Publications by authors named "J Descotes"

In the presence of a positive preoperative urine culture, the prescription of a preoperative antibiotic therapy is recommended. The choice of antibiotic therapy and prescription are usually made by the urologist or the general practitioner (GP). The objective of the treatment is urinary sterilization rather than parenchymal treatment, and the treatment choice is key to reduce selective pressure and antimicrobial resistance.

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Background And Objective: Prostate multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) shows high sensitivity for International Society of Urological Pathology grade group (GG) ≥2 cancers. Many artificial intelligence algorithms have shown promising results in diagnosing clinically significant prostate cancer on MRI. To assess a region-of-interest-based machine-learning algorithm aimed at characterising GG ≥2 prostate cancer on multiparametric MRI.

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Introduction: Identifying patients at risk after cystectomy for cancer is essential. The POSPOM score is a non-specific urological surgery score for estimating postoperative hospital mortality. This study sought to validate the POSPOM score for predicting postoperative morbidity and mortality after cystectomy.

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Background: Recent guidelines favor transperineal (TP) prostate biopsies over the transrectal (TR) approach due to a reduced sepsis risk. Yet, evidence from controlled trial comparing both approaches within the MRI-targeted pathway for significant prostate cancer (PCa) detection is lacking.

Objective: To compare the significant PCa detection rate between magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-targeted TR and TP approaches in biopsy-naïve patients.

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Purpose: Bladder cancer is a complex disease with a wide range of outcomes. Clinicopathological factors only partially explain the variability between patients in prognosis and treatment response. There is a need for large cohorts collecting extensive data and biological samples to: (1) investigate gene-environment interactions, pathological/molecular classification and biomarker discovery; and (2) describe treatment patterns, outcomes, resource use and quality of life in a real-world setting.

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