Michael Cookson

Dept of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University, United States of America

Michael S. Cookson, M.D.

Academic positions:
- Associate Professor of Urologic Surgery

All industry positions (in last five years):
None delcared

Research interests:
His clinical research activities include the diagnosis and management of localized and advanced prostate cancer including hormone refractory disease. He has published clinical research in the early detection of prostate cancer including biopsy techniques and ultrasound detection of prostate cancer. He has a wide experience in the clinical and management of both superficial and invasive bladder cancer, including surgical techniques for orthotopic bladder substitution. He has also performed clinical research and published articles on the management of patients with penile and testicular cancer.

Finally, he has researched areas of quality of life as it pertains to the impact of treatment of patients with urologic cancers.

Any other information:
Dr Cookson is currently a member of the American Urologic Association’s Practice Cancer Guidelines Committee and the American Board of Urology/American Urologic Association Examination Committee. He is a reviewer for the numerous journals including the Journal of Urology where he is a Society of Urologic Oncology's Specialty Editor, Urology and Cancer.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

: Oncology > Genitourinary Cancers (31 May 2006 - 27 August 2008)

Links

http://www.vanderbilturology.com

All recent recommendations

• 3.0
  Early Detection of Prostate Cancer in 2007 Part 1: PSA and PSA Kinetics.
  Recommended by Michael Cookson with William T Lowrance
  
• 3.0
  Is the association between balanitis xerotica obliterans and penile carcinoma underestimated?
  Recommended by Michael Cookson
  
• 3.0
  E-cadherin, MMP-2, and MMP-9 as prognostic markers in penile cancer: analysis of 125 patients.
  Recommended by Michael Cookson