PUOWG Research Studies

Open research studies

  1. Gonadoblastoma and Invasive Germ Cell Tumor in DSD

    • Objective:
      • To describe the incidence of Gb and GCT development in patients with DSD. To describe the current management of gonads in patients with DSD.
    • Methods:
      • Retrospective cohort study (chart review using billing codes, DSD registries)
    • Status:
      • Seeking additional centers!
      • We will send IRB!
      • You do data collection and submit to database.
      • Goal is for project completion in 1 year. Authorship per PUOWG rules.
    • Contacts:
      1. Amanda Saltzman MD Children's Hospital Colorado
      2. Nicholas Cost MD Children's Hospital Colorado
    • Opened: 2017

Closed research studies

  • Validation of the modified Bosniak classification system to risk stratify pediatric cystic renal masses: An international, multi-site study from the pediatric urologic oncology working group of the societies for pediatric urology
  • Adolescent testicular microlithiasis: A case-based, multinational survey of clinical management practices
  • Current state of renal tumor surgery among pediatric surgeons and pediatric urologists: A survey of American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA) and Society for Pediatric Urology (SPU) members
  • Patterns of Performance of Oncologic Surgery by North American Pediatric Urologists: A Report from the Pediatric Urologic Oncology Working Group of the Society for Pediatric Urology
  • A Society for Pediatric Urology Workforce Survey on the Current Perceptions of Oncology Care by Pediatric Urologists: A Report from the Pediatric Urologic Oncology Working Group of the Society for Pediatric Urology