Urokinase

Volume 6, Number 2 Erratum

Rising Prostate-Specific Antigen Level After Prostatectomy

Naveen Kella Kevin M Slawin

Volume 6, Supplement 4 Supplement

Minimally Invasive Therapy for Prostate Cancer: Use of Nomograms to Counsel Patients About the Choice and Probable Outcome of Therapy

Christopher J DiBlasio Michael W Kattan Kevin M Slawin

Robotic surgery Nomograms Localized prostate cancer Cryotherapy Brachytherapy Minimally invasive therapy Minimally invasivesurgery Prediction tools

Volume 7, Number 2 Review Articles

Anomalies of the Wolffian Duct Derivatives Encountered at Radical Prostatectomy

Amir Said Alizadeh Naderi Shahrokh F Shariat Veronica Anwuri Thomas M Wheeler Bill Andrews Brian Miles David Roth Kevin M Slawin

Prostate-specific antigen Radical prostatectomy Transrectal ultrasound Cyst Wolffian duct derivatives

Volume 7, Supplement 8 Review Articles

BPSA: A Novel Serum Marker for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Shahrokh F Shariat Eduardo I Canto Kevin M Slawin

Benign prostatic hyperplasia Prostate-specific antigen Free prostate-specificantigen Prostate volume Disease progression

Volume 12, Number 1 Review Articles

Emerging Vaccine Therapy Approaches for Prostate Cancer

Treatment Update

Jonathan M Levitt Kevin M Slawin Guru Sonpavde David M Spencer

Prostate cancer vaccines attempt to induce clinically relevant, cancer-specific systemic immune responses in patients with prostate cancer and represent a new class of targeted, nontoxic therapies. With a growing array of vaccine technologies in preclinical or clinical development, autologous antigen-presenting cell vaccines loaded with the antigen, prostate acid phosphatase, and poxvirus vaccines targeting prostate-specific antigen have recently demonstrated a significant survival benefit in randomized trials of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, whereas others have failed to demonstrate any benefit. The combination of vaccines with chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and other biologic agents is also being evaluated. Efforts to optimize vaccine approaches and select ideal patient populations need to continue to build on these early successes.[Rev Urol. 2010;12(1):25-34 doi:10.3909/riu0437]

Prostate cancer Immunotherapy Vaccine

Volume 16, Number 4 Case Review

Intratesticular Epidermoid Cyst Masquerading as Testicular Torsion

Kevin M Slawin Jeremy Slawin

Epidermoid cysts are benign tumors that comprise approximately 1% of all testicular masses. They usually present as painless masses that can be identified on scrotal ultrasound as well-demarcated intratesticular lesions with mixed echogenicity. This case report describes a rare presentation of an extremely large intratesticular epidermoid cyst with clinical and radiologic findings more consistent with testicular torsion. The sizeable cyst obliterated the surrounding testicular parenchyma, causing it to appear on scrotal Doppler ultrasound as a testicle devoid of blood flow. This obliteration also resulted in failure to identify a testicular mass on physical examination or imaging. The current literature contains previous reports of extratesticular epidermoid cysts presenting as torsion; however, this is the first report of an intratesticular epidermoid cyst presenting in this manner. Though smaller cysts may be managed effectively with testicular-sparing surgery, optimal management of a cyst this size requires orchiectomy. [Rev Urol. 2014;16(4):198-201 doi: 10.3909/riu0633] © 2014 MedReviews®, LLC

Epidermoid cyst Testicular torsion Acute testicular pain Intratesticular Doppler