Department of Urology

Chair: J. Edson Pontes, MD
1017 Harper Professional Building
(313) 745-7381

Patents

Genetic Alterations Associated with Prostate Cancer, United States Patent #5,925,519, Inventors Cher ML, Jenson RL. July 20, 1999.

Journal Articles

Barroso, U., Jr., Duel, B., Barthold, J. S., and Gonzalez, R. Orthotopic urethral substitution in female patients using the mitrofanoff principle, J Urol. 161: 251-3, 1999.

Barroso U, Oliveira, J., Barroso, V., Pontes, J., Powell, I.:  Diferencas no comportamento epidemiologico do cancer de prostata em negros e brancos Americanos.  Jornal Brasileiro de Urologia, 25(1):53, 1999.

Barroso, U., Jr., Oskanian, P., Tefilli, M. V., Banerjee, M., Grignon, D., Sakr, W., Pontes, J. E., and Powell, I. J. Population-based study of pelvic lymph node positivity in clinically localized prostate cancer: a study comparing African Americans and whites, Urology. 53: 187-91, 1999.

Barthold, J. S., Kryger, J. V., Derusha, A. M., Duel, B. P., Jednak, R., and Skafar, D. F. Effects of an environmental endocrine disruptor on fetal development, estrogen receptor(alpha) and epidermal growth factor receptor expression in the porcine male genital tract, J Urol. 162: 864-71, 1999.

Barthold, J. S., Martin-Crespo, R., Kryger, J. V., and Gonzalez, R. Quantitative nuclear cystography does not predict outcome in patients with primary vesicoureteral reflux, J Urol. 162: 1193-6, 1999.

Barthold, J. S., Rodriguez, E., Freedman, A. L., Fleming, P. A., and Gonzalez, R. Results of the rectus fascial sling and wrap procedures for the treatment of neurogenic sphincteric incontinence, J Urol. 161: 272-4, 1999.

Cher, M. L., de Oliveira, J. G., Beaman, A. A., Nemeth, J. A., Hussain, M., Wood, D. P., Jr.,:  Cellular proliferation and prevalance of micrometastatic cells in the bone marrow patients with clinically localized prostate cancer.  Clin Ca Res (5):2421-2425, 1999. 

Duel, B. P., Vates, T. S., Heiser, D., Barthold, J. S., and Gonzalez, R. Antegrade pyelography before pyeloplasty via dorsal lumbar incision, J Urol. 162: 174-6, 1999.

Freedman, A. L., Johnson, M. P., Smith, C. A., Gonzalez, R., and Evans, M. I. Long-term outcome in children after antenatal intervention for obstructive uropathies, Lancet. 354: 374-7, 1999.

Gheiler, E. L., Lovisolo, J. A., Tiguert, R., Tefilli, M. V., Grayson, T., Oldford, G., Powell, I. J., Famiglietti, G., Banerjee, M., Pontes, J. E., and Wood, D. P., Jr. Results of a clinical care pathway for radical prostatectomy patients in an open hospital - multiphysician system, Eur Urol. 35: 210-6, 1999.

Hillman, G. G., Triest, J. A., Cher, M. L., KoCheril, S. V., and Talati, B. R. Prospects of immunotherapy for the treatment of prostate carcinomaÑa review, Cancer Detect Prev. 23: 333-42, 1999.

Jimenez, R. E., Tiguert, R., Harb, J. F., Sakr, W., Pontes, J. E., and Grignon, D. J. Prostatic paraganglioma: 5-year follow-up, J Urol. 161: 1909-10, 1999.

Johnson, M. P. and Freedman, A. L. Fetal uropathy, Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 11: 185-94, 1999.

Kattar, M. M., Grignon, D. J., Eble, J. N., Hurley, P. M., Lewis, P. E., Sakr, W. E., and Cher, M. L. Chromosomal analysis of renal angiomyolipoma by comparative genomic hybridization: evidence for clonal origin, Hum Pathol. 30: 295-9, 1999.

Kocheril, S. V., Grignon, D. J., Wang, C. Y., Maughan, R. L., Montecillo, E. J., Talati, B., Tekyi-Mensah, S., Pontes, J., and Hillman, G. G. Responsiveness of human prostate carcinoma bone tumors to interleukin-2 therapy in a mouse xenograft tumor model [In Process Citation], Cancer Detect Prev. 23: 408-16, 1999.

Li, H., Dubocq, F., Jiang, Y., Tiguert, R., Gheiler, E. L., Dhabuwala, C. B.:  Effect of surgically induced varicocele on testicular blood flow and sertoli cell function.  Urol. 1999.

Li, H., George, V. K., Crawford, S. C., and Dhabuwala, C. B. Effect of cocaine on testicular blood flow in rats: evaluation by percutaneous injection of xenon-133, J Environ Pathol Toxicol Oncol. 18: 73-7, 1999.

Li, H., Jiang, Y., Rajpurkar, A., Dunbar, J. C., and Dhabuwala, C. B. Cocaine induced apoptosis in rat testes, J Urol. 162: 213-6, 1999.

Li, H., Jiang, Y., Rajpurkar, A., Tefilli, M. V., Dunbar, J. C., and Dhabuwala, C. B. Lipid peroxidation and antioxidant activities in rat testis after chronic cocaine administration [In Process Citation], Urology. 54: 925-8, 1999.

Narain, V., Gheiler, E. L., Tiguert, R., and Dhabuwala, C. B. Cavernoscopy as an aid in the removal of a penile prosthesis, J Urol. 162: 1381, 1999.

Nemeth, J. A., Harb, J. F., Barroso, U., Jr., He, Z., Grignon, D. J., and Cher, M. L. Severe combined immunodeficient-hu model of human prostate cancer metastasis to human bone, Cancer Res. 59: 1987-93, 1999.

Nishisaka, N., Maini, A., Kinoshita, Y., Yasumoto, R., Kishimoto, T., Jones, R. F., Morse, P., Hillman, G. G., Wang, C. Y., and Haas, G. P. Immunotherapy for lung metastases of murine renal cell carcinoma: synergy between radiation and cytokine-producing tumor vaccines, J Immunother. 22: 308-14, 1999.

Powell, I. J., Banerjee, M., Sakr, W., Grignon, D., Wood, D. P., Jr., Novallo, M., and Pontes, E. Should African-American men be tested for prostate carcinoma at an earlier age than white men?, Cancer. 85: 472-7, 1999.

Rajpurkar, A., Li, H., and Dhabuwala, C. B. Penile implant success in patients with corporal fibrosis using multiple incisions and minimal scar tissue excision, Urology. 54: 145-7, 1999.

Rakozy, C., Grignon, D. J., Li, Y., Gheiler, E., Gururajanna, B., Pontes, J. E., Sakr, W., Wood, D. P., Jr., and Sarkar, F. H. p53 gene alterations in prostate cancer after radiation failure and their association with clinical outcome: a molecular and immunohistochemical analysis, Pathol Res Pract. 195: 129-35, 1999.

Rodrigues, G. P., Gheiler, E. L., Tefilli, M. V., Da Silva, E. A., Tiguert, R., and Pontes, J. E. Urinary diversion following cystectomy in a patient with situs inversus totalis, Urol Int. 62: 55-6, 1999.

Sarkar, F. H., Li, Y., Sakr, W. A., Grignon, D. J., Madan, S. S., Wood, D. P., Jr., and Adsay, V. Relationship of p21(WAF1) expression with disease-free survival and biochemical recurrence in prostate adenocarcinomas (PCa), Prostate. 40: 256-60, 1999.

Sakr, F.T., Grignon, D. Banerjee, M., Wood, Jr., D.P., Pontes, J.E.:  Prognostic implications of a positive apical margin in radical prostatectomy specimens.  J Urol 158(6):2176-9, 1999.

Schwartz, K. L., Grignon, D. J., Sakr, W. A., and Wood, D. P., Jr. Prostate cancer histologic trends in the metropolitan Detroit area, 1982 to 1996, Urology. 53: 769-74, 1999.

Shekarriz, B., Shekarriz, H., Upadhyay, J., Banerjee, M., Becker, H., Pontes, J. E., and Wood, D. P., Jr. Outcome of palliative urinary diversion in the treatment of advanced malignancies, Cancer. 85: 998-1003, 1999.

Shekarriz, B., Shekarriz, H., Upadhyay, J., Wood, D. P., Jr., Bruch, H. P.:  Hydro-jet dissection for laparoscopic nephrectomy:  A new technique.  Urol 54(6):964-7, 1999.

Shekarriz, B., Upadhyay, J., Wood, D. P., Jr., Hinman, J., Raasch, J., Cummings, G. D., Grignon, D., Littrup, P. J.:  Vesicourethral anastomosis biopsy after radical prostatectomy:  predictive value of prostate-specific antigen and pathologic stage.  Urol 54(6)1044-8, 1999.

Shekarriz, B., Upadhyay, J., Fleming, P., Gonzalez, R., and Barthold, J. S. Long-term outcome based on the initial surgical approach to ureterocele, J Urol. 162: 1072-6, 1999.

Shekarriz, B., Upadhyay, J., Freedman, A. L., Fleming, P., Barthold, J. S., and Gonzalez, R. Lack of morbidity from urodynamic studies in children with asymptomatic bacteriuria, Urology. 54: 359-61; discussion 362, 1999.

Tefilli, M. V., Gheiler, E. L., Tiguert, R., Banerjee, M., Sakr, W., Grignon, D., Wood, D. P., Jr., and Pontes, J. E. Role of radical prostatectomy in patients with prostate cancer of high Gleason score, Prostate. 39: 60-6, 1999.

Tefilli, M. V., Gheiler, E. L., Tiguert, R., Grignon, D. J., Forman, J. D., Pontes, J. E., and Wood, D. P., Jr. Urinary diversion-related outcome in patients with pelvic recurrence after radical cystectomy for bladder cancer, Urology. 53: 999-1004, 1999.

Tefilli, M. V., Gheiler, E. L., Tiguert, R., Sakr, W., Grignon, D. J., Banerjee, M., Pontes, J. E., and Wood, D. P., Jr. Should Gleason score 7 prostate cancer be considered a unique grade category?, Urology. 53: 372-7, 1999.

Tiguert, R., Forman, J. D., Hussain, M., and Wood, D. P., Jr. Radiation therapy for a rising PSA level after radical prostatectomy, Semin Urol Oncol. 17: 141-7, 1999.

Tiguert, R., Gheiler, E. L., and Gudziak, M. R. Collagen injection in the management of post-radical prostatectomy intrinsic sphincteric deficiency [In Process Citation], Neurourol Urodyn. 18: 653-8, 1999.

Tiguert, R., Gheiler, E. L., Tefilli, M. V., Oskanian, P., Banerjee, M., Grignon, D. J., Sakr, W., Pontes, J. E., and Wood, D. P., Jr. Lymph node size does not correlate with the presence of prostate cancer metastasis, Urology. 53: 367-71, 1999.

Tiguert, R., Kabbani, W., Sakr, W., Gheiler, E. L., and Pontes, J. E. Origin and racial distribution of glandular tissue in the anterior compartment of the prostate: an autopsy study, Prostate. 39: 310-5, 1999.

Tiguert, R., Lewis, R. A., Gheiler, E. L., Tefilli, M. V., and Gudziak, M. R. Case report: acute urinary retention secondary to IsaacsÕ syndrome, Neurourol Urodyn. 18: 113-4, 1999.

Tiguert, R., Ravery, V., Gheiler, E. L., Grignon, D. J., Gudziak, M. R., Wood, D. P., Jr., and Pontes, J. E. [Primary small cell carcinoma of the bladder], Prog Urol. 9: 256-60, 1999.

Tiguert, R., Ravery, V., Gheiler, E. L., Grignon, D. J., Gudziak, M. R., Wood, D. P., Jr., and Pontes, J. E: Les Cancers primitives a petites cellules de la vessie.  Progres en Urologie 9:256-260, 1999.

Triest, J. A. and Bukowski, T. P. Multicystic dysplastic kidney as cause of gastric outlet obstruction and respiratory compromise, J Urol. 161: 1918-9, 1999.

Upadhyay, J., Shekarriz, B., Fleming, P., Gonzalez, R., and Barthold, J. S. Ureteral reimplantation in infancy: evaluation of long-term voiding function, J Urol. 162: 1209-12, 1999.

Upadhyay, J. Shekarriz B., Nemeth JA, Dong Z, Cummings GD,  Fridman R, Sakr W, Grignon DJ, Cher ML.   MT1-MMP and MMP-2 Immunolocalization in Human Prostate: Change in Cellular Localization Associate with High Grade Prostatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia, Clinical Cancer Research 5:  4105-10, 1999.

Vates, T. S., Fleming, P., Leleszi, J. P., Barthold, J. S., Gonzalez, R., and Perlmutter, A. D. Functional, social and psychosexual adjustment after vaginal reconstruction [see comments], J Urol. 162: 182-7, 1999.

Virgin, J. B., Hurley, P. M., Nahhas, F. A., Bebchuk, K. G., Mohamed, A. N., Sakr, W. A., Bright, R. K., and Cher, M. L. Isochromosome 8q formation is associated with 8p loss of heterozygosity in a prostate cancer cell line, Prostate. 41: 49-57, 1999.

Books & Book Chapters

Burack, R. C., Wood, Jr., D. P.:  Screening for Prostate Cancer:  The Challenge of Promoting Informed Decision-Making in the Absence of Definitive Evidence of Effectiveness.  Medical Clinics of North America, 83(6), 1999.

Nemeth, J. A., Cher, M. L., Wood, Jr., D. P.:  Molecular Staging of Prostate Cancer:  Outlook at the Millennium.  American Urological Update Series, 1999.

Tiguert R, Forman JD, Hussain M, Wood DP Jr:  Radiation therapy for a rising PSA level after radical prostatectomy.  Sermin Urol Oncol 17(3):141-7, 1999.

Abstracts

Bianco, Jr., F. J., Tiguert, R., Gheiler, E. L., Grignon, D. J., Sakr, W. A., Pontes, J. E., Wood, Jr., D. P.:  Discrepancy between biopsy and radical prostatectomy Gleason scores.  Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Dallas, TX, May 5, 1999.

De Oliveira, J. G., Wood, Jr., D. P. Beaman, A. A., Rodriguez, G. P., Nemeth, J. A., Cher, M. L.:  Phenotype of microscopic cells in the bone marrow of patients with prostate cancer.  Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Dallas, TX, May 4, 1999.

Gheiler, E. L., Tiguert, R., Banerjee, M., Sakr, W., Grignon, D. J., Pontes, J. E., Wood, Jr., D. P.:  Should a patient with a normal digital rectal examination and an abnormal transrectal ultrasound be staged as cT1c or cT2? Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Dallas, TX, May 4, 1999.

Gheiler, E. L., Tiguert, R., Powell, I., Banerjee, M., Pontes, J. E., Wood, Jr., D. P.:  Impact of positive surgical margins on disease free survival between African American and Caucasian men following radical prostatectomy. Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Dallas, TX, May 4, 1999.

Li, H. K., Jiang, Y., Dunbar, J. C., Dhabuwala, C. B.:  Expression of CAMP responsive element modulator (CREM) in the rat testes following chronic cocaine administration.  Accepted Annual Meeting of AUA, 1999.

Li, H. K., Jiang, Y., Rajpurkar, A., Dhabuwala, C. B.:  Lipid perioxidation and antioxidant enzyme activities in the rat testes after cigarette smoke inhalation. Accepted Annual Meeting of AUA, 1999.

Rajpurkar, A., Li, H. K., Barroso, U., Dhabuwala, C. B.:  Morphometric analysis of the rat testis after cigarette smoking. Accepted Annual Meeting of AUA, 1999.

Rajpurkar, A., Li, H. K., Jiang, Y., Dhabuwala, C. B.:  Chronic cigarette smoking induces apoptosis in pubertal rats. Accepted Annual Meeting of AUA, 1999.

Sakr, W. A., Grignon, D. J., Tiguert, R., Banerjee, M., Powell, I. J., Pontes, J. E., Crissman, J. D., Wood, Jr., D. P.:  Predictors of biochemical recurrence in pathologically organ-confined prostate cancer:  Analysis of preoperative PSA, age, race Gleason score, tumor volume, PIN, DNA ploidy and proliferative activity. Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Dallas, TX, May 5, 1999.

Sakr, W. A., Tiguert, R., Gheiler, E. L., Tefilli, M. V., Banerjee, M., Grignon, D. J., Pontes, J. E., Wood, Jr., D. P.:  Gleason 7 score prostate cancer:  A heterogeneous entity?  Correlation with pathologic parameters and disease free survival. Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Dallas, TX, May 4, 1999.

Shekarriz, H., Shekarriz, B., Upadhyay, J., Wood, Jr., D. P.:  Experimental laparoscopic partial nephrectomy:  Hydro-jet dissection in a procine model Ð initial experience. Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Dallas, TX, May 1, 1999.

Shekarriz, H., Shekarriz, B., Upadhyay, J., Wood, Jr., D. P.:  Hydro-jet dissection for laparoscopic nephrectomy:  A new technique.   Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Dallas, TX, May 1, 1999.

Triest, J.A., Tiguert, R., Gheiler, E.L., Banerjee, M., Pontes, J.E., Wood, Jr., D.P.:  Outcome Analysis in Patients with a Pre Operative Serum PSA of > 20 ng/ml Following Radical Prostatectomy.

Trevedi, J., Forman, F., Banerjee, M., Kucuk, O., Sarkar, D., Wood, D., Hussain, M.:  PSA modulation in prostate cancer (PCA) patients by soy isoflavones.  ASCO, May 1999.

Vallorosi, C. J., Wei, J. T., Gerlack, M., Wood, Jr., D. P., Montie, J. E.:  Gender differences in urinary function after orthotopic neobladder. Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, Dallas, TX, May 1, 1999.

Review Articles

Hillman GG, Triest JA,  Cher ML, Kocheril SV, Talati BR:  Prospects of Immunotherapy for the Treatment of prostate Carcinoma.  Cancer Detection and Prevention, 23:333-42, 1999.