AL B. BARQAWI MD FRCS

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                                                                  2008

1 - Al B. Barqawi, ED Crawford. Emerging advances in High Intensity Focus Ultrasound (HIFU) for the treatment of localized prostate cancer. Oncology February 2008 Feb;22(2):123-9; discussion 129, 133, 137 passim

2 - Joseph Dall’Era, Lauren N. Byrne, Al B. Barqawi. THE USE OF FINASTERIDE PLUS DOXAZOSIN COMBINATION THERAPY FOR TREATMENT OF LOWER URINARY SYMPTOMS RELATED TO BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA: APPLICATIONS IN THE AGING POPULATION. Aging Health: Drug evaluation. Ahead of print 2008

3- Al B. Barqawi, Lu L, Crawford ED, Fenster A, Werahera PN, Kumar D, Miller S, Suri JS. THREE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES FOR REAL-TIME PROSTATE CAPSULE VOLUME COMPUTATION FROM 3-D END-FIRE TRANSRECTAL ULTRASOUND. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2007;1:816-8.

4- Al B. Barqawi, E. David Crawford. INTRAPROSTATIC INJECTION OF BOTULINUM TOXIN FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA. PHASE I/II. Accepted, Current Urology Reports. 2008

5- Bostwick DG, Waters DJ, Farley ER, Meiers I, Rukstalis D, Cavanaugh WA, Ragde H, Dineen MK, Bahn D, Scionti S, Babian R, Ellis DS, Rewcastle JC, Burke HB, Andriole GL, Onik G, Al B. Barqawi, Maksem J, Barzell WE. GROUP CONSENSUS REPORTS FROM THE CONSENSUS CONFERENCE ON FOCAL TREATMENT OF PROSTATIC CARCINOMA, CELEBRATION, FLORIDA, FEBRUARY 24, 2006.Urology. 2007 Dec;70(6 Suppl):42-4.
6- Shen, F., Shinohara, K., Kumar, D., Khemka, A., Simoneau, A. R.,Werahera, N. P., Li, L, Guo, Y., Narayanan, R., Wei, L., Al B. Barqawi., Crawford, D. E., Davatzikos, C., Suri, S. J. THREE-DIMENSIONAL SONOGRAPHY WITH NEEDLE TRACKING: ROLE IN DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PROSTATE CANCER. J Ultrasound Med. 2008 Jun;27(6):895-905.

7- Al B. Barqawi, ED Crawford THE USE OF LAPAROSCOPIC BIPOLAR COAGULATION FOR ACHIEVING MINIMALLY INVASIVE OPEN RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY: 7 YEAR EXPERIENCE IN A SINGLE INSTITUTION.(In preparation)

8- Al B. Barqawi, Eduard J. Gamito, Colin O’Donnell, Scott Lucia and E. David Crawford, SECOND EVALUATION OF PROSTATE BIOPSY SPECIMENS FROM PATIENTS REFERRED FOR MANAGEMENT OF CLINICALLY LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER. (In preparation)

9- Al B. Barqawi, E. David Crawford THE EFFECT OF TESTOSTERONE, OBESITY AND DIABETES ON THE RACIAL DIFFERENCE IN THE INCIDENCE OF PROSTATE CANCER IN A SCREENING POPULATION. (In preparation)
 
                                                                     2007

1- E. David Crawford, Al B. Barqawi TARGETED FOCAL THERAPY OF PROSTATE CANCER USING MINIMALLY INVASIVE THERAPY. Oncology, Vol. 21, Number 1, Page 27-39 January 2007

2- James Lugg, Al B.. Barqawi, John Rewcastle, Duke Bahn, Louis Pisters, John G. Baust, Bryan Donnelly, Neal D. Shore, John Lam, Ned Stein, Franco Lugnani, Clif Vestal, Daniel Rukstalis, E. David Crawford. CONSENSUS GUIDELINES ON CRYOTHERAPY IN PROSTATE CANCER. Submitted to Urology 2007

3- E. David Crawford, Al B. Barqawi, Colin O’Donnell, Abraham Morgentaler. THE DIURNAL VARIATION OF SERUM TESTOSTERONE LEVELS IN THE AGING MALE BJU International, BJU Int. 2007 Jul 31;100(3):509-513. Epub 2007 Jun 6.

4- Al B. Barqawi, Colin O’Donnell, E. David Crawford THE PREVALENCE OF ALPHA-BLOCKER INTAKE AND ITS APPERANT EFFECT ON LUTS AND ERECTILE DYSFUCTION IN A SCREENING POPULATION. BJU Int. 2007 Oct;100(4):853-7. Epub 2007 Jul 23.

5- Flaig T, Crawford ED, Kavanagh B, Lucia S, La Rosa F, Barqawi Al B, Crighton F, Glode LM. PROSTATE CANCER IN A MAN WITH MULTIPLE PREVIOUS CANCERS. Oncology (Williston Park). 2007 Apr;21(5):611-4.

6- Zheng Huang, Qun Chen, Kenneth C. Dole, Al B. Barqawi, Yang K. Chen, Dominique Blanc and Fred W. Hetzel. TOOKAD-MEDIATED PHOTODYNAMIC EFFECTS ON THE PROSTATE GLAND AND ITS ADJACENT TISSUES – IN VIVO STUDY IN A CANINE MODEL Photochem Photobiol Sci. 2007 Dec;6(12):1318-24. Epub 2007 Aug 22.

7- Al B. Barqawi, J. Lugg, E. D. Crawford TARGET FOCAL THERAPY IN EARLY PROSTATE CANCER: INITIAL SINGLE INSTITUTION RESULTS. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2007 ASCO Annual Meeting Proceedings Part I. Vol 25, No. 18S (June 20 Supplement), 2007: 15574

8- Al B. Barqawi, ED Crawford, THE CURRENT USE AND FUTURE TRENDS OF FOCAL SURGICAL THERAPY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER Cancer J. 2007 Sep-Oct;13(5):313-7.
                                                                    2006

1- Tom Flaig, Al B. Barqawi, Bernie Pistone, E. David Crawford, L. Michael Glode A PHASE II TRIAL OF THE USE OF A COMBINATION OF DEXAMETHASONE AND CARBOPLATIN FOLLOWING 1Α, 25-DIHYDROXYVITAMIN D SUPPLEMENT IN PATIENTS WITH HORMONE REFRACTORY PROSTATE CANCER. CANCER 2006 Jul 15;107(2):266-74

2- Al B. Barqawi. E. David Crawford. RE: PROSTATE CANCER IN MEN USING TESTOSTERONE SUPPLEMENTATION. F. D. Gaylis, D. W. Lin, J. M. Ignatoff, C. L. Amling, R. F. Tutrone and D. J. Cosgrove. J Urol. 2006 Apr;175(4):1572-3; author reply 1573

3- Al B. Barqawi. TESTOSTERONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY: THE EFFECT ON QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE RISK OF PROSTATIC DISEASE. Grand Round In Urology. 2006 Volume 4, Issue 3, 11- 15. 

                                                                    2005

1- Al B. Barqawi and E. David Crawford. FOCAL THERAPY IN PROSTATE CANCER: FUTURE TRENDS. BJU International. 2005 Feb;95(3):273-4.

2- Al B. Barqawi, Brian Golden, Colin O’Donnell, E. David Crawford THE OBSERVED TPSA/CPSA CORRELATION WITH AGE AND OBESITY; ANALYSIS FROM THE PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS WEEK (PCAW) Urology. 2005 Apr;65(4):708-12.

3- Ravi Kumar, Al B. Barqawi, E. David Crawford. Epidemiology of prostate cancer. Published by US Urology Journal on-line www.bbriefings.com/pdf/1033/Crawford.pdf

4- Ravi Kumar, Al B. Barqawi, E. David Crawford. PREVENTING AND TREATING THE COMPLICATIONS OF HORMONE THERAPY. Curr Urol Rep. 2005 May;6(3):217-23.

5- Al B. Barqawi, E. David Crawford. TESTOSTERONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY AND THE RISK OF PROSTATE CANCER. A PERSPECTIVE REVIEW Int J Impot Res. 2005 May 12; [Epub ahead of print]

6- Al B. Barqawi, Colin O’Donnell, E. David Crawford THE EFFECT OF LUTS ON ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION IN THE AGING MALE; ANALYSIS FROM THE PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS WEEK Int J Impot Res. 2005 Jul-Aug;17(4):370-4

7- William DeFoor, Eugene Minevich, Al B. Barqawi, David Kitchens, Curtis Sheldon, and Martin Koyle. Perforation of Continent Cecostomy (ACE): Diagnosis and Management. . J Urol. 2005 Oct; 174(4, Part 2 of 2):1644-1646.

8- Ravi Kumar, Al B. Barqawi, E. David Crawford. ADVERSE EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH HORMONAL THERAPY OF PROSTATE CANCER. Reviews in Urology July 2005;7( 5): 144-149

9- Jesse Mills, Al B. Barqawi, Hari Koul, Randall Meacham. THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FROM BENCH TO BEDSIDE. Reviews in Urology August 2005;7(3):128-134

10- Al B. Barqawi, E. David Crawford. TESTOSTERONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY AND PROSTATE CANCER (STATE OF THE ART). International Journal of impotence research 2005 Nov 10

11- Bulent Akduman Al B. Barqawi, E. David Crawford MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY IN PROSTATE CANCER: CURRENT AND - FUTURE PERSPECTIVES. Cancer J. 2005 Sep-Oct;11 (5):355-61.

12- Al B. Barqawi, E. David Crawford. THE IMPACT OF TESTOSTERONE LEVELS ON MEN'S HEALTH, SHOULD WE WORRY? Aging health journal. October 2005. Vol. 1 No 2: 253-261

13- Al B. Barqawi. Minimally invasive treatment (MIT) in cancer. Cancer J. 2005 May-Jun;11(3):252. letter to the editor.
 
                                                                2004

1- Al B. Barqawi, Anthony Caruso, Randall Meacham, EXPERIMENTAL VARICOCELE INDUCES TESTICULAR GERM CELL APOPTOSIS. J Urol. 2004 Jan; 171(1):501-3.

2- Al B. Barqawi, Ian Thompson, E. David Crawford CHEMOPREVENTION OF PROSTATE CANCER; A REVIEW OF CLINICAL TRIALS IN THE US. J Urol. 2004 Feb: 171 (2):S5-S9

3- Al B. Barqawi, Ed Gamito, Colin O’Donnell, E. David Crawford. HERBAL AND VITAMIN SUPPLEMENT USE IN A PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING POPULATION. Urology Volume 63, Issue 2 , February 2004, Pages 288-292

4- Al B. Barqawi, Richard Walsh, Randall Meacham, THE EFFECT OF PROLONGED CRYPTORCHIDISM ON GERM CELL APOPTOSIS AND TESTICULAR SPERM CONTENT IN RATS. Asian J. Andrology 2004 Mar;6(1):47-51.

5- Ali M. Ziada, Al B. Barqawi, Madeleine Kane, Susan Majeski, Marileila Varella-Garcia, Lin Chen, David E. Crawford, Michael Glode. PHASE II TRIAL: THE USE OF HERCEPTIN® IN THE TREATMENT OF HORMONE REFRACTORY PROSTATE CANCER. Prostate. 2004 Sep 1; 60(4):332-7.

24- McManus MC, Al B. Barqawi, Meacham RB, Furness III PD, Koyle MA: LAPAROSCOPIC VARICOCELE LIGATION: ARE THERE ADVANTAGES COMPARED TO THE MICROSCOPIC SUBINGUINAL APPROACH? Urology Vol. 64/2, 2004 pp 357-360

25- E David Crawford, Al B. Barqawi. INTERMEDIATE-TO HIGH-RISK PROSTATE CANCER PATIENT TREATED WITH RADIATION THERAPY. Oncology (Huntingt). 2004 Aug;18(9):1105-10.

6- Al B. Barqawi, Peter Furness III, Martin Koyle. LESSONS LEARNED FROM CHILDREN WITH CATHTERIZABLE STOMAS. BJU International 2004 Dec; 94, 1344-47,

7- Martin A. Koyle, Siam Oottamasathien, Al B. Barqawi, Ashok Rajimwale, Peter D. Furness III LAPAROSCOPIC PALOMO VARICOCELE LIGATION IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS: RESULTS OF 103 CASES J Urol. 2004 Oct;172(4 Pt 2):1749-52; discussion 1752.
 
 
                                                                2003

1- LiAnn. Handel, Al B. Barqawi, Peter D Furness, Martin A. Koyle. MALES WITH DOWN’S SYNDROME AND NONNEUROGENIC NEUROGENIC BLADDER. J Urol. 2003 Feb; 169(2):646-9.

2- Peter Furness, Padraig Malone, Al B. Barqawi, Martin Koyle. THE MITROFANOFF PRINCIPLE: INNOVATIVE APPLICATIONS IN CONTINENT URINARY DIVERSIONS. Contemporary Urology 2003 Jan; Vol. 15 (1):30-45

3- Al B. Barqawi, Martin A Koyle, Bruce Blythe, Gerald H Jordan, Richard M Ehrlich. THE ROLE OF LAPAROSCOPY IN THE PATIENT WITH PREVIUOS NEGATIVE INGUINAL EXPLORATION FOR IMPALPABLE TESTIS Urology 2003 June; Vol. 61/6 pp 1234 – 1237

4- Al B. Barqawi and E. David Crawford. CURRENT OPTIONS FOR TREATMENT OF PROSTATE CANCER AFTER BIOCHEMICAL FAILURE OF PRIMARY THERAPY. New Urology Journal 2003 Vol. 1(1) pp 1-7 http://www.newurology.com/prostate/index.aspx

5- Michael Glode, Al B. Barqawi, Francis Crighton, Robert Kerbel, E. David Crawford. METRONOMIC THERAPY WITH CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE AND DEXAMETHASONE FOR PROSTATE CANCER: A PHASE II CLINICAL TRIAL. Cancer 2003 October, 98(8):1643-8.

6- Al B. Barqawi, Judd Moul, Ali Ziada, LiANN Handel, David E. Crawford, THE EFFICACY AND TOLERABILITY OF A COMBINATION OF FINASTERIDE AND LOW DOSE FLUTAMIDE FOR PSA-ONLY RECURRENCE AFTER DEFINITIVE THERAPY. Urology 2003 Nov, Vol. 62/5 pp 872-876

7- Al B. Barqawi, Bulent Akduman, Zinelabidine Abouelfadel, Monica Robischon, E. David Crawford PHASE II TRIAL FOR THE USE OF FLUTAMIDE AS A SINGLE ANTIANDROGEN TREATMENT OF HORMONE REFRACTORY PROSTATE CANCER. BJU International. 2003 Nov; 92(7):695

8- Martin Koyle, Al B. Barqawi, Jody Wild, Michelle Passamaneck , Peter Furness 3rd. PEDIATRIC URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS: THE ROLE OF FLUOROQUINOLONES. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2003 Dec; 22(12):1133-1137.

                                                                 2002

1- Al B. Barqawi, Peter Furness, Martin Koyle. LAPARASCOPIC VARICOCELECTOMY INADOLESCENCE IS SAFE POST IPSILATERAL INGUINAL SURGERY. BJU International 89:269-272, 2002.

2- Jamie B. Lowe, Peter D. Furness III, Al B. Barqawi, Martin A. Koyle, SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF THE NEUROPATHIC BLADDER. Seminars in Ped. Surg, Vol. 11, No 2 (May), 2002 120-7

3- Martin Koyle, Peter Furness. Al B. Barqawi. LAPAROSCOPIC PALOMO VARICOCELE LIGATION IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS Pediatric Endosurgery & Innovative Techniques, Vol. 6(1), 2002. 15-9

4- Paramjit S Chandhoke., Al B. Barqawi., Ronald A,. Chee-Awai, Carol Wernecke, Paulette H. Cohrs, And Jie Fan. A RANDOMIZED OUTCOMES TRIAL OF URETERAL STENTS FOR EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCKWAVE LITHOTRIPSY OF SOLITARY KIDNEY OR PROXIMAL URETERAL STONES. J Urol; 167: 1981-1983, 2002

5- Daneshgari, F.; Handel, L.; Banerjee, A., and Al B. Barqawi. ALTERATION IN THE TISSUE AND SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BLADDER MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS SUSCEPTIBILITY TO RECURRENT INFECTIONS IN DIABETES. BJU International - Supplement. 2002 Sep; 90 (Supplement 2):26.

6- Daneshgari, F.; Mascha, E.; DeAntoni, E., and Al B. Barqawi. PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN ASSESSMENT OF PREVALENCE OF BLADDER CONTROL PROBLEMS IN A MULTI-ETHNIC POPULATION. BJU International - Supplement. 2002 Sep; 90 (Supplement 2):287.

7- Koyle, M, Al B. Barqawi, Sorensen, C., and Krishnamurthy, M. USE OF THE DEFUNCTIONALIZED COLON (HARTMAN'S POUCH) IN PATIENTS WITH PERMANENT COLOSTOMIES FOR CONTINENT URINARY RECONSTRUCTION. BJU International - Supplement. 2002 Sep; 90 (Supplement 2):212.

8- Edward Kim, Al B. Barqawi, Randall Meacham. APOPTOSIS: IT’S IMPORTANCE IN SPERMATOGENIC DYSFUNCTION. Urol Clin North Am. 2002 Nov; 29(4):755-65, vii.

9- Al B. Barqawi, Peter Furness, Abelardo Errojan, Martin Koyle. THE MITROFANOFF PRINCIPLE AND VARIATIONS OF CONTINENT CUTANEOUS CATHETERIZABLE STOMAS. Infections in Urology; 2002 Nov, Vol. 15 (4): 3-12.
 
                                                               2001

1- Peter Furness,. Al B. Barqawi, Geoffrey Bisignani. Ross M. Decter. .KLIPPEL-TRENAUNAY SYNDROME: 2 CASE REPORTS AND A REVIEW OF GENITOURINARY MANIFESTATIONS. J Urol; 166: 1418-1420, 2001