100 years of Bacillus Calmette–Guérin immunotherapy: from cattle to COVID-19

N Lobo, NA Brooks, AR Zlotta, JD Cirillo… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) is the most widely used vaccine worldwide and
has been used to prevent tuberculosis for a century. BCG also stimulates an anti-tumour …

Forecasting the future of urology practice: a comprehensive review of the recommendations by international and European associations on priority procedures during …

D Amparore, R Campi, E Checcucci, F Sessa… - European urology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Context The unprecedented health care scenario caused by the coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) pandemic has revolutionized urology practice worldwide. Objective To review …

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on genitourinary cancer care: re-envisioning the future

CJD Wallis, JWF Catto, A Finelli, AW Glaser, JL Gore… - European urology, 2020 - Elsevier
Context The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic necessitated rapid changes in
medical practice. Many of these changes may add value to care, creating opportunities …

Is there any association of COVID‐19 with testicular pain and epididymo‐orchitis?

C Ediz, HH Tavukcu, S Akan… - … journal of clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aims This study aims to analyse the novel Coronavirus disease‐(COVID‐19) related
testicular pain in hospitalised patients because of COVID‐19 and to review as an …

Collaborative review: factors influencing treatment decisions for patients with a localized solid renal mass

T Chandrasekar, SA Boorjian, U Capitanio… - European urology, 2021 - Elsevier
Context With the addition of active surveillance and thermal ablation (TA) to the urologist's
established repertoire of partial (PN) and radical nephrectomy (RN) as first-line …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of solid cancer on in-hospital mortality overall and among different subgroups of patients with COVID-19: a nationwide, population-based analysis

E De Azambuja, M Brandão, H Wildiers, A Laenen… - ESMO open, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Cancer seems to have an independent adverse prognostic effect on COVID-19-
related mortality, but uncertainty exists regarding its effect across different patient subgroups …

Survey of the impact of COVID-19 on oncologists' decision making in cancer

Y Ürün, SA Hussain, Z Bakouny, D Castellano… - JCO global …, 2020 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE To understand readiness measures taken by oncologists to protect patients and
health care workers from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and how their clinical decision …

Delaying cancer cases in urology during COVID-19: review of the literature

I Tachibana, EL Ferguson, A Mahenthiran… - The Journal of …, 2020 - auajournals.org
Purpose: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global pandemic affecting hospital
systems and the availability of resources for surgical procedures. Our aim is to provide …

Prostate cancer diagnosis, staging, and treatment in Sweden during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic

G Fallara, F Sandin, J Styrke, S Carlsson… - … journal of urology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The first case of COVID-19 in Sweden was diagnosed in late January 2020, the
first recommendations against the spread of the virus were released in mid-March, and the …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of national non-pharmaceutical interventions ('lockdowns') on the presentation of cancer patients

A Purushotham, G Roberts, K Haire… - …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
One of the most ignored aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the impact of public
health measures by governments on wider health and welfare. From March 2020, hospitals …