Professor and Chair of Urology at the University of California San Diego
Urology
Dr. Christopher J. Kane, MD
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Christopher J. Kane is an expert in the field of Urology. He studied medicine at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences is ranked 72 in research and 47 in primary care medicine He received 6 awards: "Top Doctors:San Diego Area", "Top Doctors:Southern California", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Fellow (FACS)", "Top MD" and "Super Doctor". Christopher Kane is a published MD as well. He has 99 publications published. The latest was: Restriction spectrum imaging improves MRI-based prostate cancer detection. He is registered with Medicare.
Publications
- Active Surveillance of Prostate Cancer in a Community Practice: How to Measure, Manage and Improve?
- Restriction spectrum imaging improves MRI-based prostate Cancer detection.
- Prostate diffusion imaging with distortion correction.
- Is computed tomography a necessary part of a metastatic evaluation for castration-resistant prostate Cancer? Results from the Shared Equal Access Regional Cancer Hospi...
- Novel technique for characterizing prostate Cancer utilizing MRI restriction spectrum imaging: proof of principle and initial clinical experience with extraprostatic e...
- Prostate-specific antigen level, stage or Gleason score: Which is best for predicting outcomes after radical Prostatectomy, and does it vary by the outcome being measu...
- Impact of family history on prostate Cancer mortality in white men undergoing prostate specific antigen based screening.
- Is clinical stage T2c prostate Cancer an intermediate- or high-risk disease?
- Postoperative statin use and risk of biochemical recurrence following radical prostatectomy: results from the Shared Equal Access Regional Cancer Hospital (SEARCH) dat...
- How to minimize lymphoceles and treat clinically symptomatic lymphoceles after radical Prostatectomy.
- Serum Lipid Profile and Risk of Prostate Cancer Recurrence: Results from the SEARCH Database.
- Robotic-assisted Fluorescence Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping Using Multimodal Image Guidance in an Animal Model.
- Preclinical Evaluation of Robotic-Assisted Sentinel Lymph Node Fluorescence Imaging.
- Minimally Invasive Cystectomy Is Associated With Improved Perioperative Patient Safety Outcomes Compared With Open Cystectomy in a National Cohort.
- Incorporating Robotic Prostatectomy at a Veterans Affairs Hospital: Outcomes.
- Impact of Renal Surgery for Cortical Neoplasms on Lipid Metabolism.
- Predicting bone scan positivity after biochemical recurrence following radical Prostatectomy in both hormone-naive men and patients receiving androgen-deprivation ther...
- The impact of pathologic staging on the long-term oncologic outcomes of patients with clinically high-risk prostate Cancer.
- Detectable Prostate-Specific Antigen Nadir During Androgen-Deprivation Therapy Predicts Adverse Prostate Cancer-Specific Outcomes: Results from the SEARCH Database.
- Robotic-assisted simple Prostatectomy: a systematic review and report of a single institution case series.
- Metformin does not affect risk of biochemical recurrence following radical Prostatectomy: results from the SEARCH database.
- Cigarette smoking is associated with an increased risk of biochemical disease recurrence, metastasis, castration-resistant prostate Cancer, and mortality after radical...
- Optimization via Specific fluorescence brightness of a receptor-targeted probe for optical imaging and positron emission tomography of sentinel lymph nodes.
- Laparoscopic removal of spermatic cord to reduce incision size of open retroperitoneal lymph node dissection.
- Urology in San Diego-Its History in "America's Finest City".
- Do nomograms designed to predict biochemical recurrence (BCR) do a better job of predicting more clinically relevant prostate Cancer outcomes than BCR? A report from t...
- Comparison of Transrectal and Transvaginal Hybrid Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery Partial Nephrectomy in the Porcine Model.
- Editorial Comment from Dr Liss and Dr Kane to Lymphocele after extraperitoneal robot-assisted radical Prostatectomy: A propensity score-matching study.
- Prostate Cancer: Risk versus benefit of lymph node dissection during prostatectomy.
- Multi-institutional Validation of the CAPRA-S Score to Predict Disease Recurrence and Mortality After Radical Prostatectomy.
- Guest editorial: robotic techniques in urologic oncology.
- Outcomes and complications of pelvic lymph node dissection during robotic-assisted radical Prostatectomy.
- Delayed radical prostatectomy for intermediate-risk prostate Cancer is associated with biochemical recurrence: possible implications for active surveillance from the S...
- Does Timing of Cytoreductive Nephrectomy Impact Patient Survival With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma in the Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Era? A Multi-institutional Study.
- Diabetes predicts metastasis after radical Prostatectomy in obese men: results from the SEARCH database.
- Does radical nephrectomy increase the risk of Erectile dysfunction compared with partial nephrectomy? A cohort analysis.
- A Receptor-targeted Fluorescent Radiopharmaceutical for Multireporter Sentinel Lymph Node Imaging.
- Robotic Prostatectomy improves outcomes--after the potentially risky adoption phase.
- Preoperative sentinel lymph node mapping of the Prostate using PET/CT fusion imaging and Ga-68-labeled tilmanocept in an animal model.
- Are Repeat Prostate Biopsies Safe? A Cohort Analysis From the SEARCH Database.
- Initial experience with aspirin use during robotic radical Prostatectomy.
- Obesity is associated with castration-resistant disease and metastasis in men treated with androgen deprivation therapy after radical Prostatectomy: results from the S...
- A novel patient-derived intra-femoral xenograft model of bone metastatic prostate Cancer that recapitulates mixed osteolytic and osteoblastic lesions.
- Comparison of rates and risk factors for development of anaemia and erythropoiesis-stimulating agent utilization after radical or partial nephrectomy.
- What do I tell patients about saw palmetto for benign prostatic hyperplasia?
- Treatment trends for stage I Renal cell carcinoma.
- Comparison of rates and risk factors for development of osteoporosis and fractures after radical or partial nephrectomy.
- Does PSADT after radical Prostatectomy correlate with overall survival?--a report from the SEARCH database group.
- Association of cigarette smoking with interval to biochemical recurrence after radical Prostatectomy: results from the SEARCH database.
- Toxicity analysis of postoperative image-guided intensity-modulated radiotherapy for prostate Cancer.
- Glycemic control and prostate Cancer progression: results from the SEARCH database.
- Statin medication use and the risk of biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy: results from the Shared Equal Access Regional Cancer Hospital (SEARCH) Database.
- Freedom from a detectable ultrasensitive Prostate-specific antigen at two years after radical Prostatectomy predicts a favorable clinical outcome: analysis of the SEAR...
- Laparo-endoscopic single-site surgery for radical and cytoreductive nephrectomy, Renal vein thrombectomy, and partial nephrectomy: a prospective pilot evaluation.
- Diabetes and outcomes after radical prostatectomy: are results affected by obesity and race? Results from the shared equal-access regional Cancer hospital database.
- Natural history of persistently Elevated prostate specific antigen after radical prostatectomy: results from the SEARCH database.
- Body mass index and Prostate specific antigen as predictors of adverse pathology and biochemical recurrence after Prostatectomy.
- Race and time from diagnosis to radical Prostatectomy: does equal access mean equal timely access to the operating room?--Results from the SEARCH database.
- Renal cell carcinoma in the pediatric population: Results from the California Cancer Registry.
- What are the factors associated with short Prostate specific antigen doubling time after radical Prostatectomy? A report from the SEARCH database group.
- Effect of BMI on primary treatment of prostate Cancer.
- Renal cell Cancer stage migration: analysis of the National Cancer Data Base.
- Active surveillance for the management of prostate Cancer in a contemporary cohort.
- Decreasing size at diagnosis of stage 1 renal cell carcinoma: analysis from the National Cancer Data Base, 1993 to 2004.
- Limitations of Prostate specific antigen doubling time following biochemical recurrence after radical Prostatectomy: results from the SEARCH database.
- Sex differences in renal cell Cancer presentation and survival: an analysis of the National Cancer Database, 1993-2004.
- Watchful waiting versus active surveillance: appropriate patient selection.
- Is a positive Bladder neck margin truly a T4 lesion in the prostate specific antigen era? Results from the SEARCH Database.
- The effect of race/ethnicity on the accuracy of the 2001 Partin Tables for predicting pathologic stage of localized prostate Cancer.
- Effects of hospital procedure volume and resident training on clinical outcomes and resource use in radical retropubic Prostatectomy surgery in the Department of Veter...
- Obesity-related plasma hemodilution and PSA concentration among men with prostate Cancer.
- Race, biochemical disease recurrence, and Prostate-specific antigen doubling time after radical Prostatectomy: results from the SEARCH database.
- Body mass index, Prostate weight and transrectal ultrasound Prostate volume accuracy.
- Do racial differences in Prostate size explain higher serum Prostate-specific antigen concentrations among black men?
- Analysis of complications following partial and total nephrectomy for renal Cancer in a population based sample.
- Impact of obesity on the utility of preoperative Prostate-specific antigen velocity to predict for relapse after Prostatectomy: a report from the SEARCH database.
- Optimal timing, cutoff, and method of calculation of preoperative Prostate-specific antigen velocity to predict relapse after Prostatectomy: a report from SEARCH.
- Is biopsy Gleason score independently associated with biochemical progression following radical Prostatectomy after adjusting for pathological Gleason score?
- Multiinstitutional validation of the UCSF Cancer of the prostate risk assessment for prediction of recurrence after radical prostatectomy.
- Clinical and pathologic outcome after radical prostatectomy for prostate Cancer patients with a preoperative Gleason sum of 8 to 10.
- Laparoscopic approaches to Renal malignancies.
- Laparoscopic versus open cytoreductive nephrectomy in advanced Renal-cell carcinoma.
- Obesity, serum prostate specific antigen and prostate size: implications for prostate Cancer detection.
- Smoking influences aberrant CpG hypermethylation of multiple genes in human Prostate carcinoma.
- Impact of obesity on prostate Cancer recurrence after radical prostatectomy: data from CaPSURE.
- Prostate size and risk of high-grade, advanced prostate Cancer and biochemical progression after radical prostatectomy: a search database study.
- Multigene methylation analysis for detection and staging of prostate Cancer.
- Ethnic group-related differences in CpG hypermethylation of the GSTP1 gene promoter among African-American, Caucasian and Asian patients with prostate Cancer.
- CpG methylation at promoter site -140 inactivates TGFbeta2 receptor gene in prostate Cancer.
- The impact of obesity on health related quality of life before and after radical Prostatectomy (data from CaPSURE).
- Ability of 2 pretreatment risk assessment methods to predict prostate Cancer recurrence after radical prostatectomy: data from CaPSURE.
- Obesity and prostate Cancer clinical risk factors at presentation: data from CaPSURE.
- Methylation of the gamma-catenin gene is associated with poor prognosis of Renal cell carcinoma.
- Inactivation of the hMSH3 mismatch repair gene in Bladder cancer.
- Kidney gene database: a curated and integrated database of genes involved in Kidney disease.
- Differences in complications and outcomes for obese patients undergoing laparoscopic radical, partial or simple nephrectomy.
- CpG hypermethylation of MDR1 gene contributes to the pathogenesis and progression of human prostate Cancer.
- Age-dependent methylation of ESR1 gene in prostate Cancer.
Schools
Uniformed Services University of The Health Sciences
Oakland Naval Hospital
Procedures Preformed
- AdRenalectomy
- Complete Nephrectomy With Robotic Assistance
- Cystourethroscopy and Transurethral Resection of Bladder Neck
- Kidney and Ureter Removal
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Conditions Treated
- Bladder Atony
- Bladder Cancer
- Bladder Infection
- Bladder Stones
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Doctors Specialties
- Urology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Top Doctors:San Diego Area
- Top Doctors:Southern California
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Fellow (FACS)
- Top MD
- Super Doctor
Education
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Alameda County Medical Center -
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Hospital
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UC San Diego Health
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