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PROF ANTHONY COSTELLO



Contact Details

Organization: Surgery - Royal Melbourne and Western Hospital
Position: Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
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Homepage: www.mh.org.au
Work: 9342 7294
Building: Main Block
Campus: Royal Melbourne Hospital

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Prostate Cancer Research Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United States The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Research
France Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tours Research
Canada The Prostate Cente at Vancouver General Hospital Exchange, Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Medicine University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1972
Doctor of Medicine University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1998

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons Elected Member 01-Jan-2004
Council Council for Surgery, Education & Standards Committee, RMH Member 01-Jan-1999
Certified Specialist Consultant on Prostate Cancer, National Cancer Institute (NCI), USA Member 01-Jan-1999
Member Board Member, Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia Member 01-Jan-2001

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) 01-Jan-1980

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Prize Best Poster Presentation, World Congress of Endourology, Rhodes 01-Jan-1999
Scholarship Australian Urological Foundation, Bruce Pearson Fellowship 01-Jan-1999
Prize Best Clinical Presentation, American Society for Lasers in Surgery and Medicine 01-Jan-1993
Prize Alban Gee Prize, Australasian Urological Society Best Scientific Presentation 01-Jan-1991
Scholarship Prize Sir Thomas Naughton Fitzgerald Travelling Surgical Fellow, Melbourne University 01-Jan-1980

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Book Chapters

  • Robotic-Assisted Laparascopic Pyeloplasty.
    Year: 2008
    Book: Urologic Robotic Surgery in Clinical Practice
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(London)
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Journal Articles

  • Circulating endothelial cells as biomarkers of prostate cancer.

     

     


     


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Nature Clinical Practice Urology
    Volume: 5
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 445-454
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  • Salvage robotic-assisted laparascopic radical prostatectomy following failed primary high-intensity focussed ultrasound treatment for localised prostate cancer.


    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Robotic Surgery
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 201-203
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  • Aurora kinase B is an independent protective factor in superificial bladder tumours with a dysfunctional G1 checkpoint.
    Year: 2008
    Journal: BJU International
    Volume: 102
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 247-252
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  • High prostatic fascia release or standard nerve sparing? A viewpoint from The Royal Melbourne Hospital.
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Robotic Surgery
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 181-185
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  • Robotic Equipment Malfunction during Robotic Prostatectomy: A Multi-institutional Study.
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Endourology
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 2165-2168
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  • Robotic Technology in Surgery: Current Status in 2008.
    Year: 2008
    Journal: ANZ Journal of Surgery
    Volume: 78
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 1076-81
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Evolutiuon to nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma.


    Year: 2007
    Journal: ANZ Journal of Surgery
    Volume: 77
    Issue: 1-2
    Page numbers: 2-3
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  • Contralateral adrenal metastasis from renal carcinoma.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: ANZ Journal of Surgery
    Volume: 77
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 705-706
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  • Endorectal magnetic resonance imaging staging of prostate cancer
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
    Volume: 77
    Page numbers: 860-865
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  • Prioritizing patients for prostatectomy: Balancing clinical and psychosocial factors.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: ANZ Journal of Surgery
    Volume: 77
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 112-117
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  • Prostate cancer screening in men with a family history of prostate cancer: the role of partners in influencing men's screening uptake.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Urology
    Volume: 70
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 738-742
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  • Rational approach to diagnosis and management of blunt scrotal trauma.
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Urology
    Volume: 70
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 230-234
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  • The Effect of Androgen Status on the Structural and Functional Success of Cavernous Nerve Grafting in an Experimental Rat Model
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Urology
    Volume: 177
    Page numbers: 390-394
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Publications in 2006

Book Chapters

  • Acute scrotal pain.


    Year: 2006
    Book: Textbook of Surgery
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Melbourne)
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  • External genitalia in the male.


    Year: 2006
    Book: Textbook of Surgery
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Melbourne)
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Journal Articles

  • Does obesity influence the operative course or complications of robot-assistted laparoscopic prostatectomy.


    Year: 2006
    Journal: BJU International
    Volume: 98
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1275-1278
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  • Hope springs eternal: cavernosal nerve regeneration.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: BJU International
    Volume: 97
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 17-21
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  • Interfering with cell-survival signalling as a treatment strategy for prostate cancer.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: BJU International
    Volume: 97
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1149-1153
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  • KTP laser versus transurethral resection: Early results of a randomized trial.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Endourology
    Volume: 20
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 580-585
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  • Potency following robotic radical prostatectomy: A questionnaire based analysis of outcomes after conventional nerve sparing and prostatic fascia sparing techniques.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Urology
    Volume: 176
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 412-413
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  • Renal tract calculi: Comparison of stone size on plain radiography and noncontrast spiral CT scan.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Endourology
    Volume: 20
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 1005-1009
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  • Robotic laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: setup and procedural techniques after 150 cases.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Urology
    Volume: 67
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 364-367
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  • Robotic radical prostatectomy in Australia: initial experience.
    Year: 2006
    Journal: World Journal of Urology
    Volume: 24
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 165-170
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • An option for prostatectomy in the thrombocytopenic patient: a continued role for the Nd:YAG laser
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Photomedicine and Laser Surgery
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 333-4
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  • Beyond marketing: The real value of robotic radical prostatectomy
    Year: 2005
    Journal: BJU International
    Volume: 96
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 1-6
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  • Combined low-dose imatinib mesylate and paclitaxel lack synergy in an experimental model of extra-osseous hormone-refractory prostate cancer.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: BJU International
    Volume: 96
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 640-646
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  • Installation of telerobotic surgery and initial experience with telerobotic radical prostatectomy
    Year: 2005
    Journal: BJU International
    Volume: 96
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 34-38
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  • Renal calculi in a patient with Erdheim-Chester disease.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: International Urology and Nephrology
    Volume: 37
    Page numbers: 453-456
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  • Revisiting the role of radical surgery in early stage prostate cancer.
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 183
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 286-7
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  • Unilateral testicular mass in man with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia: unusual presentation of chronic myelomonocytic leukemia sequela
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Urology
    Volume: 65
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 1001-1003
    Publisher: Excerpta Medica(Philadelphia)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • A systematic review of holmium laser prostatectomy for benign prostatic hyperplasia
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Urology
    Volume: 171
    Page numbers: 1773-1781
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  • Anatomical studies of the neurovascular bundle and cavernosal nerves.
    Year: 2004
    Journal: BJU International
    Volume: 94
    Page numbers: 1071-1076
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  • Inorganic selenium retards progression of experimental hormone refractory prostate cancer
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Urology
    Volume: 171
    Page numbers: 907-910
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins(Pennsylvania)
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  • Minimally invasive radical prostatectomy: Now safe and efficacious.
    Year: 2004
    Journal: ANZ Journal of Surgery
    Volume: 74
    Page numbers: 1038
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Anastomosis in radical prostatectomy: A better way using glue?
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
    Volume: 73
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 77
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  • Contemporary view of prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Family Physician
    Volume: 32
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 396-398
    Publisher: Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
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  • Day-case holmium laser enucleation of the prostate gland volumes of <60ml: early experience
    Year: 2003
    Journal: BJU International
    Volume: 91
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 61
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  • Interleukin-6: Minor player or starring role in the development of hormone refractory prostate cancer
    Year: 2003
    Journal: BJU International
    Volume: 91
    Page numbers: 544-553
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  • Prostate cancer: Perspectives on Quality of Life and Impact of Treatment on Patients and their Partners.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Urologic Nursing
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 279-285
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Incidence and prevalence of lower urinary tract symptoms suggestive of benign prostatic hyperplasia in primary care - The Triumph Project.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: European Urology
    Volume: 42
    Page numbers: 323-328
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  • Laser welding vesico-urethral anastomosis in an in vivo canine model: A pilot study
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Urology
    Volume: 168
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 281-284
    Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins(Pennsylvania)
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  • Pelvic lipomatosis associated with proliferative cystitis occurring in two brothers.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Urology
    Volume: 59
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 602xvii-602xx
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  • Vesico-Urethral anastomosis with 2-Ocytl cyanoacrylate adhesive in an in vivo canine model
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Urology
    Volume: 60
    Page numbers: 935-938
    Publisher: Excerpta Medica(Philadelphia)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Holmium laser resection and lasertripsy for intravesical ureterocoele with calculi
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 82-84
    Publisher: Wiley-Liss(New York)
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