Luca Afferi

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 403 citations indexed

About

Luca Afferi is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Urology. According to data from OpenAlex, Luca Afferi has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 403 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Surgery, 14 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 9 papers in Urology. Recurrent topics in Luca Afferi's work include Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments (18 papers), Urinary and Genital Oncology Studies (12 papers) and Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (7 papers). Luca Afferi is often cited by papers focused on Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments (18 papers), Urinary and Genital Oncology Studies (12 papers) and Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (7 papers). Luca Afferi collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Italy and Spain. Luca Afferi's co-authors include Marco Moschini, Hugh Mostafid, Yair Lotan, Sima P. Porten, Shilpa Gupta, Niyati Lobo, Sarah P. Psutka, Angela B. Smith, Stephen B. Williams and Agostino Mattei and has published in prestigious journals such as European Urology, BMC Medicine and British Journal of Urology.

In The Last Decade

Luca Afferi

30 papers receiving 403 citations

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Epidemiology, Screening, and Prevention of Bladder Cancer

2022 159 citations Luca Afferi, Marco Moschini et al. European Urology Oncology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Luca Afferi Switzerland	9	251	137	80	73	55	34	403
Hyeong Dong Yuk South Korea	12	176 0.7×	126 0.9×	67 0.8×	97 1.3×	45 0.8×	52	349
Yanxiang Shao China	12	119 0.5×	124 0.9×	86 1.1×	102 1.4×	31 0.6×	32	356
Taro Kubo Japan	10	86 0.3×	104 0.8×	85 1.1×	89 1.2×	47 0.9×	56	369
Kuang-Kuo Chen Taiwan	13	241 1.0×	164 1.2×	58 0.7×	84 1.2×	87 1.6×	24	435
Cheng‐Kuang Yang Taiwan	13	116 0.5×	164 1.2×	82 1.0×	41 0.6×	62 1.1×	42	346
Faruk Özcan Türkiye	11	148 0.6×	133 1.0×	96 1.2×	43 0.6×	41 0.7×	39	308
Barbaros Başeskioğlu Türkiye	10	103 0.4×	226 1.6×	102 1.3×	47 0.6×	29 0.5×	37	345
Chuan-Shu Chen Taiwan	12	96 0.4×	146 1.1×	141 1.8×	54 0.7×	27 0.5×	52	339
Antonio Alcini Italy	10	202 0.8×	81 0.6×	146 1.8×	59 0.8×	84 1.5×	23	413
A. Berenguer Sánchez Spain	9	165 0.7×	312 2.3×	62 0.8×	147 2.0×	65 1.2×	78	520

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Krajewski, Wojciech, Łukasz Nowak, Joanna Chorbińska, et al.. (2025). Impact of Histological Subtypes/Divergent Differentiation on Clinicopathological and Oncological Outcomes for Patients with Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma Treated with Radical Nephroureterectomy: A Comprehensive Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. European Urology Oncology. 8(4). 1126–1139. 1 indexed citations

Grossmann, Nico C., et al.. (2025). Measuring kidney stone volume – practical considerations and current evidence from the EAU endourology section. Current Opinion in Urology. 35(4). 323–330. 2 indexed citations

Afferi, Luca, Beate Jahn, Amar H. Kelkar, et al.. (2025). Perioperative cisplatin-based chemotherapy for muscle-invasive bladder cancer: a decision analysis. World Journal of Urology. 43(1). 197–197.

Gallioli, Andrea, Giuseppe Basile, Donato Cannoletta, et al.. (2025). Systematic biopsies of the upper urinary tract: a tool to improve the diagnostic accuracy of ureteroscopy and characterization of upper tract urothelial cancer. World Journal of Urology. 43(1). 614–614.

Territo, Angelo, Donato Cannoletta, Christian Corsini, et al.. (2025). Exploring the role of thulium fiber laser in conservative treatment of UTUC: oncological and surgical outcomes. Minerva Urology and Nephrology. 77(5). 683–689.

Pichler, Renate, Andrea Mari, Luca Afferi, et al.. (2024). Treating BCG-Induced Cystitis with Combined Chondroitin and Hyaluronic Acid Instillations in Bladder Cancer. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 13(7). 2031–2031. 3 indexed citations

Sorce, Gabriele, Armando Stabile, Francesco Pellegrino, et al.. (2024). The impact of mpMRI-targeted vs systematic biopsy on the risk of prostate cancer downgrading at final pathology. World Journal of Urology. 42(1). 248–248. 2 indexed citations

Basile, Giuseppe, Riccardo Leni, Donato Cannoletta, et al.. (2024). En Bloc Versus Conventional Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumors: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Oncological, Histopathological, and Surgical Outcomes. European Urology Oncology. 8(2). 520–533. 2 indexed citations

Territo, Angelo, et al.. (2024). Robot-assisted Kidney Transplantation in Patients Undergoing Cystectomy with Urinary Diversion: First Cases Reported by the ERUS-RAKT Working Group. European Urology Open Science. 71. 144–147. 1 indexed citations

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Pellegrino, Francesco, Elio Mazzone, Armando Stabile, et al.. (2023). Impact of the time elapsed between prostate biopsy and surgery on the accuracy of nomograms predicting lymph node invasion in patients with clinically localized prostate cancer. Urologic Oncology Seminars and Original Investigations. 41(9). 387.e17–387.e25. 3 indexed citations

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Afferi, Luca, Mattia Longoni, Marco Moschini, et al.. (2023). Health-related quality of life in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer treated with androgen receptor signaling inhibitors: the role of combination treatment therapy. Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases. 27(2). 173–182. 9 indexed citations

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Afferi, Luca, Philipp Baumeister, Christian D. Fankhauser, et al.. (2021). Nerve-sparing Robot-assisted Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection: The Monoblock Technique. European Urology Open Science. 32. 1–7. 3 indexed citations

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Fankhauser, Christian D., Marian S. Wettstein, Luca Afferi, Nico C. Grossmann, & Hugh Mostafid. (2021). En Bloc Resection of Bladder Tumor—Is It the Way Forward?. Frontiers in Surgery. 8. 685506–685506. 3 indexed citations

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Lonati, Chiara, Francesco Esperto, Roberto Mario Scarpa, et al.. (2021). Bladder perforation during transurethral resection of the bladder: a comprehensive algorithm for diagnosis, management and follow-up. Minerva Urology and Nephrology. 74(5). 570–580. 8 indexed citations

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Afferi, Luca, Marco Moschini, Philipp Baumeister, et al.. (2020). Trends in risk-group distribution and Pentafecta outcomes in patients treated with nerve-sparing, robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: a 10-year low-intermediate volume single-center experience. World Journal of Urology. 39(2). 389–397. 7 indexed citations

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Afferi, Luca, Alessandro Antonelli, Maria Angela Cerruto, et al.. (2020). The impact of preoperative nutritional status on post-surgical complication and mortality rates in patients undergoing radical cystectomy for bladder cancer: a systematic review of the literature. World Journal of Urology. 39(4). 1045–1081. 34 indexed citations

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Carando, Roberto, Benjamin Pradère, Luca Afferi, et al.. (2020). The role of device-assisted therapies in the management of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer: A systematic review. Progrès en Urologie. 30(6). 322–331. 7 indexed citations

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Mattei, Agostino, Christoph Würnschimmel, Philipp Baumeister, et al.. (2020). Standardized and Simplified Robot-assisted Superextended Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection for Prostate Cancer: The Monoblock Technique. European Urology. 78(3). 424–431. 7 indexed citations

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Gandaglia, Giorgio, Guillaume Ploussard, Massimo Valério, et al.. (2020). Prognostic Implications of Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Concomitant Systematic Biopsy in Predicting Biochemical Recurrence After Radical Prostatectomy in Prostate Cancer Patients Diagnosed with Magnetic Resonance Imaging–targeted Biopsy. European Urology Oncology. 3(6). 739–747. 31 indexed citations

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Klatte, Tobias, Kevin Gallagher, Luca Afferi, et al.. (2019). The VENUSS prognostic model to predict disease recurrence following surgery for non-metastatic papillary renal cell carcinoma: development and evaluation using the ASSURE prospective clinical trial cohort. BMC Medicine. 17(1). 182–182. 21 indexed citations

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