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Interviews with Outstanding Authors (2025)

In 2025, many TAU authors make outstanding contributions to our journal. Their articles published with us have received very well feedback in the field and stimulate a lot of discussions and new insights among the peers.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding authors who have been making immense efforts in their research fields, with a brief interview of their unique perspective and insightful view as authors.

Join us at the 8th International Joint Meeting of the Pan-Asian Men's Health Forum & the 42nd Annual Meeting of KSSMA

The 8th International Joint Meeting of the Pan-Asian Men's Health Forum (PAMHF) is going to be held in March 28-29, 2025, in Seoul, Republic of Korea: http://kssma2025.gaonpco.com.

This conference will provide an excellent opportunity for professionals from PAMHF and KSSMA to come together, share knowledge, and network.

This time, Translational Andrology and Urology (TAU), as well as its sister journals and books published by AME Publishing Company, will be on display during this exciting academic event! We would like to seize this great opportunity to meet our authors, editorial board members, and readers.

Reviewer of the Month (2025)

In 2025, TAU reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer. Allow us to express our heartfelt gratitude for their tremendous effort and valuable contributions to the scientific process.

TAU Annual Report 2024

We are glad to present the 2024 Annual Report of TAU here. In 2024, TAU published 295 articles. TAU continues to publish cutting-edge research covering the whole spectrum of andrology and urology.

Interviews with Editorial Board Members

TAU features a distinguished editorial board, the members of which continue to instill the power of their expertise for the journal’s development. By launching this column, we are glad to introduce to you some of them in the form of interviews, in which they will share their unique career experiences and perspectives. We believe their insights will shed light on the knowledge of related fields.

Interviews with Guest Editors

Over the years, a number of TAU guest editors have made valuable contributions to the journal. This column features interviews with our guest editors, who graciously share their experience in scientific careers and provide insightful perspectives on the special series.

New Impact Factor for Translational Andrology and Urology: 1.9

We are pleased to announce that the Translational Andrology and Urology (TAU) has attained its latest impact factor update for the 2023 citation year: 1.9.

Here, we would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all our Editorial Team Members, Guest Editors, authors, and reviewers for their valuable contributions.

Translational Andrology and Urology 2023 CiteScore Released: 4.1

We are pleased to announce that the Translational Andrology and Urology (TAU) has received its 2023 CiteScore: 4.1, ranking 40 out of 120 journals in the Urology category.

Furthermore, we are delighted to highlight the remarkable achievements made by all AME journals in the CiteScore ranking.

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Editorial Commentary

Cognitive outcomes in prostate cancer treatment: insights from the ODENZA trial and future considerations

Bryan J. Neth, Jeffrey S. Wefel, Kevin T. Nead

PDF Pages: 864-867 Full Text (37) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

The patients have spoken: how does enfortumab vedotin impact quality of life?

Jason R. Brown

PDF Pages: 868-871 Full Text (28) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Current perspectives of urine-based tests for screening and post-treatment monitoring of urothelial carcinoma of the bladder

Makito Miyake

PDF Pages: 872-876 Full Text (25) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Prophylactic mesh placement is not sufficient: what should we do to prevent parastomal hernia associated with ileal conduit?

Toshiaki Tanaka

PDF Pages: 877-879 Full Text (33) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Changes in the prostate biopsy landscape—how can we improve quality?

Arnav Srivastava, Tudor Borza, Simpa S. Salami

PDF Pages: 880-882 Full Text (21) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Choosing the path: insights into transperineal vs. transrectal prostate biopsy

Mandy Hsu, Stephen Sekoulopoulos, Jay D. Raman

PDF Pages: 883-887 Full Text (30) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Vibegron for overactive bladder in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia/obstruction: insights from the COURAGE trial

Hossein Saadat, Naeem Bhojani, Dean Elterman, Bilal Chughtai

PDF Pages: 888-892 Full Text (128) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Gabapentin as an adjunct to multimodal pain management following scrotal surgery

Aurora J. Grutman, Taylor P. Kohn, Andrew T. Gabrielson

PDF Pages: 893-896 Full Text (43) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Original Article

Piperlongumine inhibits renal cell carcinoma progression by modulating the DDX11-miR-15b-3p-DLD axis

Zhenghao Zhang, Wenfang Xu, Kewen Ye, Shanmei Lv, Jintao Wu, Yadi Zhou

PDF Pages: 897-912 Full Text (45) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Sexual wellbeing support for men with prostate cancer: a qualitative study with patients

Megan Charlick, Michael Murphy, Barbara Murphy, Kerry Ettridge, Michael O’Callaghan, Sally Sara, Alexandar Jay, Kerri Beckmann

PDF Pages: 913-927 Full Text (37) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Magnetic resonance imaging for computer-assisted device guidance in transperineal prostate biopsy and cryoablation

Thomas Lilieholm, Walter F. Block, Erica Knavel Koepsel

PDF Pages: 928-939 Full Text (30) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Novel anoikis-related genes for the diagnosis of non-obstructive azoospermia

Xiaolian Xu, Jinlong Xie, Wenchang Cheng

PDF Pages: 940-952 Full Text (20) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Inverted V-shaped association between atherogenic index of plasma and kidney stone risk: results from NHANES 2011–2018

Mengyu Zhang, Jiankang Zhang, Yunzhi Cui, Zengshu Xing

PDF Pages: 953-963 Full Text (46) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Causal role of immune cells in male infertility: a Mendelian randomization study

Zilong Liang, Conglei Hu, Haofeng Pang, Yi Sha, Jizong Lv, Guanyu Wu, Haiyang Du, Liangliang Hao, Liping Yao, Fei Liu

PDF Pages: 964-973 Full Text (52) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Regulator of cullins-1 predicts a poor prognosis and regulates epithelial-mesenchymal transition process through GSK-3β/Wnt signaling in renal cell carcinoma

Qi Wu, Peng Li, Huijiang Zhang, Shengjie You, Zhaoyu Xu, Xiang Liu, Xuedong Chen, Weili Zhang, Xiaoqing Zhou

PDF Pages: 974-985 Full Text (24) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Identification and validation of glycosyltransferase-related gene signatures to predict prognosis and immunological characteristics of renal clear cell carcinoma

Min Ma, Ting Huang, Zekun Xu, Min Xu

PDF Pages: 986-1004 Full Text (32) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Establishment and clinical significance of genetic factor screening method for patients with nonobstructive azoospermia based on whole exon sequencing technology

Wenliang Yao, Jingwen Fu, Duanjun Zhang, Shenghui Chen, Yuliang Zhou, Xianglong Jiang, Xiaoting Zheng, Mingliang Zhang, Feihua Wu

PDF Pages: 1005-1014 Full Text (25) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Efficacy of microsurgical denervation of the spermatic cord in patients with chronic scrotal pain following unsuccessful varicocelectomy

Le Anh Tuan, Mai Ba Tien Dung, Le Dinh Hieu, Vu Le Chuyen, Viet Nhat Tan Mai, Adnan El-Achkar, Muhammed A. Moukhtar Hammad, Tuan Thanh Nguyen

PDF Pages: 1015-1024 Full Text (42) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Machine learning based on automated 3D radiomics features to classify prostate cancer in patients with prostate-specific antigen levels of 4–10 ng/mL

Yunxun Liu, Jiejun Wu, Xinmiao Ni, Qingyuan Zheng, Jingsong Wang, Hao Shen, Lei Wang, Rui Yang, Xiaodong Weng

PDF Pages: 1025-1035 Full Text (39) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Three-dimensional measurement and analysis of the compressor urethrae and urethra in postpartum women

Yankun Feng, Guibing He, Shihan Fu, Yangzhi Hu, Qiben Wang, Lidong Zhai Rui Yu

PDF Pages: 1036-1048 Full Text (82) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

The disease burden of kidney cancer in Asian countries and regions from 1990 to 2021: a study based on the Global Burden of Disease database

Juan Chen, Tie Chong, Anxia Li, Yuanyang Yan, Lijun Wei

PDF Pages: 1049-1065 Full Text (25) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Identification and validation of a 9-RBPs-related gene signature associated with prognosis and immune infiltration in bladder cancer based on bioinformatics analysis and machine learning

Yan Chen, Zhijie Yan, Lusi Li, Yixing Liang, Xueyan Wei, Yinian Zhao, Ying Cao, Huaxiu Zhang, Liping Tang

PDF Pages: 1066-1081 Full Text (34) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Development and validation of tryptophan metabolism-related risk model and molecular subtypes for predicting postoperative biochemical recurrence in prostate cancer

Yuan Shao, Xiaolei Zhang, Yinchi Zhang, Zihao Liu, Zhen Yang, Yang Liu, Hua Huang, Zeyuan Wang, Zhinan Fu, Yong Wang

PDF Pages: 1082-1110 Full Text (42) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Extraperitoneal laparoscopic versus transperitoneal robot-assisted laparoscopic approaches during radical prostatectomy for low-risk or intermediate-risk prostate cancer

Yi Yang, Xiaohong Han, Xingkai Wang, Xinhui Liao, Jieqing Chen, Zhongfu Zhang, Jianting Wu, Jiou Li, Mutong Chen, Hongbing Mei

PDF Pages: 1111-1118 Full Text (27) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Real-world effectiveness of rezvilutamide plus androgen deprivation therapy in patients with low-volume, metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer: a retrospective multicenter study

Shaoxi Niu, Dan Xia, Baojun Wang, Xiaotian Wang, Qifu Zhang, Jiangping Wang, Xin Jin, Lijun Mao, Yashi Ruan, Hui Wang, Fanghu Sun, Zheng Cai, Yifan Chen, Tao Zeng, Xuebao Xiang, Ziyang Qiang, Jun Zhang, Yugang Liu, Peijie Chen, Jun Li, Xu Zhang, Liping Wang, Zhou Ying, Du Wang, Chaoyu Lin, Ting He

PDF Pages: 1119-1128 Full Text (32) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Brief Report

Penile cancer awareness and knowledge among adult patients in an ambulatory urology clinic

Nick A. Kamkari, Vadim Osadchiy, Erika L. Wood, Kristen C. Williams, Eduardo Piqueiras, Nicholas M. Donin

PDF Pages: 1129-1137 Full Text (211) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Case Report

Adenosquamous cell carcinoma of the penis: a case report and literature review

Qianhao Huang, Dongfeng Xiong, Yifan Huang, Xuan Zhuang, Yuedong Chen

PDF Pages: 1138-1146 Full Text (41) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Original Article

Overall satisfaction, sexual function, and the durability of neophallus dimensions following staged female to male genital gender confirming surgery: the Institute of Urology, London U.K. experience

Maurice M. Garcia, Nim A. Christopher, Francesco De Luca, Marco Spilotros, David J. Ralph

Published online: 01 June 2014

PDF Pages: 156-162 Full Text (274503) Open Access

Review Article

Strategies for maintaining penile size following penile implant

King Chien Joe Lee, Gerald B. Brock

Published online: 28 March 2013

PDF Pages: 67-73 Full Text (174641) Open Access

Review Article

MRI in early prostate cancer detection: how to manage indeterminate or equivocal PI-RADS 3 lesions?

Ivo G. Schoots

Published online: 23 January 2018

PDF Pages: 70-82 Full Text (154659) Open Access

Review Articles

The impact and management of sexual dysfunction secondary to pharmacological therapy of benign prostatic hyperplasia

Jason Gandhi, Steven J. Weissbart, Noel L. Smith, Steven A. Kaplan, Gautam Dagur, Anna Zumbo, Gargi Joshi, Sardar Ali Khan

Published online: 29 April 2017

PDF Pages: 295-304 Full Text (116885) Open Access

Review Article

Exogenous testosterone: a preventable cause of male infertility

Lindsey E. Crosnoe, Ethan Grober, Dana Ohl, Edward D. Kim

Published online: 16 July 2013

PDF Pages: 106-113 Full Text (116674) Open Access

Review Article

The drug treatment of delayed ejaculation

Ibrahim A. Abdel-Hamid, Moustafa A. Elsaied, Taymour Mostafa

Published online: 01 August 2016

PDF Pages: 576-591 Full Text (115517) Open Access

Review Article

Oral therapy for Peyronie’s disease, does it work?

Brittani Barrett-Harlow, Run Wang

Published online: 01 June 2016

PDF Pages: 296-302 Full Text (107627) Open Access

Review Article

Traditional Chinese medical therapy for erectile dysfunction

Hao Li, Hongyang Jiang, Jihong Liu

Published online: 29 April 2017

PDF Pages: 192-198 Full Text (103189) Open Access

Review Article

Testosterone replacement therapy: role of pituitary and thyroid in diagnosis and treatment

Megan Crawford, Laurence Kennedy

Published online: 18 December 2016

PDF Pages: 850-858 Full Text (93199) Open Access

Original Article

Stretched penile length and its associations with testosterone and infertility

Austen D. Slade, Andrew R. Christiansen, Sorena Keihani, William O. Brant, James M. Hotaling

Published online: 14 January 2021

PDF Pages: 49-55 Full Text (93088) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Review Article

Role of application of tadalafil 5 mg once-daily (≥6 months) in men with erectile dysfunction from six randomized controlled trials

Jiajia Ma, Zi Liu, Jitao Wu, Zhongbao Zhou, Xuebao Zhang, Yuanshan Cui, Chunhua Lin

Published online: 23 June 2020

PDF Pages: 1405-1414 Full Text (88220) Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Editorial

Suspected penile fracture: to operate or not to operate?

Ian S. Metzler, Amanda B. Reed-Maldonado, Tom F. Lue

Published online: 26 October 2017

PDF Pages: 981-986 Full Text (86231) Open Access

Review Article

The dangers of sexual enhancement supplements and counterfeit drugs to “treat” erectile dysfunction

Jason Chiang, Faysal A. Yafi, Philip J. Dorsey Jr, Wayne J. G. Hellstrom

Published online: 09 February 2017

PDF Pages: 12-19 Full Text (83588) Open Access

Review Article

Asian herbals and aphrodisiacs used for managing ED

Peter H. C. Lim

Published online: 29 April 2017

PDF Pages: 167-175 Full Text (77779) Open Access

Review Article

Demographic and temporal trends in transgender identities and gender confirming surgery

Ian T. Nolan, Christopher J. Kuhner, Geolani W. Dy

Published online: 27 June 2019

PDF Pages: 184-190 Full Text (76132) Open Access

Review Article

Beyond testosterone cypionate: evidence behind the use of nandrolone in male health and wellness

Michael M. Pan, Jason R. Kovac

Published online: 01 April 2016

PDF Pages: 213-219 Full Text (71372) Open Access

Review Article

Premature ejaculation: do we have effective therapy?

Ege Can Serefoglu, Theodore R. Saitz, Landon Trost, Wayne J.G. Hellstrom

Published online: 28 March 2013

PDF Pages: 45-53 Full Text (70758) Open Access

Expert Opinions on Challenging Cases

Commentary on the myths of Peyronie’s disease

Alex K Wu, Tom F Lue

Published online: 12 December 2012

PDF Pages: 239-244 Full Text (68981) Open Access

Review Article

Phalloplasty for the genetic male

Giulio Garaffa, Gabriele Antonini, Vincenzo Gentile, David J. Ralph

Published online: 30 June 2012

PDF Pages: 103-108 Full Text (62430) Open Access

Podium Lecture

PL 03. Male sexual function before and after urethral stricture surgery

Hong Li

Published online: 07 March 2012

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Original Article

Overall satisfaction, sexual function, and the durability of neophallus dimensions following staged female to male genital gender confirming surgery: the Institute of Urology, London U.K. experience

Maurice M. Garcia, Nim A. Christopher, Francesco De Luca, Marco Spilotros, David J. Ralph

Incidence of urinary extravasation and rate of ureteral stenting after high-grade renal trauma in adults: a meta-analysis

Sorena Keihani, Ross E. Anderson, Michelle Fiander, Mary M. McFarland, Gregory J. Stoddard, James M. Hotaling, Jeremy B. Myers

Safety and efficacy of daily Revactin^® in men with erectile dysfunction: a 3-month pilot study

Sabine Nguyen, Jacob Rajfer, Magda Shaheen

Review Article

Future perspectives of prostate cancer therapy

Murali Gururajan, Edwin M. Posadas, Leland W. K. Chung

Small RNA and its application in andrology and urology

Ji Wang, Long-Cheng Li

TGF-β mediated DNA methylation in prostate cancer

Chung Lee, Qiang Zhang, Xaolin Zi, Atreya Dash, Marcelo B Soares, Farahnaz Rahmatpanah, Zhenyu Jia, Michael McClelland, Dan Mercola

Cystine nephrolithiasis

Hasan Fattah, Yasmin Hambaroush, David S. Goldfarb

Kidney stone risk following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery

Benjamin K. Canales, Ricardo D. Gonzalez

Reactive oxygen species, inflammation and calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis

Saeed R. Khan

Outlining the limits of partial nephrectomy

Sameer Chopra, Raj Satkunasivam, Chandan Kundavaram, Gangning Liang, Inderbir S. Gill

Mechanisms of resistance in castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC)

Thenappan Chandrasekar, Joy C. Yang, Allen C. Gao, Christopher P. Evans

Prostate cancer metastasis: roles of recruitment and reprogramming, cell signal network and three-dimensional growth characteristics

Shabnam Ziaee, Gina Chia-Yi Chu, Jen-Ming Huang, Shirly Sieh, Leland W. K. Chung

Inflammation in prostate cancer progression and therapeutic targeting

Timothy Stark, Lydia Livas, Natasha Kyprianou

Sympathetic nervous system and chronic bladder pain: a new tune for an old song

Ana Charrua, Rui Pinto, Lori Ann Birder, Francisco Cruz

Angiogenic factors, bladder neuroplasticity and interstitial cystitis—new pathobiological insights

Ricardo Saban

Increased bladder permeability in interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome

Robert E. Hurst, Beverley Greenwood-Van Meerveld, Amy B. Wisniewski, Samuel VanGordon, Hsueh Kung Lin, Bradley P. Kropp, Rheal A. Towner

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based radiomics for prostate cancer radiotherapy

Fei Yang, John C. Ford, Nesrin Dogan, Kyle R. Padgett, Adrian L. Breto, Matthew C. Abramowitz, Alan Dal Pra, Alan Pollack, Radka Stoyanova

Editorial

PIVOT and the challenges of localized prostate cancer care

Aviva E. Weinberg, James D. Brooks

Research Highlights

Enzalutamide: the emperor of all anti-androgens

Emmanuel S. Antonarakis

Review Articles

Androgen receptor gene mutation, rearrangement, polymorphism

Kurtis Eisermann, Dan Wang, Yifeng Jing, Laura E. Pascal, Zhou Wang

Androgen receptor epigenetics

Changmeng Cai, Xin Yuan, Steven P. Balk

Androgen receptor genomic regulation

Hong-Jian Jin, Jung Kim, Jindan Yu

Decoding the androgen receptor splice variants

Changxue Lu, Jun Luo

Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) in prostate growth and tumor progression

Campbell M. Grant, Natasha Kyprianou

Steroid hormone synthetic pathways in prostate cancer

Elahe A. Mostaghel

Near-infrared fluorescence and nuclear imaging and targeting of prostate cancer

Jason Wu, Dongfeng Pan, Leland W.K. Chung

Mini-Review

Multi-peptide immunotherapeutic vaccine for renal cell carcinoma: getting the troops all worked up

Kavitha Yaddanapudi, John W. Eaton

Review Article: Hypospadias

Do endocrine disruptors cause hypospadias?

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Translational Andrology and Urology (Print ISSN 2223-4683; Online ISSN 2223-4691; Transl Androl Urol; TAU) is an open access, peer-reviewed, bi-monthly journal that covers various aspects in diseases of male and female urinary tract including kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra and the male reproductive organs like penis, testes, scrotum, prostate etc.