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ON DR. POLASCIK
Memberships
- Fellow, American College of Surgeons
- American Urological Association
- American Medical Association
- Society of Urologic Oncology
- Southeastern section AUA
- North Carolina Urological Association
- North Carolina Chapter, American College of Surgeons
- North Carolina Medical Society
- Society for Cryobiology
- American College of Surgeons Professional Association
- Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
- The Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Association
- Phi Beta Kappa, 1986
- Alpha Sigma Nu National Jesuit Honor Society, 1986
Research
- "Ablation of small renal tumors using radiofrequency energy in a rabbit model" Johns Hopkins University, 1997-98
- “Molecular genetics of small (<0.5cm) renal lesions” Johns Hopkins and Duke University, 1998-99
- "Hypertonic saline-enhanced radiofrequency ablation of renal tumors in a rabbit model: A survival study." Duke University Medical Center, 1998-99
- "Laparoscopic renal tissue ablation in a swine model using hypertonic saline-enhanced radiofrequency energy." Duke University Medical Center, 1998-present
- "Detection of circulating kidney cells in patients with renal malignancy" Duke University Medical Center, 1998-present
- Urologix “Proximal Ablation Trial #280011” for treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia Duke University Medical Center, 1999 (co-investigator)
- Prospective evaluation of a trestle stenting device on patients experiencing urinary retention. Duke University Medical Center, 1999 (co-investigator)
- "A feasibility study of performing interposition nerve grafts in patients undergoing radical perineal prostatectomy with sacrifice of neurovascular bundles" Duke University Medical Center, 2000 (co-investigator)
- "Detection of circulating prostate cancer cells in patients with advanced prostate cancer." Duke University Medical Center, 2000.
- "Molecular characterization of low-grade collecting duct carcinomas of the kidney." Duke University Medical Center, 2000.
- "Molecular characterization of renal medullary carcinoma." Duke University Medical Center, 2000.
- "Renal cryotherapy: dosimetry studies using single and double probe techniques in the swine model." Duke University Medical Center, 2000.
- "Use of the laparoscopic bipolar coagulating forceps to secure the renal vasculature in the swine model." Principal Investigator Duke University Medical Center, 2000.
- "PET imaging of prostate cancer." (Co-investigator) Duke University Medical Center, 2000.
- "Noninvasive diagnosis of prostate cancer using PET imaging with 18F fluorocholine" (Co-investigator). Duke University Medical Center, 2001
- "Radiofrequency ablation of renal medulla and cortex with contrast-enhanced ultrasound: acute and chronic findings" (PI). Duke University Medical Center, 2002-03.
- "Understanding the potential risks of renal radiofrequency ablation: worst case scenarios (PI)." Duke University Medical Center, 2002-03.
- "Understanding potential risks of renal cryotherapy: worst case scenarios" (PI). Duke University Medical Center, 2002-03.
- “An open label trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of zoledronic acid in preventing bone loss in hormone-sensitive prostate cancer patients with bone metastases” Novartis Clinical Trial, Principal Investigator 2003-04.
- "Efficacy of ProstaScint scan to image lymphatic metastases in advanced prostate cancer." Principal Investigator 2002-2005.
- "Can local uptake only on ProstaScint scan predict response to salvage external beam radiotherapy after failed radical prostatectomy?" Principal Investigator 2002-2005.
- "Psychobiology of male sexual dysfunction following treatment of prostate cancer." Principal Investigator, Duke University Medical Center, 2002.
- “A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study to evaluate AMG 162 in the treatment of bone loss in subjects undergoing androgen-deprivation therapy for non-metastatic prostate cancer” Principal Investigator 2004-2006.
- “EPIC study for prostate cancer” Co-investigator, 2004+
- “The effect of lowering central venous pressure on blood loss in patients undergoing radical retropubic prostatectomy under general anesthesia” Principal Investigator 2005
- “Lidocaine patch (Lidoderm) for analgesia following radical retropubic prostatectomy” Principal Investigator 2005
- “A phase I dose-escalation study of radiation therapy followed by cryotherapy in patients with intermediate risk clinically localized carcinoma of the prostate” Principal Investigator 2005
- “Innovations in cancer cell and tissue preservation.” Application for NIH NCI SBIR grant 2005
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Presentations
- "The complications associated with partial nephrectomy for tumor." Podium session. Mid-Atlantic section 52nd annual meeting, October 1994, Philadelphia.
- "Partial nephrectomy: technique, complications and pathological findings." Podium session. Annual Maryland Urological Association, December 1994, Baltimore.
- "Frequent loss of heterozygosity on chromosome arms 8p and 13q in collecting duct carcinoma of the kidney." Poster session: kidney neoplasms-basic III. AUA 90th annual meeting, April 1995, Las Vegas. Best poster award.
- "Intraoperative sonography for the evaluation and management of renal tumors: experience with 100 patients." Podium session: kidney neoplasms-clinical II. AUA 90th annual meeting, April 1995, Las Vegas.
- "Partial nephrectomy: technique, complications and pathological findings." Podium session: kidney neoplasms-clinical II. AUA 90th annual meeting, April 1995, Las Vegas.
- "Microsatellite allelotype of chromosome 4 in human invasive bladder carcinoma." Podium session: bladder cancer-molecular markers and prognosis. AUA 90th annual meeting, April 1995, Las Vegas.
- "Reappraisal of the role of human chorionic gonadotropin for the diagnosis and treatment of the nonpalpable testis: a 10-year experience." Podium session.
Am Acad Pediatrics, Section of Urology, October 1995, San Francisco.
Annual Maryland Urological Association, December 1995, Baltimore.
- "Distal nephron renal tumors: microsatellite allelotype." Poster session. AUA 91th annual meeting, May 1996, Orlando, FL.
- "Intraoperative ultrasound for renal tumors: its importance in partial nephrectomy." Podium session. Mid-Atlantic section 54th annual meeting, October 1996, Washington DC.
- "Long-term survival after radical nephrectomy with intrahepatic or supra-diaphragmatic intracaval thrombectomy for renal cell carcinoma." Podium session: kidney neoplasms - clinical. AUA 92nd annual meeting, April 1997, New Orleans.
- "Intraoperative color Doppler and power Doppler sonography: improved technical advantages with partial nephrectomy for renal tumors." Podium session: kidney neoplasms - clinical. AUA 92nd annual meeting, April 1997, New Orleans.
- "Long-term survival after radical nephrectomy with intrahepatic or supradiaphragmatic intracaval thrombectomy for renal cell carcinoma." Oral session: kidney cancer. SIU 24th Congress, September 1997, Montreal, Canada.
- "The use of percent free prostate-specific antigen for staging of men with clinically localized prostate cancer." Oral session: prostate cancer. Mid Atlantic section 55th annual meeting, September 1997, Hot Springs, Virginia.
- "Comparison of staging algorithms and a monoclonal antibody scan (ProstaScint) to predict lymph node involvement in high-risk prostate cancer." Poster session: staging and prognosis. AUA 93rd annual meeting, June 1998, San Diego.
- "Harvest of intact prostate cancer cells from blood: Further characterization of a new assay." Poster session: prostate cancer, basic research. AUA 93rd annual meeting, June 1998, San Diego.
- "Lack of cadherin-6 expression is correlated with disease progression in clear cell renal cell carcinoma." Poster session: kidney cancer, research. AUA 93rd annual meeting, June 1998, San Diego.
- "Ablation of renal tumors in a rabbit model with interstitial saline augmented radiofrequency energy: Preliminary report of a new technology." Poster session, 16th World Congress on Endourology and SWL, Sept 3, 1998, New York.
- “Laparoscopic repair of retrocaval ureter.” Video session, Southeastern AUA, March 1999, Charleston.
- “Ablation of renal tumors in a rabbit model with interstitial saline augmented radiofrequency energy: Preliminary report of a new technology.” Poster session, AUA 94th annual meeting, May 1999, Dallas.
- "Survey of neuromuscular injuries to the patient and surgeon during urologic laparoscopic surgery." Poster session, 17th World Congress on Endourology, September 1999, Rhodes, Greece.
- “p27 staining of circulating prostate cancer cells does not correlate with pathologic stage.” Poster session, 6th annual CaPCure meeting, October 1999, Lake Tahoe, NV.
- "Interstitial saline augmented radiofrequency ablation of renal tumors: further evaluation of a new technology." Poster session, AUA 95th annual meeting, May 2000, Atlanta, GA.
- Demark-Wahnefried W, Price DT, Polascik TJ, Anderson EE, Robertson CN, Walther P, Paulson DF, Gannon M and Vollmer R: Effect of short-term flaxseed supplementation and fat modification in men with prostatic carcinoma. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 9:235, 2000.
- Demark-Wahnefried W, Price DT, Polascik TJ, Anderson EE, Robertson CN, Walther P, Paulson DF, Gannon M and Vollmer R: Short-term flaxseed supplementation and fat restriction in men with prostate cancer: Effects on Prostate-specific antigen (PSA), hormonal factors and proliferation rates. Abstract #3029. Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research, 41: 475, 2000.
- Demark-Wahnefried W, Price DT, Polascik TJ, Anderson EE, Robertson CN, Walther P, Paulson DF, Gannon M and Vollmer R: Presurgical fat restriction and flaxseed supplementation among men with prostate cancer: Effects on PSA, hormonal factors and proliferation rates. Abstract #1301, J Urol 163: 293, 2000.
- Demark-Wahnefried W, Price DT, Polascik TJ, Anderson EE, Robertson CN, Walther P, Paulson DF, Gannon M and Vollmer R: Fat restriction and flaxseed supplementation in men with prostate cancer: Effects on Prostate-specific antigen (PSA), hormonal and histopathological markers. J Amer Diet Assn 100:A-21, 2000.
- Demark-Wahnefried W, Price DT, Polascik TJ, Anderson EE, Walther P, Paulson DF, Gannon M and Vollmer R: Presurgical fat restriction and flaxseed supplementation among men with prostate cancer: Effects on PSA, hormonal factors and proliferation rates. J Nutrition (in press).
- "Hypertonic interstitial saline-augmented radiofrequency ablation of renal tumors: assessment of a new technology for laparoscopic or percutaneous application." 9th International Meeting of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, SLS Annual meeting, ENDO EXPO 2000, Orlando, FL, Dec 2000.
- "Hand-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy: Preliminary experience." 9th International Meeting of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, SLS Annual meeting, ENDO EXPO 2000, Orlando, FL, Dec 2000.
- "Factors influencing return to employment following laparoscopic renal surgery." Southeastern AUA, New Orleans, May 2001.
- "Hand-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy for the scarred kidney." Southeastern AUA, New Orleans, May 2001.
- "Utility of capromab pendetide imaging to detect recurrent disease after radical prostatectomy." Southeastern AUA, New Orleans, May 2001.
- Raj GV, Partin AW and Polascik TJ: "Utility of capromab pendetide to image early recurrent disease after radical prostatectomy." American Urological Association annual meeting, Anaheim CA June 2-7, 2001
- DeGrado TR, Wang S, Baldwin SW, Orr MD, Robertson CN, Polascik TJ, Kelley MJ, Liao R, Coleman RE and Price DT: "F-18 labeled choline analogs as PET imaging probes of prostate cancer." American Urological Association annual meeting, Anaheim CA June 2-7, 2001
- "Comparison of F-18 fluorocholine and FDG in PET imaging of androgen-dependent and androgen-independent prostate cancer." Academy of Molecular Imaging, Orlando FL October 24-28, 2001.
- "Use of bipolar laparoscopic forceps to occlude and transect the retroperitoneal vasculature: a porcine model." World Congress of Endourology, Bangkok, Thailand, November 2001.
- "Cryoablation parameters using swine renal tissue." World Congress of Endourology, Bangkok, Thailand, November 2001.
- "Effects of a low fat, flaxseed-supplemented diet on men with prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN) or atypia." AACR Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Conference, Boston, MA, October 14-18, 2002.
- "Does a prior negative prostate biopsy predict outcome for patients treated with radical perineal prostatectomy?" Society of Urologic Oncology, NIH, Bethesda MD December 13-14, 2002.
- "Renal cryosurgery: Worst case scenarios in a porcine model." Dept of Anesthesiology Eleventh Annual Academic Evening, Duke University, Durham Hilton, Durham, NC, May 6, 2003.
- "Renal radiofrequency ablation: Worst case scenarios in a porcine model." Dept of Anesthesiology Eleventh Annual Academic Evening, Duke University, Durham Hilton, Durham, NC, May 6, 2003.
- “Radiofrequency ablation: worst case scenarios in a porcine model” North Carolina Urologic Resident Seminar, Greensboro NC, November 8, 2003.
- Renal radiofrequency ablation: worst case scenarios in a porcine model. AARS 2004.
- “Renal radiofrequency ablation versus cryosurgery: Understanding short-term complications in a porcine model” Society of Urologic Oncology, NIH, Bethesda MD Dec 5, 2003.
- Renal cryosurgery: worst case scenarios in a porcine model. XIXth EUA Congress, Vienna Austria March 24-27, 2004.
- Renal radiofrequency ablation: worst case scenarios in a porcine model. XIXth EUA Congress, Vienna Austria March 24-27, 2004.
- Characteristics of patients with complications following percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of renal tumors. SEAUA 68th annual meeting March 24-27, 2004, Aruba.
- Renal radiofrequency ablation: worst case scenarios in a porcine model. SEAUA 68th annual meeting March 24-27, 2004, Aruba.
- Renal radiofrequency ablation: worst case scenarios in a porcine model. American Roentgen Ray Society, 104th annual meeting, May 2-7 2004 Miami Beach.
- Renal cryoablation and radiofrequency ablation: an evaluation of worst case scenarios in a porcine model. Presented at the Urology Residents and Fellows Forum of Excellence, AUA meeting May 13, 2004 San Francisco, CA.
- An open label trial of the effect of zoledronic acid on bone mineral density in hormone sensitive prostate cancer patients with bone metastases. AUA Western sectional meeting, August 2004.
- Characteristics of patients with complications following percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of renal tumors. Society of Urologic Oncology, NCI/NIH, December 3, 2004.
- Does a prior benign prostate biopsy predict outcome for patients undergoing a radical perineal prostatectomy? 2005 Multidisciplinary Prostate Cancer Symposium, ASCO, Orlando, FL, February 17-19, 2005.
- An open-label trial of the effect of zoledronic acid on bone mineral density in hormone-sensitive prostate cancer patients with bone metastasis. Podium session, Southeastern American Urological Assn annual sectional meeting, Charleston SC, March 6, 2005.
- Intentional cryosurgical injury of vital renal structures in a porcine model. Podium session, Southeastern American Urological Assn Annual Meeting, Charleston SC, March 5, 2005.
- Renal cryoablation and radiofrequency ablation: an evaluation of worst case scenarios in a porcine model. Podium session, American Urological Assn Annual Meeting, San Antonio TX, May 21-26, 2005.
- Characteristics of patients with complications following percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of renal tumors. Poster session, American Urological Assn Annual Meeting, San Antonio TX, May 21-26, 2005.
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