Leonardo D’Urso

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Leonardo D’Urso is a scholar working on Urology, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Leonardo D’Urso has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Urology, 11 papers in Surgery and 11 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Leonardo D’Urso's work include Urological Disorders and Treatments (12 papers), Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (7 papers) and Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments (6 papers). Leonardo D’Urso is often cited by papers focused on Urological Disorders and Treatments (12 papers), Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (7 papers) and Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments (6 papers). Leonardo D’Urso collaborates with scholars based in Italy and United Kingdom. Leonardo D’Urso's co-authors include Giovanni Muto, Antonio Addario, Lorenzo Memeo, Désirée Bonci, Valeria Coppola, Ruggero De Maria, Mauro Biffoni, Maria Musumeci, C Peschle and Catherine Labbaye and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Medicine, Oncogene and The Journal of Urology.

In The Last Decade

Leonardo D’Urso

27 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The miR-15a–miR-16-1 cluster controls prostate cancer by targeting multiple oncogenic activities

2008 789 citations Désirée Bonci, Valeria Coppola et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leonardo D’Urso Italy	14	879	822	264	261	193	29	1.4k
Shao‐Hao Chen China	19	375 0.4×	252 0.3×	186 0.7×	442 1.7×	159 0.8×	80	890
Randy Fagin United States	9	901 1.0×	798 1.0×	208 0.8×	429 1.6×	193 1.0×	11	1.5k
Shin Ebara Japan	18	684 0.8×	231 0.3×	230 0.9×	415 1.6×	95 0.5×	65	1.6k
Leopoldo Alves Ribeiro‐Filho Brazil	21	906 1.0×	164 0.2×	369 1.4×	282 1.1×	124 0.6×	53	1.3k
Fumihiko Urabe Japan	16	797 0.9×	612 0.7×	200 0.8×	329 1.3×	23 0.1×	108	1.2k
Guangzheng Zhong China	16	1.2k 1.4×	989 1.2×	231 0.9×	172 0.7×	22 0.1×	29	1.7k
W.-D. Beecken Germany	10	253 0.3×	131 0.2×	246 0.9×	185 0.7×	128 0.7×	14	768
Sharad Kholia Italy	17	1.3k 1.4×	682 0.8×	155 0.6×	89 0.3×	19 0.1×	25	1.5k
Koichiro Minami Japan	19	396 0.5×	287 0.3×	221 0.8×	162 0.6×	91 0.5×	46	980
Tomoaki Takai Japan	17	597 0.7×	455 0.6×	126 0.5×	207 0.8×	80 0.4×	37	937

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leonardo D’Urso

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Muto, Giovanni, Devis Collura, Alessandro Giacobbe, et al.. (2014). Thulium:yttrium-aluminum–garnet Laser for En Bloc Resection of Bladder Cancer: Clinical and Histopathologic Advantages. Urology. 83(4). 851–855. 47 indexed citations

D’Urso, Leonardo, Giuseppe Simone, Devis Collura, et al.. (2014). Benefits and shortcomings of superselective transarterial embolization of renal tumors before zero ischemia laparoscopic partial nephrectomy. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 40(12). 1731–1737. 19 indexed citations

Mearini, Luigi, Leonardo D’Urso, Devis Collura, et al.. (2014). High-intensity focused ultrasound for the treatment of prostate cancer: A prospective trial with long-term follow-up. Scandinavian Journal of Urology. 49(4). 267–274. 19 indexed citations

Muñoz, Fernando, Alessia Guarneri, Angela Botticella, et al.. (2013). Salvage External Beam Radiotherapy for Recurrent Prostate Adenocarcinoma after High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound as Primary Treatment. Urologia Internationalis. 90(3). 288–293. 9 indexed citations

Muto, Giovanni, E Castelli, Leonardo D’Urso, et al.. (2013). The Turin Pouch: A New Technique of Ileocecal Cutaneous Continent Urinary Diversion. Urology. 81(3). 663–668.

Muto, Giovanni, et al.. (2011). Laparoscopic Microwave Ablation and Enucleation of Small Renal Masses: Preliminary Experience. European Urology. 60(1). 173–176. 17 indexed citations

Musumeci, Maria, Valeria Coppola, Antonio Addario, et al.. (2011). Control of tumor and microenvironment cross-talk by miR-15a and miR-16 in prostate cancer. Oncogene. 30(41). 4231–4242. 201 indexed citations

Ritchie, Robert W., Tom Leslie, Gareth D. H. Turner, et al.. (2010). Laparoscopic high‐intensity focused ultrasound for renal tumours: a proof of concept study. British Journal of Urology. 107(8). 1290–1296. 25 indexed citations

Risio, Mauro, Tiziana Venesio, Paola Armaroli, et al.. (2010). Genetic polymorphisms of CYP17A1, vitamin D receptor and androgen receptor in Italian heredo-familial and sporadic prostate cancers. Cancer Epidemiology. 35(4). e18–e24. 15 indexed citations

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Migliari, Roberto, Donatella Pistolesi, Leonardo D’Urso, & Giovanni Muto. (2009). Recurrent Pseudodiverticula of Female Urethra: Five-year Experience. Urology. 73(6). 1218–1222. 13 indexed citations

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Bonci, Désirée, Valeria Coppola, Maria Musumeci, et al.. (2009). THE MIR-15A/MIR-16-1 CLUSTER CONTROLS PROSTATE CANCER PROGRESSION CONTROL BY TARGETING OF MULTIPLE ONCOGENIC ACTIVITIES. The Journal of Urology. 181(4S). 188–188. 2 indexed citations

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Marangella, Martino, et al.. (2008). Time‐related changes of metabolic and physicochemical profiles in patients with mechanical ileal neobladders. British Journal of Urology. 101(12). 1571–1575. 7 indexed citations

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Cirillo, Stefano, Massimo Petracchini, Leonardo D’Urso, et al.. (2008). Endorectal magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy to monitor the prostate for residual disease or local cancer recurrence after transrectal high‐intensity focused ultrasound. British Journal of Urology. 102(4). 452–458. 20 indexed citations

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Mearini, Luigi, Leonardo D’Urso, Devis Collura, et al.. (2008). Visually Directed Transrectal High Intensity Focused Ultrasound for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer: A Preliminary Report on the Italian Experience. The Journal of Urology. 181(1). 105–112. 46 indexed citations

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Morabito, Francesco Carlo, Riccardo Rossi, U Ferrando, et al.. (2006). Multicenter study on the use of gemcitabine to prevent recurrence of multiple-recurring superficial bladder tumors following intravesical antiblastic agents and/or BCG: evaluation of tolerance.. PubMed. 78(1). 1–4. 7 indexed citations

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Muto, Giovanni, et al.. (2005). New Serosal Lined Antireflux Ureteroileal Implantation Technique on a Gia Stapler Detubularised Ileal Neobladder: Technical Considerations and Results. European Urology. 48(5). 826–831. 1 indexed citations

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D’Urso, Leonardo, et al.. (2005). Intermittent bladder urinary retention in a young woman: an unusual presentation of partial urethral duplication. International braz j urol. 31(3). 259–261. 1 indexed citations

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D’Urso, Leonardo, et al.. (2001). Conservative treatment of iatrogenic urinary fistulas: the value of cyanoacrylic glue. Urology. 58(6). 1046–1048. 23 indexed citations

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Aragona, F, et al.. (1997). Renal agenesis, ureteral ectopia into seminal vesicle, vas deferens agenesis and hemivertebra: An incomplete form of caudal regression syndrome?. International Urology and Nephrology. 29(4). 403–410. 2 indexed citations

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Aragona, Francesco, et al.. (1997). POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE GIANT GRANULOMA AND ADENOPATHY: LONG-TERM COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING SUBURETERAL POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE INJECTION FOR THE TREATMENT OF VESICOURETERAL REFLUX IN CHILDREN. The Journal of Urology. 158(4). 1539–1542. 46 indexed citations

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