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Theodorus van der Kwast
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Latest papers
Clinical-Grade Interpretable Artificial Intelligence Tool for Automated Detection of Lymph Node Metastasis in Prostate Cancer.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc · 2026
Papillary renal cell carcinoma with high-ABCC2 shows an immune-evasive profile associated with favorable response to immunotherapy.
The Journal of pathology · 2026
The Value of Systematic Versus Targeted Sampling in Prostate Cancer Detection and the Identification of Adverse Pathologic Features
The American Journal of Surgical Pathology · 2026
Latest funding
- $462,824
Development, multi-ancestry international validation, algorithmic audit, and prospective silent trial evaluation of PRISM - A globally accessible, patient-oriented artificial intelligence-based model to predict the presence of clinically significant prostate cancer
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $1,637,100
'Two-Step Authentication' for Optimal Prostate Cancer Risk Determination: An "Extracellular Vesicle"-Based Liquid Biopsy Followed by Multi-Parametric MRI.
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
- $99,815
Creating patient-centred pathology reports (PAPRs) to empower patients with prostate cancer
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
73 publications.
Clinical-Grade Interpretable Artificial Intelligence Tool for Automated Detection of Lymph Node Metastasis in Prostate Cancer.
Zabihollahy F, Shi K, Wangulu C, Prassas I, Masoomian M, Saleeb R, Gabril MY, van der Kwast T, Fleshner NE, Yousef GM
Papillary renal cell carcinoma with high-ABCC2 shows an immune-evasive profile associated with favorable response to immunotherapy.
Castillo VF, Zakhary A, Rotondo F, Di Ciano-Oliveira C, Hamdani M, Adona E, van der Kwast T, Trpkov K, Saleeb R
The Value of Systematic Versus Targeted Sampling in Prostate Cancer Detection and the Identification of Adverse Pathologic Features
Ngoc-Nhu Jennifer Nguyen, Vincent F. Castillo, Ekaterina Olkhov‐Mitsel, Rola Saleeb, Theodorus van der Kwast, Michelle R. Downes
Atypical intraductal proliferation in prostate biopsy - a diagnostic grey zone with clinical implications.
Bernardino RM, Lobo J, Kaouk J, van der Kwast T, Prendeville S, Zattoni F, Bianchi L, Martini A, Rajwa P, Kasivisvanathan V, Marra G, Fleshner N, Young Academic Urologists Working Group Prostate Cancer Board
Reply to Dr. Zhang’s Letter to the Editor re: R.M. Bernardino, L.B. Yin, K. Lajkosz, et al. Intraductal Carcinoma Predicts Poor Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy in High-risk Prostate Cancer: A Retrospective Analysis of a Prospective Trial. Eur Urol Open Sci 2025;82:52–8
Rui M. Bernardino, Leyi B. Yin, Katherine Lajkosz, Eric Winqust, Jessica G. Cockburn, Pocharapong Jenjitranant, Rosette Veloso, Clare O’Connell, Aurora Mejia Benitez, David-Dan Nguyen, Rune Matthiesen, Rui Henrique, Anthony M Joshua, Theodorus van der Kwast, Neil E. Fleshner
The Landscape of Prostate Tumour Methylation.
Arbet J, Yamaguchi TN, Shiah Y-J, Hugh-White R, Wiggins A, Oh J, Zeltser N, Gebo T, Foucal A, Lesurf R
Author Correction: Atypical intraductal proliferation in prostate biopsy - a diagnostic grey zone with clinical implications.
Bernardino RM, Lobo J, Kaouk J, van der Kwast T, Prendeville S, Zattoni F, Bianchi L, Martini A, Rajwa P, Kasivisvanathan V, Marra G, Fleshner N, Young Academic Urologists Working Group Prostate Cancer Board
Metformin Active Surveillance Trial in Low-Risk Prostate Cancer
Fleshner NE, Bernardino RM, Izawa J, Drachenberg D, Saranchuk JW, Fairey A, Tanguay S, Leveridge M, Saad F, Breau RH
Intraductal Carcinoma and Cribriform Pattern in Prostate Cancer: Challenges and Emerging Perspectives
Rui Miguel Marques Bernardino, Theodorus van der Kwast, Neil Eric Fleshner
Intraductal Carcinoma Predicts Poor Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy in High-risk Prostate Cancer: A Retrospective Analysis of a Prospective Trial.
Bernardino RM, Yin LB, Lajkosz K, Winquist E, Cockburn JG, Jenjitranant P, Veloso R, ÓConnell C, Benitez AM, Nguyen DD, Matthiesen R, Henrique R, Joshua AM, van der Kwast T, Fleshner NE
Development, multi-ancestry international validation, algorithmic audit, and prospective silent trial evaluation of PRISM - A globally accessible, patient-oriented artificial intelligence-based model to predict the presence of clinically significant prostate cancer
Principal investigators: Zlotta, Alexandre R
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer; Early Diagnosis; Health Informatics; Prostate Cancer; Risk Calculator; Urology
'Two-Step Authentication' for Optimal Prostate Cancer Risk Determination: An "Extracellular Vesicle"-Based Liquid Biopsy Followed by Multi-Parametric MRI.
Principal investigators: Leong, Hon Sing; Lim, Christopher
Keywords: "Liquid Biopsy"; Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia; Extracellular Vesicles; Gleason Group Score; Multi-Parametric Magnetic Resonance; Pi-Rads V2; Prostate Cancer; Prostate Needle Biopsy; Radiology; Risk Stratification
Creating patient-centred pathology reports (PAPRs) to empower patients with prostate cancer
Principal investigators: Perlis, Nathan; Papadakos, Janet K
Keywords: Prostate Cancer
Germline and Environmental Determinants of Somatic Tumour DNA Methylation in Localized, Non-Indolent Prostate Cancer
Principal investigators: Boutros, Paul C
Keywords: Bioinformatics; Biomarkers; Dna Methylation; Environment; Epigenomics; Genomics; Germline; Health Economics; Prognosis; Prostate Cancer
Proteogenomics Panorama of Localized Prostate Cancers
Principal investigators: Kislinger, Thomas; Boutros, Paul C
Keywords: Biomarkers; Prostate Cancer; Proteogenomics; Proteomics
Genetic, Epigenetic and Proteomic Analysis of the Kallikrein Family in Search for Novel Diagnostic Prognostic and Risk Susceptibility Algorithms for Prostate Cancer
Principal investigators: Diamandis, Eleftherios P
Keywords: Biomarkers; Epigenetics; Genetics; Kallikreins; Prostate Cancer; Proteomics
A collaborative research program to integrate genomic and proteomic data for the identification of predictive biomarkers in bladder cancer
Principal investigators: Zhang, Zhaolei; Evans, Kenneth R; Feilotter, Harriet E; Squire, Jeremy A; Van Der Kwast, Theodorus H
Keywords: Biomarkers; Bionformatics; Bladder Cancer; Cancer Diagnostics; Genomics; Proteomics
Genetic, Epigenetic and Proteomic Analysis of the Kallikrein Family in Search for Novel Diagnostic Prognostic and Risk Susceptibility Algorithms for Prostate Cancer
Principal investigators: Diamandis, Eleftherios P
Keywords: Biomarkers; Epigenetics; Genetics; Kallikreins; Prostate Cancer; Proteomics
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke, Brain Canada and the New Frontiers in Research Fund.
Frequent collaborators
- Antonio Finelli and Neil Fleshner: 309 shared papers
- Neil Fleshner and Alexandre Zlotta: 291 shared papers
- Girish Kulkarni and Neil Fleshner: 247 shared papers
- Antonio Finelli and Alexandre Zlotta: 193 shared papers
- Girish Kulkarni and Antonio Finelli: 182 shared papers
- Girish Kulkarni and Alexandre Zlotta: 175 shared papers
- Dominique Trudel and Dominique Trudel: 148 shared papers
- Antonio Finelli and Nathan Perlis: 91 shared papers
- Neil Fleshner and Alejandro Berlin: 89 shared papers
- Neil Fleshner and Nathan Perlis: 68 shared papers
- Girish Kulkarni and Nathan Perlis: 63 shared papers
- Neil Fleshner and Bharati Bapat: 62 shared papers
- Alexandre Zlotta and Bharati Bapat: 43 shared papers
- Antonio Finelli and Alejandro Berlin: 40 shared papers
- Girish Kulkarni and Alejandro Berlin: 37 shared papers
- Colin Collins and Michael Fraser: 34 shared papers
- Antonio Finelli and Andrew Evans: 34 shared papers
- Neil Fleshner and Theodorus van der Kwast: 33 shared papers
- Neil Fleshner and Michael Fraser: 33 shared papers
- Neil Fleshner and Andrew Evans: 29 shared papers
- Colin Collins and Neil Fleshner: 27 shared papers
- Neil Fleshner and Ants Toi: 26 shared papers
- Antonio Finelli and John Trachtenberg: 23 shared papers
- Antonio Finelli and Ants Toi: 23 shared papers
- Neil Fleshner and John Trachtenberg: 21 shared papers
- Alejandro Berlin and Michael Fraser: 21 shared papers
- Alexandre Zlotta and Andrew Evans: 20 shared papers
- Andrew Evans and Ants Toi: 20 shared papers
- Michael Milosevic and Jenna Sykes: 18 shared papers
- Dominique Trudel and Neil Fleshner: 17 shared papers
- Neil Fleshner and Dominique Trudel: 17 shared papers
- John Trachtenberg and Ants Toi: 17 shared papers
- Alexandre Zlotta and Theodorus van der Kwast: 16 shared papers
- Housheng He and Michael Fraser: 15 shared papers
- Neil Fleshner and Laurence Klotz: 13 shared papers
- Bharati Bapat and Theodorus van der Kwast: 12 shared papers
- Wan Lam and Michael Milosevic: 11 shared papers
- Housheng He and Alejandro Berlin: 11 shared papers
- Antonio Finelli and Theodorus van der Kwast: 11 shared papers
- Antonio Finelli and Laurence Klotz: 11 shared papers
- Alexandre Zlotta and Jenna Sykes: 11 shared papers
- Michael Milosevic and Alexandre Zlotta: 10 shared papers
- Antonio Finelli and Jenna Sykes: 10 shared papers
- Girish Kulkarni and Muhammad Mamdani: 9 shared papers
- Wan Lam and Jenna Sykes: 9 shared papers
- Girish Kulkarni and Theodorus van der Kwast: 8 shared papers
- Dominique Trudel and Michael Fraser: 8 shared papers
- Neil Fleshner and Rinku Sutradhar: 8 shared papers
- Alejandro Berlin and Theodorus van der Kwast: 8 shared papers
- Dominique Trudel and Michael Fraser: 8 shared papers
- Housheng He and Trevor Pugh: 7 shared papers
- Theodorus van der Kwast and Andrew Evans: 7 shared papers
- Antonio Finelli and Rinku Sutradhar: 6 shared papers
- Antonio Finelli and Susan Prendeville: 6 shared papers
- Theodorus van der Kwast and Michael Fraser: 6 shared papers
- Colin Collins and Wan Lam: 5 shared papers
- Michael Milosevic and Trevor Pugh: 5 shared papers
- Rola Saleeb and Theodorus van der Kwast: 5 shared papers
- Theodorus van der Kwast and John Trachtenberg: 5 shared papers
- Theodorus van der Kwast and Laurence Klotz: 5 shared papers
- Housheng He and Theodorus van der Kwast: 4 shared papers
- Trevor Pugh and Michael Fraser: 4 shared papers
- Antonio Finelli and Rola Saleeb: 4 shared papers
- Muhammad Mamdani and Rinku Sutradhar: 4 shared papers
- Rola Saleeb and Andrew Evans: 4 shared papers
- Jenna Sykes and Theodorus van der Kwast: 4 shared papers
- Theodorus van der Kwast and Ants Toi: 4 shared papers
- Colin Collins and Theodorus van der Kwast: 3 shared papers
- Wan Lam and Theodorus van der Kwast: 3 shared papers
- Michael Milosevic and Theodorus van der Kwast: 3 shared papers
- Trevor Pugh and Theodorus van der Kwast: 3 shared papers
- Antonio Finelli and Muhammad Mamdani: 3 shared papers
- Nathan Perlis and Theodorus van der Kwast: 3 shared papers
- Muhammad Mamdani and Theodorus van der Kwast: 3 shared papers
- Rinku Sutradhar and Theodorus van der Kwast: 3 shared papers
- Theodorus van der Kwast and Susan Prendeville: 3 shared papers
- Dominique Trudel and Theodorus van der Kwast: 2 shared papers
- Neil Fleshner and Susan Prendeville: 2 shared papers
- Dominique Trudel and Theodorus van der Kwast: 2 shared papers
- Department of Surgery
- Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
- Department of Radiation Oncology
- Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
- Department of Medical Biophysics
- Department of Medical Imaging
- Biostatistics Division
- Other
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Neil Fleshner
Department of Surgery
33 shared papers, latest 2026
Alexandre Zlotta
Department of Surgery
16 shared papers, latest 2023
Bharati Bapat
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
12 shared papers, latest 2022
Antonio Finelli
Department of Surgery
11 shared papers, latest 2023
Alejandro Berlin
Department of Radiation Oncology
8 shared papers, latest 2026
Girish Kulkarni
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
8 shared papers, latest 2023
Andrew Evans
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
7 shared papers, latest 2019
Michael Fraser
Department of Surgery
6 shared papers, latest 2022
Anthony Joshua
Faculty
6 shared papers, latest 2025
Paul Boutros
Faculty
6 shared papers, latest 2021
John Trachtenberg
Department of Surgery
5 shared papers, latest 2017
Laurence Klotz
Department of Surgery
5 shared papers, latest 2025
Rola Saleeb
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
5 shared papers, latest 2026
Ants Toi
Department of Medical Imaging
4 shared papers, latest 2021
Housheng He
Department of Medical Biophysics
4 shared papers, latest 2022
Jenna Sykes
Biostatistics Division
4 shared papers, latest 2017
Susan Prendeville
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
3 shared papers, latest 2026
Colin Collins
Department of Urologic Sciences
3 shared papers, latest 2019
Nathan Perlis
Department of Surgery
3 shared papers, latest 2021
Wan Lam
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
3 shared papers, latest 2014
Muhammad Mamdani
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
3 shared papers, latest 2022
Rinku Sutradhar
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
3 shared papers, latest 2022
Trevor Pugh
Department of Medical Biophysics
3 shared papers, latest 2022
Michael Milosevic
Department of Radiation Oncology
3 shared papers, latest 2014
Sangeet Ghai
Department of Medical Imaging
2 shared papers, latest 2021
Joan Sweet
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
2 shared papers, latest 2025
John Srigley
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
2 shared papers, latest 2019
Gary Bader
Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research
2 shared papers, latest 2019
Ning Liu
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
2 shared papers, latest 2022
Ozgur Mete
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Charles Catton
Department of Radiation Oncology
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Danny Vesprini
Department of Radiation Oncology
1 shared papers, latest 2017
Patricia Shaw
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
1 shared papers, latest 2016
Madeleine Moussa
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Ilan Weinreb
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
1 shared papers, latest 2006
Fred Saad
Department of Surgery
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Blaise Clarke
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
1 shared papers, latest 2016
Brendan Dickson
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Gaetano Zafarana
Status
1 shared papers, latest 2014
Stefano Serra
Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology
1 shared papers, latest 2016
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