2002 Gerald P. Murphy Scholar Award for research in Prostate Cancer at Wayne State University
Best Poster Paper, Urothelial Tumors Session of the XVIIIth European Urological Association Meeting:
"Comparison of clinical outcome of conventional high‐grade invasive TCC with TCC exhibiting aggressive features"
2003 Gerald P. Murphy Scholar Award for research in Prostate Cancer at Wayne State University
2003 2005 Urologic Oncology Research Scholar for the American Foundation of Urologic Disease,
"Molecular Characterization of the Natural History of Prostate Cancer", Memorial Sloan‐Kettering Cancer Canter,
period 2003‐2005
OTRAS ACTIVIDADES ACADEMICAS
1996‐1998 Karmanos Cancer Institute, Multidiciplinary Prostate Cancer database desing and development
committee
RESPONSABILIDADES EDITORIALES
2000 ‐ 2002 Editorial Board, Revisiones en Urologia, Barcelona, Spain
2003 ‐Advisory Board, Revista de Urologia, Madrid, Spain
2003 ‐Consultant Reviewer, Ethnicity & Disease, USA
2003 ‐Consultant Reviewer: Journal of Urology, USA
INVITADO DISTINGUIDO PARA LECTURAS
Karmanos Cancer Institute Cancer Innovations Seminar: "Zymmographic analysis of cell‐pellets from
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Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder: Feasibility and Possibilities" Oct 21 , 1997
James M. Pierce Annual Memorial Lecture. Urology Dept., Wayne State University "The Role of Bone Scans
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before and after Radical Prostatectomy: increasing its positive predictive value" April 17 , 1998
James M. Pierce Annual Memorial Lecture. Urology Dept., Wayne State University "Significance of the
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discrepancy between Biopsy and Radical Prostatectomy Specimen Gleason scores" April 16 , 1999
WWJ Radio Channel 750AM. Detroit, MI. "Stage‐Shift in Prostate Cancer: Implications for Survival" June
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2 , 2001
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Reuters‐Health Webcast: "The shift in prostate cancer staging and its survival implications" June 4 , 2001
James M. Pierce Annual Memorial Lecture. Urology Dept., Wayne State University "Paradigms in prostate
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cancer staging and survival in the African‐American men" Oct 5 , 2001
James M. Pierce Annual Memorial Lecture. Urology Dept., Wayne State University "Prostate Cancer
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Recurrence Mortality: Management after Radical Prostatectomy" Sep 20 , 2002
PUBLICACIONES
Dubocq, F. M., Bianco, F. J., Jr., Maralani, S. J., Forman, J. D., and Dhabuwala, C. B. Outcome analysis of
penile implant surgery after external beam radiation for prostate cancer. J Urol, 158(5): 1787‐90, 1997.
Li, H., George, V. K., Bianco, F. J., Jr., Lawrence, W. D., and Dhabuwala, C. B. Histopathological changes in the
testes of prepubertal male rats after chronic administration of cocaine. J Env Pathol Toxicol Oncol, 16(1): 67‐71, 1997.
Cher, M. L., Bianco, F. J., Jr., Lam, J. S., Davis, L. P., Grignon, D. J., Sakr, W. A., Banerjee, M., Pontes, J. E., and
Wood, D. P., Jr. Limited role of radionuclide bone scintigraphy in patients with prostate specific antigen elevations
after radical prostatectomy. J Urol, 160(4): 1387‐91, 1998.
Bianco, F. J., Jr., Gervasi, D. C., Tiguert, R., Grignon, D. J., Pontes, J. E., Crissman, J. D., Fridman, R., and
Wood, D. P., Jr. Matrix metalloproteinase‐9 expression in bladder washes from bladder cancer patients predicts
pathological stage and grade. Clin Cancer Res, 4(12): 3011‐6, 1998.
Jimenez, R. E., Hussain, M., Bianco, F. J., Jr., Vaishampayan, U., Tabazka, P., Sakr, W. A., Pontes, J. E., Wood,
D.P Jr., Grignon, D. J. Her‐2/neu Overexpression in Muscle‐invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder: prognostic
significance and comparative analysis in primary and metastatic tumors. Clin Canc Res, 7(8): 2440‐47, 2001.
Shekarriz, B., Upadhyay, J., Bianco, F. J., Jr., Tefilli, M., Gheiler, E. L., Grignon, D. J., Pontes, J. E., and Wood,
D. P., Jr. Impact of sequential increases in preoperative serum PSA level from 0 to 10 ng/ml on pathological findings
and disease free survival after radical prostatectomy. Prostate, 48(3): 136‐143, 2001.
Narain, V., Bianco, F. J., Jr., Grignon, D. J., Sakr, W. A., Pontes, J. E., and Wood, D. P., Jr. How accurately does
prostate biopsy Gleason score predict pathologic findings and disease free survival? Prostate, 49(3): 185‐190, 2001.
Tiguert, R., Bianco, F. J., Jr., Oskanian, P., Li, Y., Grignon, D. J., Wood, D. P., Jr., Pontes, J. E., and Sarkar, F. H.
Structural alteration of p53 protein in patients with muscle invasive bladder transitional cell carcinoma. J Urol, 166(6):
2155‐2160, 2001.
Bianco, F. J., Jr., Wood, D. P., Jr., Gomes de Oliveira, J., Nemeth, J. A., Beaman, A. A., and Cher, M. L.
Proliferation of prostate cancer cells in the bone marrow predicts recurrence in patients with localized prostate
cancer. Prostate, 49(4): 235‐242, 2001.
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