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Name
Marcus Quek
Degree
M.D.
Rank
Professor
Primary Department
Urology
Education
Medical School
University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
Residencies
Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center Surgery: General Surgery
Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center Urology
Fellowships
USC Medical Center/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center Urologic Oncology
Hobbies
Golf
Piano
Wine and Food
Violin
Family/Friends
Publications
Rac, G; Ellis, JL; Janakiraman, S; Plumb, A; Elliott, N; Lanzotti, NJ; Lee, JH; Gali, K; Quek, ML; Patel, HD; Gupta, GN Risk of pseudoaneurysm and bleeding complications after partial nephrectomy: comparison of tumor enucleation to standard margin technique. Journal of robotic surgery ; 18 1
Yang, R; Rac, G; Felice, MD; Pahouja, G; Ko, C; Okabe, Y; Naha, U; Chen, VS; Druck, A; Gupta, GN; Woods, ME; Gorbonos, A; Quek, ML; Patel, HD Robotic versus open radical cystectomy for bladder cancer: evaluation of complications, survival, and opioid prescribing patterns. Journal of robotic surgery ; 18 1
Patel, HD; Halgrimson, WR; Sweigert, SE; Shea, SM; Turk, TMT; Quek, ML; Gorbonos, A; Flanigan, RC; Goldberg, A; Gupta, GN Variability in prostate cancer detection among radiologists and urologists using MRI fusion biopsy. BJUI compass ; 5 2
Patel, HD; Naha, U; Chen, VS; Ko, C; Yang, R; Druck, A; Rac, G; Ellis, JL; Gupta, GN; Woods, ME; Gorbonos, A; Flanigan, R; Quek, ML Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Before Radical Cystectomy for Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer: Elective and Eligibility Factors Impacting Utilization. Urology practice ;
Ellis, JL; Dalimov, Z; Chew, L; Quek, ML Preoperative optimization of the radical cystectomy patient: Current state and future directions. Journal of surgical oncology ;
Linehan, J; Gottlieb, J; Woldu, SL; Labbate, C; Rose, K; Sexton, W; Kaimakliotis, H; Jacob, J; Dickstein, R; Nieder, A; Bjurlin, M; Humphreys, M; Ghodoussipour, S; Quek, M; O'Donnell, M; Eisner, BH; Feldman, AS; Matin, SF; Lotan, Y; Murray, KS Corrigendum to "Route of Administration for UGN-101 and Impact on Oncological and Safety Outcomes" [Eur. Urol. Focus (2023)]. European urology focus ;
Jacob, JM; Woldu, SL; Linehan, J; Labbate, C; Rose, KM; Sexton, WJ; Tachibana, I; Kaimakliotis, H; Nieder, A; Bjurlin, MA; Humphreys, M; Ghodoussipor, S; Quek, ML; Johnson, B; O'Donnell, M; Eisner, BH; Feldman, AS; Murray, KS; Matin, SF; Lotan, Y; Dickstein, RJ First analysis of the safety and efficacy of UGN-101 in the treatment of ureteral tumors. Urologic oncology ;
Kaimakliotis, HZ; Tachibana, I; Woldu, S; Labbate, C; Jacob, J; Murray, K; Rose, K; Sexton, W; Dickstein, R; Linehan, J; Nieder, A; Bjurlin, M; Humphreys, M; Ghodoussipor, S; Quek, M; O'Donnell, M; Eisner, BH; Matin, SF; Lotan, Y; Feldman, AS The ablative effect of mitomycin reverse thermal gel: Expanding the role for nephron preservation therapy in low grade upper tract urothelial carcinoma. Urologic oncology ;
Linehan, J; Gottlieb, J; Woldu, SL; Labbate, C; Rose, K; Sexton, W; Kaimakliotis, H; Jacob, J; Dickstein, R; Nieder, A; Bjurlin, M; Humphreys, M; Ghodoussipor, S; Quek, M; O'Donnell, M; Eisner, BH; Feldman, AS; Matin, SF; Lotan, Y; Murray, KS Route of Administration for UGN-101 and Impact on Oncological and Safety Outcomes. European urology focus ;
James, C; Gomez, K; Desai, S; Patel, HD; Rac, G; Doshi, CP; Dornbier, R; Bajic, P; Halverson, T; Gupta, GN; Quek, ML; Gorbonos, A; Flanigan, R; Wolfe, AJ Impact of intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin and chemotherapy on the bladder microbiome in patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer. FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY ; 13
Labbate, C; Woldu, S; Murray, K; Rose, K; Sexton, W; Tachibana, I; Kaimakliotis, H; Jacob, J; Dickstein, R; Linehan, J; Nieder, A; Bjurlin, M; Humphreys, M; Ghodoussipor, S; Quek, M; O'Donnell, M; Eisner, B; Feldman, A; Lotan, Y; Matin, SF Efficacy and safety of mitomycin gel (UGN-101) as an adjuvant therapy after complete endoscopic management of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma. The Journal of urology ;
Woldu, SL; Labbate, C; Murray, KS; Rose, K; Sexton, W; Tachibana, I; Kaimakliotis, H; Jacob, J; Dickstein, R; Linehan, J; Nieder, A; Bjurlin, MA; Humphreys, M; Ghodoussipor, S; Quek, ML; O'Donnell, M; Eisner, BH; Feldman, AS; Matin, SF; Lotan, Y Early experience with UGN-101 for the treatment of upper tract urothelial cancer - A multicenter evaluation of practice patterns and outcomes. Urologic oncology ;
Pahouja, G; Patel, HD; Desai, S; Rac, G; Cheng, T; Okabe, Y; Gorbonos, A; Quek, ML; Flanigan, RC; Picken, MM; Gupta, GN The rising incidence of ductal adenocarcinoma and intraductal carcinoma of the prostate: Diagnostic accuracy of biopsy, MRI-visibility, and outcomes. Urologic oncology ; 41 1
Patel, HD; Huai, K; Elliott, N; Thorson, DL; Rac, G; Picken, MM; Quek, ML; Bova, D; Gupta, GN Differentiating Oncocytic Renal Tumors from Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma: Comparison of Peak Early-phase Enhancement Ratio to Clinical Risk Factors and Rater Predictions. European urology open science ; 46
Patel, HD; Okabe, Y; Rac, G; Pahouja, G; Desai, S; Shea, SM; Gorbonos, A; Quek, ML; Flanigan, RC; Goldberg, A; Gupta, GN MRI versus non-MRI diagnostic pathways before radical prostatectomy: Impact on nerve-sparing, positive surgical margins, and biochemical recurrence. Urologic oncology ;
Choe, S; Patel, HD; Lanzotti, N; Okabe, Y; Rac, G; Shea, SM; Gorbonos, A; Quek, ML; Flanigan, RC; Goldberg, A; Gupta, GN MRI vs Transrectal Ultrasound to Estimate Prostate Volume and PSAD: Impact on Prostate Cancer Detection. Urology ;
Patel, HD; Koehne, EL; Shea, SM; Fang, AM; Gerena, M; Gorbonos, A; Quek, ML; Flanigan, RC; Goldberg, A; Rais-Bahrami, S; Gupta, GN A prostate biopsy risk calculator based on MRI: development and comparison of the Prospective Loyola University multiparametric MRI (PLUM) and Prostate Biopsy Collaborative Group (PBCG) risk calculators. BJU international ;
Hartman, NC; Trabzonlu, L; Barkan, GA; Quek, ML Splenogonadal Fusion: A Rare Mimicker of Malignancy. Case reports in surgery ; 2022
Patel, HD; Man, A; Koehne, EL; Rac, G; Aragao, AP; Flanigan, RC; Gorbonos, A; Gupta, GN; Woods, ME; Picken, MM; Quek, ML Percentage of sarcomatoid histology is associated with survival in renal cell carcinoma: Stratification and implications by clinical metastatic stage. Urologic oncology ;
Patel, HD; Koehne, EL; Gali, K; Lanzotti, NJ; Rac, G; Desai, S; Pahouja, G; Quek, ML; Gupta, GN Robotic-assisted tumor enucleation versus standard margin partial nephrectomy: Perioperative, renal functional, and oncologic outcomes for low and intermediate complexity renal masses. Urologic oncology ;
Venkatramani, V; Reis, IM; Gonzalgo, ML; Castle, EP; Woods, ME; Svatek, RS; Weizer, AZ; Konety, BR; Tollefson, M; Krupski, TL; Smith, ND; Shabsigh, A; Barocas, DA; Quek, ML; Dash, A; Parekh, DJ Comparison of Robot-Assisted and Open Radical Cystectomy in Recovery of Patient-Reported and Performance-Related Measures of Independence: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA network open ; 5 2
Matin, SF; Pierorazio, PM; Kleinmann, N; Gore, JL; Shabsigh, A; Hu, B; Chamie, K; Godoy, G; Hubosky, SG; Rivera, M; O'Donnell, M; Quek, M; Raman, JD; Knoedler, JJ; Scherr, D; Weight, C; Weizer, A; Woods, M; Kaimakliotis, H; Smith, AB; Linehan, J; Coleman, J; Humphreys, MR; Pak, R; Lifshitz, D; Verni, M; Klein, I; Konorty, M; Strauss-Ayali, D; Hakim, G; Seltzer, E; Schoenberg, M; Lerner, SP Reply by Authors. The Journal of urology ;
Matin, SF; Pierorazio, PM; Kleinmann, N; Gore, JL; Shabsigh, A; Hu, B; Chamie, K; Godoy, G; Hubosky, SG; Rivera, M; O'Donnell, M; Quek, M; Raman, JD; Knoedler, JJ; Scherr, D; Weight, C; Weizer, A; Woods, M; Kaimakliotis, H; Smith, AB; Linehan, J; Coleman, J; Humphreys, MR; Pak, R; Lifshitz, D; Verni, M; Klein, I; Konorty, M; Strauss-Ayali, D; Hakim, G; Seltzer, E; Schoenberg, M; Lerner, SP Durability of Response to Primary Chemoablation of Low-Grade Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma Using UGN-101, a Mitomycin-Containing Reverse Thermal Gel: OLYMPUS Trial Final Report. The Journal of urology ;
Patel, HD; Koehne, EL; Shea, SM; Bhanji, Y; Gerena, M; Gorbonos, A; Quek, ML; Flanigan, RC; Goldberg, A; Gupta, GN Risk of prostate cancer for men with prior negative biopsies undergoing magnetic resonance imaging compared with biopsy-naive men: A prospective evaluation of the PLUM cohort. Cancer ;
Patel, HD; Koehne, EL; Shea, SM; Fang, AM; Gorbonos, A; Quek, ML; Flanigan, RC; Goldberg, A; Rais-Bahrami, S; Gupta, GN Systematic versus Targeted MRI/Ultrasound Fusion Prostate Biopsy Among Men with MRI-Visible Lesions. The Journal of urology ;
Patel, HD; Patel, SH; Blanco-Martinez, E; Kuzbel, J; Chen, VS; Druck, A; Koehne, EL; Patel, PM; Doshi, CP; Hahn, NM; Hoffman-Censits, JH; Berg, S; Bivalacqua, TJ; Kates, M; Quek, ML Four versus Three Cycles of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer: Implications for Pathologic Response and Survival. The Journal of urology ;
Patel, HD; Doshi, CP; Koehne, EL; Hart, S; Van Kuiken, M; Quek, ML; Flanigan, RC; Gupta, GN African American Men have Increased Risk of Prostate Cancer Detection Despite Similar Rates of Anterior Prostatic Lesions and PI-RADS Grade on Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Urology ;
Harmon, G; Chan, D; Lee, B; Miller, C; Gorbonos, A; Gupta, G; Quek, M; Woods, M; Savir-Baruch, B; Harkenrider, MM; Solanki, AA Validating Modern NRG Oncology Pelvic Nodal and GFRU Prostate Bed Contouring Guidelines for Post-prostatectomy Salvage Radiation: A Secondary Analysis of the LOCATE Trial. International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics ;
Flanigan, RC; Dornbier, R; Quek, ML; Woods, M; Gorbonos, A; Gupta, G; Harkenrider, MM; Solanki, A; Badami, A; Henry, E; Berg, S; Bova, D; Barkan, GA; Picken, MM Penile Paget's Disease: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. ARCHIVES OF NEPHROLOGY AND UROLOGY ; 3 4
Nomani, L; Abro, S; Quek, ML; Barkan, GA Guar bean in urinary cytology: a morphologic pitfall. Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology ;
Becerra, MF; Venkatramani, V; Reis, IM; Soodana-Prakash, N; Punnen, S; Gonzalgo, ML; Raolji, S; Castle, EP; Woods, ME; Svatek, RS; Weizer, AZ; Konety, BR; Tollefson, M; Krupski, TL; Smith, ND; Shabsigh, A; Barocas, DA; Quek, ML; Dash, A; Parekh, DJ Health Related Quality of Life of Patients with Bladder Cancer in the RAZOR Trial: A Multi-Institutional Randomized Trial Comparing Robot versus Open Radical Cystectomy. The Journal of urology ; 204 3
Doshi, CP; Wozniak, A; Quek, ML Near-infrared Fluorescence Imaging of Ureters With Intravenous Indocyanine Green During Radical Cystectomy to Prevent Ureteroenteric Anastomotic Strictures. Urology ;
Kleinmann, N; Matin, SF; Pierorazio, PM; Gore, JL; Shabsigh, A; Hu, B; Chamie, K; Godoy, G; Hubosky, S; Rivera, M; O'Donnell, M; Quek, M; Raman, JD; Knoedler, JJ; Scherr, D; Stern, J; Weight, C; Weizer, A; Woods, M; Kaimakliotis, H; Smith, AB; Linehan, J; Coleman, J; Humphreys, MR; Pak, R; Lifshitz, D; Verni, M; Adibi, M; Amin, MB; Seltzer, E; Klein, I; Konorty, M; Strauss-Ayali, D; Hakim, G; Schoenberg, M; Lerner, SP Primary chemoablation of low-grade upper tract urothelial carcinoma using UGN-101, a mitomycin-containing reverse thermal gel (OLYMPUS): an open-label, single-arm, phase 3 trial. The Lancet. Oncology ; 21 6
HART, SPENCER T.; WOODS, MICHAEL E.; QUEK, MARCUS L. Gender disparities in bladder cancer management: Poor outcomes in women may stem from diagnostic, therapeutic, biologic factors. Urology Times ; 47 2
Kim, K; Kong, A; Flanigan, RC; Quek, ML; Hollowell, CMP; Vidal, PP; Branch, J; Dean, LA; Macias, V; Kajadacsy-Balla, AA; Fitzgibbon, ML; Cintron, D; Liu, L; Freeman, VL Pre-diagnostic carbohydrate intake and treatment failure after radical prostatectomy for early-stage prostate cancer. Cancer causes & control : CCC ; 30 3
Doshi, CP; Barkan, GA; Quek, ML Urothelial Carcinoma Recurrence in an Orthotopic Neobladder without Urethral or Upper Urinary Tract Involvement. Case reports in urology ; 2019
Nelson, MH; Quek, ML Perioperative mortality following radical cystectomy: the slippery slope of complications. Translational andrology and urology ; 8 Suppl 3
Venkatramani, V; Reis, IM; Castle, EP; Gonzalgo, ML; Woods, ME; Svatek, RS; Weizer, AZ; Konety, BR; Tollefson, M; Krupski, TL; Smith, ND; Shabsigh, A; Barocas, DA; Quek, ML; Dash, A; Kibel, AS; Pruthi, RS; Montgomery, JS; Weight, CJ; Sharp, DS; Chang, SS; Cookson, MS; Gupta, GN; Gorbonos, A; Uchio, EM; Skinner, E; Soodana-Prakash, N; Becerra, MF; Swain, S; Kendrick, K; Smith, JA; Thompson, IM; Parekh, DJ Predictors of Recurrence, and Progression-Free and Overall Survival following Open versus Robotic Radical Cystectomy: Analysis from the RAZOR Trial with a 3-Year Followup. The Journal of urology ; 203 3
Doshi, CP; Montgomery, J; Quek, ML; Turk, TMT; Wolfe, AJ; Bajic, P "Sterile" Epididymal Abscess With Contralateral Intratesticular Recurrence. Urology ; 136
Van Kuiken, M; Blackwell, RH; Bisanz, B; Joyce, C; Yacoub, J; Shea, S; Goldberg, A; Quek, ML; Flanigan, RC; Gupta, GN Role of Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging Prostate Specific Antigen Density and PI-RADS™ Score in Predicting Up Staging in Men on Active Surveillance. Urology practice ; 6 2
Picken, MM; Bova, D; Pins, MR; Quek, ML Mixed Epithelial and Stromal Tumor of the Kidney with Extension into Inferior Vena Cava: Case Report and Discussion of Adult Biphasic Cystic Renal Lesions and the Significance of Vascular Involvement. Case reports in pathology ; 2018
Saluk, JL; Blackwell, RH; Gange, WS; Zapf, MAC; Kothari, AN; Kuo, PC; Quek, ML; Flanigan, RC; Gupta, GN The LACE Score as a Tool to Identify Radical Cystectomy Patients at Increased Risk of 90-Day Readmission and Mortality. Current urology ; 12 1
Hehemann, M; Kalmanek, E; Choe, S; Dynda, D; Hu, WY; Quek, ML; Harrington, DA; Stupp, SI; McVary, KT; Podlasek, CA Sonic hedgehog regulation of human rhabdosphincter muscle:Potential implications for treatment of stress urinary incontinence. Neurourology and Urodynamics ;
Parekh, DJ; Reis, IM; Castle, EP; Gonzalgo, ML; Woods, ME; Svatek, RS; Weizer, AZ; Konety, BR; Tollefson, M; Krupski, TL; Smith, ND; Shabsigh, A; Barocas, DA; Quek, ML; Dash, A; Kibel, AS; Shemanski, L; Pruthi, RS; Montgomery, JS; Weight, CJ; Sharp, DS; Chang, SS; Cookson, MS; Gupta, GN; Gorbonos, A; Uchio, EM; Skinner, E; Venkatramani, V; Soodana-Prakash, N; Kendrick, K; Smith, JA; Thompson, IM Robot-assisted radical cystectomy versus open radical cystectomy in patients with bladder cancer (RAZOR): an open-label, randomised, phase 3, non-inferiority trial. Lancet (London, England) ; 391 10139
Blackwell, RH; Kothari, AN; Shah, A; Gang, W; Quek, ML; Luchette, FA; Flanigan, RC; Kuo, PC; Gupta, GN Adhesive Bowel Obstruction Following Urologic Surgery: Improved Outcomes with Early Intervention. Current urology ; 11 4
Barkan, GA; Wojcik, EM; Nayar, R; Savic-Prince, S; Quek, ML; Kurtycz, DFI; Rosenthal, DL The Paris System for Reporting Urinary Cytology: the quest to develop a standardized terminology. Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology ; 5 3
Smith, ND; Castle, EP; Gonzalgo, ML; Svatek, RS; Weizer, AZ; Montgomery, JS; Pruthi, RS; Woods, ME; Tollefson, MK; Konety, BR; Shabsigh, A; Krupski, T; Barocas, DA; Dash, A; Quek, ML; Kibel, AS; Parekh, DJ The RAZOR (randomized open vs robotic cystectomy) trial: study design and trial update. BJU international ; 115 2
Mehta, Vikas; Mudaliar, Kumaran; Ghai, Ritu; Quek, Marcus L.; Milner, John; Flanigan, Robert C.; Picken, Maria M. Renal Lymph Nodes for Tumor Staging...Appraisal of 871 Nephrectomies With Examination of Hilar Fat Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine ; 137 11
Ellimoottil, C; Hehemann, M; Quek, ML Editorial comment. Urology ; 82 5