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Ashish M. Kamat, MD, FACS

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

Associate Professor, Urology and Cancer Biology, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Fellowship Program Director, Department of Urology, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

1994 Seth G. S. Medical College & King Edward Memorial Hospital, University of Bombay, Bombay, India, MBBS (Equivalent to MD), Medicine, Surgery
1988 University of Bombay - Jai Hind College, Bombay, India, HSC, Biologic Sciences

Postgraduate Training

7/2001-7/2003 Fellowship in Urologic Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
7/2000-6/2001 Chief Resident in Urology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
7/1997-6/2000 Urology Residency, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
7/1995-6/1997 Surgical Internship, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

Board Certifications

2/2005 American Board of Urology

Experience/Service

Other Appointments/Responsibilities

Member, Young Urologist Committee, American Urological Association, Linthicum, MD, 2009-present
Member, Practice Guidelines Committee, American Urological Association, Linthicum, MD, 2009-present
Member, Board of Directors, South Central Section AUA, Schaumburg, IL, 2008-present
Medical Director, Bladder Cancer Support Group, UT - MDACC, Houston, TX, 2007-present

Consultantships

Scientific Advisory Board, National Bladder Cancer Think Tank, Bethesda, MD, 2007-present

Institutional Committee Activities

Member, MD Anderson India Steering Committee, 8/2008-present
Co-Director, GU SPORE Career Development Program, 2/2008-present
Member, POE Operating Room Safety Council, 6/2007-present
Urology Representative, Faculty Senate, 2006-2008
Member, OR Committee, 2003-present
Member, Graduate Medical Education Committee, 2002-present

Honors and Awards

2009-present Best Doctors in America
2008-present AUA Leadership Program Award, American Urological Association
2007-present Fellow, American College of Surgeons (FACS), American College of Surgeons
2007 Excellent Reviewer Award, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
2005 Who's Who in America
2004 Faculty Award, AACR
2003 Bladder SPORE Developmental Research Program Award
2002 Scholar in Training Award, American Association for Cancer Research
2001 Outstanding Laparoendoscopist, Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
2000 Best Published Papers in "Urology", AUA
2000 First Prize, American College of Surgeons
1999 First Prize, American College of Surgeons
1999 First Prize, West Virginia University
1999 Scholars in Urology, Pfizer
1997 Best Paper, West Virginia University
1992 Dr. L. H. Hiranandani Scholarship in Otorhinolaryngology, University of Bombay
1991 Distinctions in Forensic Medicine and Medical Jurisprudence, Pharmacology,Microbiology, Biochemistry and Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Bombay
1991 Manorama Vijayrat Hazarat Prize for Highest Cumulative Score, University of Bombay
1991 Seth Khimchand Amulakh Prize for Excellence in Pharmacology, University of Bombay
1991 Shamdasani Foundation Scholarship for Standing First in University, University of Bombay

Professional Memberships

American Association of Cancer Research
Member, 2003-present
American College of Surgeons (FACS)
Member, 2005-present
American Medical Association
Member, 1999-present
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Member, 2004-present
American Urological Association
Member, 1999-present
AUA Health Policy Committee, Linthicum, MD
Member, 7/2009-present
AUA Young Urologist Committee
Northeastern Section Rep., 11/2008-4/2009
Dutch Cancer Society, Research & Development
Member, 2007
Harris County Medical Society, TX
Member, 2001-present
Leadership Program of American Urologic Association
Member, 7/2008-2009
Society Internationale d'Urology
Member, 2005-present
Society of Urologic Oncology
Member, 2005-present
South Central Section of the American Urological Association
Member, 2003-present
Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG)
Member, 2003-present
Texas Medical Association, TX
Member, 2001-present

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Kamat AM, Lamm DL. Chemoprevention of urological cancer. J Urol 161(6):1748-60, 1999. PMID: 10332429.
2. Kamat AM, DeHaven JI, Lamm DL. Quinolone antibiotics: a potential adjunct to intravesical chemotherapy for bladder cancer. Urology 54(1):56-61, 1999. PMID: 10414727.
3. Kamat AM, York T, DeBord J. Anastomotic fistula after ileal loop urinary diversion presenting as persistent urethral drainage. J Urol 165(3):906-907, 2001.
4. Rosser CJ, Kuban DA, Levy LB, Pettaway CA, Chichakli R, Kamat AM, Sanchez-Ortiz RF, Pisters LL. Clinical features and treatment outcome of Hispanic men with prostate cancer following external beam radiotherapy. J Urol 170(5):1856-9, May-Jun, 2003. PMID: 14532792.
5. Kamat AM, Babaian K, Cheung MR, Naya Y, Huang SH, Kuban D, Babaian RJ. Identification of factors predicting response to adjuvant radiation therapy in patients with positive margins after radical prostatectomy. J Urol 170(5):1860-3, May-Jun, 2003. PMID: 14532793.
6. Karashima T, Sweeney P, Kamat A, Huang S, Kim SJ, Bar-Eli M, McConkey DJ,. Nuclear factor-kappaB mediates angiogenesis and metastasis of human. Clin Cancer Res 9(7):2786-2797, 2003.
7. Kamat AM, Huang SF, Bermejo CE, Rosser CJ, Pettaway CA, Pisters PW, Guitreau DP, Pisters LL. Total pelvic exenteration: effective palliation of perineal pain in patients with locally recurrent prostate cancer. J Urol 170(5):1868-71, May-Jun, 2003. PMID: 14532795.
8. Kamat AM, Lamm DL. Antitumor activity of common antibiotics against superficial bladder cancer. Urology 63(3):457-60, May-Jun, 2004. PMID: 15028437.
9. Dinney CP, McConkey DJ, Millikan RE, Wu X, Bar-Eli M, Adam L, Kamat AM, Siefker-Radtke AO, Tuziak T, Sabichi AL, Grossman HB, Benedict WF, Czerniak B. Focus on bladder cancer. Cancer Cell 6(2):111-6, May-Jun, 2004. PMID: 15324694.
10. Kamat AM, Plager C, Tamboli P, Tran N, Pettaway CA. Metastatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the penis managed with surgery and interferon-alpha. J Urol 171(5):1886-7, May-Jun, 2004. PMID: 15076299.
11. Kamat AM, Shock RP, Naya Y, Rosser CJ, Slaton JW, Pisters LL. Prognostic value of body mass index in patients undergoing nephrectomy for localized renal tumors. Urology 63(1):46-50, May-Jun, 2004. PMID: 14751346.
12. Rosser CJ, Kuban DA, Lee SJ, Levy LB, Pettaway C, Kamat AM, Chichakli R, Lee A, Cheung RM, Sanchez-Ortiz R, Pisters LL. Racial influence on biochemical disease-free survival in men treated with external-beam radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer. J Natl Med Assoc 96(7):939-44, May-Jun, 2004. PMID: 15253325.
13. Kamat AM, Rosser CJ, Levy LB, Chichakli R, Lee AK, Cheung MR, Pisters LL. Rise in serum PSA of 1.5 ng/mL above 24-month nadir after external beam radiotherapy is predictive of biochemical failure. Urology 63(6):1132-7, May-Jun, 2004. PMID: 15183966.
14. Kamat AM, Karashima T, Davis DW, Lashinger L, Bar-Eli M, Millikan R, Shen Y, Dinney CP, McConkey DJ. The proteasome inhibitor bortezomib synergizes with gemcitabine to block the growth of human 253JB-V bladder tumors in vivo. Mol Cancer Ther 3(3):279-90, May-Jun, 2004. PMID: 15026548.
15. Cheung R, Tucker SL, Lee AL, Dong L, Kamat A, Pisters L, Kuban DA. Assessing the impact of an alternative biochemical failure definition on radiation dose response for high-risk prostate cancer treated with external beam radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol 61(1):14-19, 2005.
16. Kamat AM, Nelkin GM. Atorvastatin: a potential chemopreventive agent in bladder cancer. Urology 66(6):1209-12, 2005. PMID: 16360444.
17. Leibovici D, Kamat AM, Pettaway CA, Pagliaro L, Rosser CJ, Logothetis C, Pisters LL. Cystoprostatectomy for effective palliation of symptomatic bladder invasion by prostate cancer. J Urol 174(6):2186-90, 2005. PMID: 16280761.
18. Shapiro A, Vakar F, Kamat AM. Diffuse granulomatous mesenteric disease caused by intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin instillation masquerading as peritoneal carcinomatosis. Urol Oncol 23(5):352-3, Sep-Oct, 2005. PMID: 16144670.
19. Cheung R, Tucker SL, Lee AK, de Crevoisier R, Dong L, Kamat A, Pisters L, Kuban D. Dose-response characteristics of low- and intermediate-risk prostate cancer treated with. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 61(4):993-1002, 2005.
20. Rosser CJ, Kamat AM, Wang X, Do KA, Sanchez-Ortiz RF, Kuban DA, Lee AK, Cheung R, Chichakli R, Pisters LL. Is patient age a factor in the occurrence of prostate-specific antigen bounce phenomenon after external beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer? Urology 66(2):327-31, Mar-Apr, 2005. PMID: 16040084.
21. Kamat AM, Carpenter SM, Czerniak BA, Pisters LL. Metastatic penile cancer in a young Caucasian male: impact of delayed diagnosis. Urol Oncol 23(2):130-1, Mar-Apr, 2005. PMID: 15869998.
22. Cheung R, Kamat AM, de Crevoisier R, Allen PK, Lee AK, Tucker SL, Pisters L, Babaian RJ, Kuban D. Outcome of salvage radiotherapy for biochemical failure after radical prostatectomy with or without hormonal therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 63(1):134-40, Mar-Apr, 2005. PMID: 16111581.
23. Mohamedali KA, Kedar D, Sweeney P, Kamat A, Davis DW, Eve BY, Huang S, Thorpe. The vascular-targeting fusion toxin VEGF(121)/rGel. Neoplasia 7(10):912-920, 2005.
24. Leibovici D, Kamat AM, Do KA, Pettaway CA, Ng CS, Evans RB, Rodriguez-Bigas M, Skibber J, Wang X, Pisters LL. Transrectal ultrasound versus magnetic resonance imaging for detection of rectal wall invasion by prostate cancer. Prostate 62(1):101-4, May-Jun, 2005. PMID: 15389800.
25. Kamat AM, Jacobsohn KM, Troncoso P, Shen Y, Wen S, Babaian RJ. Validation of criteria used to predict extraprostatic cancer extension: a tool for use in selecting patients for nerve sparing radical prostatectomy. J Urol 174(4 Pt 1):1262-5, 2005. PMID: 16145389.
26. Rosser CJ, Kamat AM, Pendleton J, Robinson TL, Pisters LL, Swanson DA, Babaian RJ. Impact of fellowship training on pathologic outcomes and complication rates of radical prostatectomy. Cancer 107(1):54-9, 7/2006. PMID: 16708356.
27. Kamat AM, Dinney CP. A combination of intravesical BCG [corrected] and [corrected] electromotive mitomycin for high-risk superficial bladder cancer. Nat Clin Pract Urol 3(9):472-3, 9/2006. PMID: 16964186.
28. Rosser CJ, Kamat AM, Wang X, Do KA, Naya Y, Hoover DC, Troncoso P, Sanches-Ortiz RF, Pisters LL. Biochemical disease-free survival in men younger than 60 years with prostate cancer treated with radical prostatectomy. Urology 67(4):769-73, 2006. PMID: 16584762.
29. Evans JG, Spiess PE, Kamat AM, Wood CG, Hernandez M, Pettaway CA, Dinney CP, Pisters LL. Chylous ascites after post-chemotherapy retroperitoneal lymph node dissection: review of the M. D. Anderson experience. J Urol 176(4 Pt 1):1463-7, 2006. PMID: 16952661.
30. Papageorgiou A, Kamat A, Benedict WF, Dinney C, McConkey DJ. Combination therapy with IFN-alpha plus bortezomib induces apoptosis and inhibits angiogenesis in human bladder cancer cells. Mol Cancer Ther 5(12):3032-41, 2006. PMID: 17172406.
31. Kassouf W, Leibovici D, Munsell MF, Dinney CP, Grossman HB, Kamat AM. Evaluation of the relevance of lymph node density in a contemporary series of patients undergoing radical cystectomy. J Urol 176(1):53-7; discussion 57, 2006. PMID: 16753366.
32. Spiess PE, Kassouf W, Brown G, Highshaw R, Wang X, Do KA, Kamat AM, Czerniak B, Dinney CP, Grossman HB. Immediate versus staged urethrectomy in patients at high risk of urethral recurrence: is there a benefit to either approach? Urology 67(3):466-71, 2006. PMID: 16527559.
33. Rosser CJ, Kamat AM, Pendleton J, Robinson T, Pisters LL, Swanson DA, Babaian. Impact of fellowship training on pathologic outcomes and complication rates of. Cancer 107(1):54-59, 2006.
34. Strom SS, Kamat AM, Gruschkus SK, Gu Y, Wen S, Cheung MR, Pisters LL, Lee AK, Rosser CJ, Kuban DA. Influence of obesity on biochemical and clinical failure after external-beam radiotherapy for localized prostate cancer. Cancer 107(3):631-9, 2006. PMID: 16802288.
35. Kassouf W, Chintharlapalli S, Abdelrahim M, Nelkin G, Safe S, Kamat AM. Inhibition of bladder tumor growth by 1,1-bis(3'-indolyl)-1-(p-substitutedphenyl)methanes: a new class of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma agonists. Cancer Res 66(1):412-8, 2006. PMID: 16397256.
36. Brown GA, Busby JE, Wood CG, Pisters LL, Dinney CP, Swanson DA, Grossman HB, Pettaway CA, Munsell MF, Kamat AM, Matin SF. Nephroureterectomy for treating upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma: Time to change the treatment paradigm? BJU Int 98(6):1176-80, 2006. PMID: 17125474.
37. Kassouf W, Swanson D, Kamat AM, Leibovici D, Siefker-Radtke A, Munsell MF, Grossman HB, Dinney CP. Partial cystectomy for muscle invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder: a contemporary review of the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center experience. J Urol 175(6):2058-62, 2006. PMID: 16697803.
38. Spiess PE, Brown GA, Liu P, Tannir NM, Tu SM, Evans JG, Czerniak B, Kamat AM, Pisters LL. Predictors of outcome in patients undergoing postchemotherapy retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for testicular cancer. Cancer 107(7):1483-90, 2006. PMID: 16944541.
39. Kassouf W, Leibovici D, Luongo T, Munsell MF, Vakar F, Dinney CP, Grossman HB, Kamat AM. Relevance of extracapsular extension of pelvic lymph node metastasis in patients with bladder cancer treated in the contemporary era. Cancer 107(7):1491-5, 2006. PMID: 16894527.
40. Canfield SE, Kamat AM, Sánchez-Ortiz RF, Detry M, Swanson DA, Wood CG. Renal cell carcinoma with nodal metastases in the absence of distant metastatic disease (clinical stage TxN1-2M0): the impact of aggressive surgical resection on patient outcome. J Urol 175(3 Pt 1):864-9, 2006. PMID: 16469567.
41. Kamat AM, Gee JR, Dinney CP, Grossman HB, Swanson DA, Millikan RE, Detry MA, Robinson TL, Pisters LL. The case for early cystectomy in the treatment of nonmuscle invasive micropapillary bladder carcinoma. J Urol 175(3 Pt 1):881-5, 2006. PMID: 16469571.
42. Dhanani NN, Kamat AM. Treatment of bladder cancer in cardiac transplant patients. Int Urol Nephrol 38(3-4):477-9, 2006. PMID: 17115247.
43. Busby JE, Brown GA, Tamboli P, Kamat AM, Dinney CP, Grossman HB, Matin SF. Upper urinary tract tumors with nontransitional histology: a single-center experience. Urology 67(3):518-23, 2006. PMID: 16527570.
44. Spiess PE, Brown GA, Pisters LL, Liu P, Tu SM, Evans JG, Kamat AM, Black P, Tannir NM. Viable malignant germ cell tumor in the postchemotherapy retroperitoneal lymph node dissection specimen: can it be predicted using clinical parameters? Cancer 107(7):1503-10, 2006. PMID: 16944534.
45. Kassouf W, Highshaw R, Nelkin GM, Dinney CP, Kamat AM. Vitamins C and K3 sensitize human urothelial tumors to gemcitabine. J Urol 176(4 Pt 1):1642-7, 2006. PMID: 16952707.
46. Kamat AM, Dinney CP, Gee JR, Grossman HB, Siefker-Radtke AO, Tamboli P, Detry MA, Robinson TL, Pisters LL. Micropapillary bladder cancer: a review of the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center experience with 100 consecutive patients. Cancer 110(1):62-7, Jan-Feb, 7/1/2007. PMID: 17542024.
47. Kassouf W, Spiess PE, Siefker-Radtke A, Swanson D, Grossman HB, Kamat AM, Munsell MF, Guo CC, Czerniak BA, Dinney CP. Outcome and patterns of recurrence of nonbilharzial pure squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder: a contemporary review of The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center experience. Cancer 110(4):764-9, Jan-Feb, 8/15/2007. PMID: 17614317.
48. Kamat AM, Sethi G, Aggarwal BB. Curcumin potentiates the apoptotic effects of chemotherapeutic agents and cytokines through down-regulation of nuclear factor-kappaB and nuclear factor-kappaB-regulated gene products in IFN-alpha-sensitive and IFN-alpha-resistant human bladder cancer cells. Mol Cancer Ther 6(3):1022-30, Jan-Feb, 3/2007. PMID: 17363495.
49. Spiess PE, Kassouf W, Brown GA, Kamat AM, Liu P, Gomez JA, Tu SM, Tannir NM, Pisters LL. Surgical management of growing teratoma syndrome: the M. D. Anderson cancer center experience. J Urol 177(4):1330-4; discussion 1334, Jan-Feb, 4/2007. PMID: 17382725.
50. Caraway NP, Khanna A, Payne L, Kamat AM, Katz RL. Combination of cytologic evaluation and quantitative digital cytometry is reliable in detecting recurrent disease in patients with urinary diversions. Cancer 111(5):323-329, Jan-Feb, 10/2007. e-Pub 8/2007. PMID: 17721991.
51. Chen M, Kamat AM, Huang M, Grossman HB, Dinney CP, Lerner SP, Wu X, Gu J. High-order interactions among genetic polymorphisms in nucleotide excision repair pathway genes and smoking in modulating bladder cancer risk. Carcinogenesis 28(10):2160-2165, Jan-Feb, 10/2007. e-Pub 8/2007. PMID: 17728339.
52. Jhamb M, Lin J, Ballow R, Kamat AM, Grossman HB, Wu X. Urinary tract diseases and bladder cancer risk: a case-control study. Cancer Causes Control 18(8):839-45, Jan-Feb, 10/2007. PMID: 17593531.
53. Kassouf W, Spiess PE, Brown GA, Munsell MF, Grossman HB, Siefker-Radtke A, Dinney CP, Kamat AM. P0 Stage at Radical Cystectomy for Bladder Cancer is Associated with Improved Outcome Independent of Traditional Clinical Risk Factors. Eur Urol 52(3):769-776, Jan-Feb, 2007. PMID: 17434254.
54. Spiess PE, Brown GA, Liu P, Tu SM, Tannir NM, Evans JG, Kamat AM, Kassouf W, Pisters LL. Recurrence pattern and proposed surveillance protocol following post-chemotherapy retroperitoneal lymph node dissection. J Urol 177(1):131-8, 2007. PMID: 17162023.
55. Spiess PE, Kassouf W, Steinberg JR, Tuziak T, Hernandez M, Tibbs RF, Czerniak B, Kamat AM, Dinney CP, Grossman HB. Review of the M.D. Anderson experience in the treatment of bladder sarcoma. Urol Oncol 25(1):38-45, Jan-Feb, 2007. PMID: 17208137.
56. Sabichi AL, Lerner SP, Atkinson EN, Grossman HB, Caraway NP, Dinney CP, Penson DF, Matin S, Kamat A, Pisters LL, Lin DW, Katz RL, Brenner DE, Hemstreet GP 3rd, Wargo M, Bleyer A, Sanders WH, Clifford JL, Parnes HL, Lippman SM. Phase III Prevention Trial of Fenretinide in Patients with Resected Non Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer. Clin Cancer Res. 14(1):224-229, 1/2008.
57. Liakou CI, Kamat A, Tang DN, Chen H, Sun J, Troncoso P, Logothetis C, Sharma P. CTLA-4 blockade increases IFN {gamma}-producing CD4+ICOShi cells to shift the ratio of effector to regulatory T cells in cancer patients. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 105(39). e-Pub 9/2008.
58. La Rochelle J, Kamat A, Grossman HB, Pantuck A. Chemoprevention of bladder cancer. BJU Int 102(9 Pt B):1274-8, 11/2008. PMID: 19035892.
59. Manas Jain, Surena F. Matin, Ashish M. Kamat. Inferior Vena Cava Atresia Associated with von Hippel-Lindau Masquerading as Metastatic Testicular Cancer. Curr Urol 2(4):214-216, 2/2009. e-Pub 2009.
60. Siefker-Radtke AO, Kamat AM, Grossman HB, Williams DL, Qiao W, Thall PF, Dinney CP, Millikan RE. Phase II Clinical Trial of Neoadjuvant Alternating Doublet Chemotherapy With Ifosfamide/Doxorubicin and Etoposide/Cisplatin in Small-Cell Urothelial Cancer. J Clin Oncol. e-Pub 5/2009. PMID: 19414678.
61. Chen H, Liakou CI, Kamat A, Pettaway C, Ward JF, Tang DN, Sun J, Jungbluth AA, Troncoso P, Logothetis C, Sharma P. Anti-CTLA-4 therapy results in higher CD4+ICOShi T cell frequency and IFN-gamma levels in both nonmalignant and malignant prostate tissues. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106(8). e-Pub 2/6/2009. PMCID: PMC2650334.
62. Lin J, Kamat A, Gu J, Chen M, Dinney CP, Forman MR, Wu X. Dietary Intake of Vegetables and Fruits and the Modification Effects of GSTM1 and NAT2 Genotypes on Bladder Cancer Risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. e-Pub 6/23/2009. PMID: 19549811.
63. Lotan Y, Kamat AM, Porter MP, Robinson VL, Shore N, Jewett M, Schelhammer PF, White RD, Quale D, Lee CT, Lee CT. Key concerns about the current state of bladder cancer: a position paper from the Bladder Cancer Think Tank, the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network, and the Society of Urologic Oncology. Cancer, 6/17/2009. e-Pub 6/17/2009. PMID: 19536899.
64. Tharakan ST, Inamoto T, Sung B, Aggarwal BB, Kamat AM. Curcumin Potentiates the Antitumor Effects of Gemcitabine in an Orthotopic Model of Human Bladder Cancer through Suppression of Proliferative and Angiogenic Biomarkers. Biochem Pharmacol, 8/12/2009. e-Pub 8/12/2009. PMID: 19682434.

Invited Articles
1. Brassell SA, Kamat AM. Contemporary Intravesical Treatment Options for Urothelial Carcinoma of the bladder. J Natl Compr Canc Netw 4(10):1027-1036, 2006. PMID: 17112451.
2. Kassouf W, Kamat AM. Current state of immunotherapy for bladder cancer. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 4(6):1283-1294, May-Jun, 2004. PMID: 15606331.
3. Herring JC, Kamat AM. Treatment of muscle-invasive bladder cancer: progress and new challenges. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 4(6):1047-1056, May-Jun, 2004. PMID: 15606332.
4. Kamat AM. Chemoprevention of superficial bladder cancer. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 3(6):799-808, May-Jun, 2003. PMID: 14686702.
5. Kamat AM, Dinney CPN. Molecular aspects of metastases in bladder cancer. Urol Integ 8(2):180-189, 2003.
6. Kamat AM, Lamm DL. Chemoprevention of bladder cancer. Urol Clin North Am 29(1):1-12, May-Jun, 2002. PMID: 12109342.
7. Kamat AM, Lamm DL. Immunotherapy for bladder cancer. Curr Urol Rep 2(1):62-69, May-Jun, 2001. PMID: 12084297.
8. Kamat AM, Lamm DL. Current trends in intravesical therapy for bladder cancer. Contemporary Urology 12(8):64-88, 2000.
9. Kamat AM, Lamm DL. Diet and nutrition in urologic cancer. W V Med J 96(3):449-454, May-Jun, 2000. PMID: 14619137.
10. Kamat AM, Lamm DL. Intravesical therapy for bladder cancer. Urology 55(2):161-168, Nov-Dec, 2000. PMID: 10688071.
11. Kamat AM, Lamm DL. Intravesical therapy for superficial bladder cancer. Inf Urol 12(2):37-45, 1999.
12. Kamat AM, Lamm DL. Role of BCG in treatment of superficial bladder cancer. Indian Journal of Urology 16(1):1-9, 1999.
13. Metwalli AR, Kamat AM. Controversial issues and optimal management of stage T1G3 bladder cancer. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 6(8):1283-94, 8/2006. PMID: 16925494.
14. Busby JE, Kamat AM. Chemoprevention for bladder cancer. J Urol 176(5):1914-20, 2006. PMID: 17070211.

Editorials
1. Kamat AM, Fisher MB. Lymph node density: surrogate marker for quality of resection in bladder cancer? Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 7(6):777-9, Jan-Feb, 2007. PMID: 17555386.
2. Kamat AM. Outcome of penile cancer in circumcised men. J Urol 175(2):561, 2006.
3. Kamat AM, Dinney CP. Sequential BCG and electromotive mitomycin versus BCG alone for high-risk superficial bladder cancer: a randomised controlled trial. Nat Clin Pract Urol 3(9):472-473, 2006.
4. Kamat AM. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for invasive bladder cancer: a new standard of care? Am J Clin Onc Rev 2(11):624-637, 2003.

Abstracts
1. Svatek RS, Spiess PE, Sundi D, Tu SM, Tannir NM, Brown GA, Kamat AM, Wood CG, Pisters LL. Long-term outcome for men with teratoma found at postchemotherapy retroperitoneal lymph node dissection. Cancer 115(6):1310-7, 1/2009. e-Pub 1/2009. PMID: 19156903.
2. Margulis V, Shariat SF, Matin SF, Kamat AM, Zigeuner R, Kikuchi E, Lotan Y, Weizer A, Raman JD, Wood CG, Wood CG. Outcomes of radical nephroureterectomy: A series from the Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma Collaboration. Cancer 115(6):1224-33, 1/2009. e-Pub 1/2009. PMID: 19156917.
3. Inamoto T, Papineni S, Chintharlapalli S, Cho SD, Safe S, Kamat AM. 1,1-Bis(3'-indolyl)-1-(p-chlorophenyl)methane activates the orphan nuclear receptor Nurr1 and inhibits bladder cancer growth. Mol Cancer Ther 7(12):3825-33, 12/2008. PMID: 19074857.
4. Hegarty PK, Kamat AM. Management of bladder cancer. Minerva Urol Nefrol 60(4):255-64, 12/2008. PMID: 18923362.
5. Kassouf W, Agarwal PK, Grossman HB, Leibovici D, Munsell MF, Siefker-Radtke A, Pisters LL, Swanson DA, Dinney CP, Kamat AM. Outcome of Patients With Bladder Cancer With pN+ Disease After Preoperative Chemotherapy and Radical Cystectomy. Urology 73(1). e-Pub 10/2008. PMCID: PMC2674246.
6. Kassouf W, Spiess PE, Brown GA, Liu P, Grossman HB, Dinney CP, Kamat AM. Prostatic Urethral Biopsy Has Limited Usefulness in Counseling Patients Regarding Final Urethral Margin Status During Orthotopic Neobladder Reconstruction. J Urol 180(1):164-7; discussion 167, 5/2008. e-Pub 5/15/2008. PMID: 18485384.
7. Cárdenas-Turanzas M, Cooksley C, Kamat AM, Pettaway CA, Elting LS. Gender and age differences in blood utilization and length of stay in radical cystectomy: a population-based study. Int Urol Nephrol 40(4):893-9, 3/2008. e-Pub 3/4/2008. PMID: 18317944.
8. Kassouf W, Agarwal PK, Herr HW, Munsell MF, Spiess PE, Brown GA, Pisters L, Grossman HB, Dinney CP, Kamat AM. Lymph node density is superior to TNM nodal status in predicting disease-specific survival after radical cystectomy for bladder cancer: analysis of pooled data from MDACC and MSKCC. J Clin Oncol 26(1):121-6, 1/2008. PMID: 18165646.
9. Spiess PE, Pisters LL, Liu P, Pettaway CA, Kamat AM, Gomez JA, Tannir NM. Malignant transformation of testicular teratoma: A chemoresistant phenotype. Urol Oncol 26(6):595-9, Nov-Dec, 1/2008. e-Pub 1/14/2008. PMID: 18367105.
10. Wright JL, Black PC, Brown GA, Porter MP, Kamat AM, Dinney CP, Lin DW. Differences in survival among patients with sarcomatoid carcinoma, carcinosarcoma and urothelial carcinoma of the bladder. J Urol 178(6):2302-2306, 12/2007. e-Pub 10/2007. PMID: 17936803.
11. Spiess PE, Tannir NM, Tu SM, Brown GA, Liu P, Kamat AM, Wood CG, Evans JG, Pisters LL. Viable germ cell tumor at postchemotherapy retroperitoneal lymph node dissection: can we predict patients at risk of disease progression? Cancer 110(12):2700-2708, 12/2007. PMID: 17948916.
12. Brown GA, Matin SF, Busby JE, Dinney CP, Grossman HB, Pettaway CA, Munsell MF, Kamat AM. Ability of clinical grade to predict final pathologic stage in upper urinary tract transitional cell carcinoma: implications for therapy. Urology 70(2):252-6, 8/2007. PMCID: PMC2034451.

Book Chapters
1. Kamat AM, Nseyo UO. Dysuria. In: Five Minute Urology Consult. Ed(s) Gomella LG. Lippincott: Philadelphia, 28-29, 2000.
2. Kamat AM. Laboratory investigation in urology. In: Urology for Primary Care Physicians. Ed(s) Nseyo UO, Weinman E, Lamm DL. WB Saunders, 23-31, 1999.

Letters to the Editor
1. Kamat AM, Wu X. Statins and the effect of BCG on bladder cancer. N Engl J Med 356(12):1276; author reply 1276-7, Jan-Feb, 3/2007. PMID: 17377172.

Manuals, Teaching Aids, Other Teaching Publications
1. Kamat AM. When to Use Intravesical Therapy for Bladder Cancer. Renal & Urology News, 2007.
2. Kamat AM. Bladder Cancer Options - State of the Art Patient Care. 1 & 2, 2005.
3. Kamat AM. Prostate Cancer Guidlines. HealthGate: Burlington, MA, 2005.
4. Kamat AM. BCG Immunotherapy: Bladder Cancer and Beyond. CME Supplement to "Renal & Urology News", 2004.
 

Other
1. Newsletter. "Ask the Doctor", BCAN Newsletter, April 2007.

Last updated: 10/7/2009