Financial barriers in urology publishing: an analysis of legitimate and predatory journals.

Objectives: To compare the Article Processing Charges (APCs) and fee transparency between legitimate and potentially predatory urology journals.

Methods: Potentially predatory journals were identified from unsolicited email solicitations sent to an academic urologist between December 2023 and January 2024. APC data were collected from the journals' websites and categorized based on fee transparency: no APC, non-transparent APCs, or transparent APCs.

Free colorectal cancer cells on the peritoneal surface: correlation with pathologic variables and survival.

Background: Clinicopathologic staging of colorectal cancer remains the best predictor of survival. Prognostication for an individual with colorectal cancer remains elusive. This study was designed to investigate the incidence of free surface colorectal cancer cells detected by cytology during elective open curative resection, to correlate their presence with particular clinicopathologic variables and determine whether their presence was predictive of cancer-specific survival.