By Associate Professor James Edward Thompson

Journal articles

Thompson JE; Sridhar AN; Tan WS; Freeman A; Haider A; Allen C; Moore CM; Orczyk C; Mazzon G; Khetrapal P; Shaw G; Rajan P; Mohammed A; Briggs TP; Nathan S; Kelly JD; Sooriakumaran P, 2019, 'Pathological Findings and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Concordance at Salvage Radical Prostatectomy for Local Recurrence following Partial Ablation Using High Intensity Focused Ultrasound', Journal of Urology, 201, pp. 1134 - 1142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JU.0000000000000135

Thompson JE; Stricker PD, 2019, 'Editorial Comment', Journal of Urology, 201, pp. 306 - 307, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.JU.0000553007.26960.b9

Scheltema MJ; Chang JI; Böhm M; van den Bos W; Blazevski A; Gielchinsky I; Kalsbeek AMF; van Leeuwen PJ; Nguyen TV; de Reijke TM; Siriwardana AR; Thompson JE; de la Rosette JJ; Stricker PD, 2018, 'Pair-matched patient-reported quality of life and early oncological control following focal irreversible electroporation versus robot-assisted radical prostatectomy', World Journal of Urology, 36, pp. 1383 - 1389, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00345-018-2281-z

Thompson JE; Stricker PD, 2018, 'MRI improves active surveillance of prostate cancer however biopsy is still crucial', BJU International, 122, pp. E1 - E2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bju.14424

van den Bos W; Scheltema MJ; Siriwardana AR; Kalsbeek AMF; Thompson JE; Ting F; Böhm M; Haynes AM; Shnier R; Delprado W; Stricker PD, 2018, 'Focal irreversible electroporation as primary treatment for localized prostate cancer', BJU International, 121, pp. 716 - 724, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bju.13983

Thompson JE; Egger S; Böhm M; Siriwardana AR; Haynes AM; Matthews J; Scheltema MJ; Stricker PD, 2018, 'Superior Biochemical Recurrence and Long-term Quality-of-life Outcomes Are Achievable with Robotic Radical Prostatectomy After a Long Learning Curve—Updated Analysis of a Prospective Single-surgeon Cohort of 2206 Consecutive Cases', European Urology, 73, pp. 664 - 671, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2017.11.035

Thompson J; Stricker P, 2018, 'Imaging: MRI improves cost and accuracy of prostate cancer biopsy', Nature Reviews Urology, 15, pp. 6 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2017.185

Sridhar AN; Janatka M; Mazomenos E; Edwards E; Alkadhi O; Thompson J; Kelkar A; Shaw G; Sooriakumaran P; Rajan P; Briggs T; Nathan S; Kelly J; Stoyanov D, 2018, 'Automated performance metrics to measure surgeon performance during robot assisted radical prostatectomy? – A proof of concept study', European Urology Supplements, 17, pp. e2452 - e2453, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1569-9056(18)32819-7

Thompson JE; Sridhar A; Tan W; Khetrapal P; Mazzon G; Shaw G; Rajan P; Alkadhi O; Di G; Briggs T; Nathan S; Sooriakumaran P; Kelly J, 2018, 'Pathologic findings and MRI concordance at salvage RARP for local recurrence following high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapy: High rate of adverse prognostic features and poor sensitivity of MRI', European Urology Supplements, 17, pp. e2296 - e2296, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1569-9056(18)32698-8

Thompson J; Sridhar A; Mazzon G; Rajan P; Shaw G; Briggs T; Nathan S; Sooriakumaran P; Kelly J, 2018, 'Pathological landscape following salvage robot-assisted radical prostatectomy after focal high intensity focused ultrasound', European Urology Supplements, 17, pp. e1845 - e1846, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1569-9056(18)32270-x

Mazzon G; Pavan N; Gu D; Sridhar A; Thompson J; Alkadhi O; Allen C; Kirkham A; Dickinson L; Heffernan Ho D; Sooriakumaran P; Nathan S; Kelly J; Briggs T, 2018, 'Predicting the predictable: What can we learn from preoperative mpMRI?', European Urology Supplements, 17, pp. e2382 - e2382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1569-9056(18)32754-4

Sridhar AN; Rajan P; Sooriakumaran P; Shaw G; Mazzon G; Thompson J; Kelly J; Nathan S, 2018, 'Should robotic skills form part of basic surgical training? A simulation-based cohort study', European Urology Supplements, 17, pp. e2454 - e2455, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1569-9056(18)32820-3

Thompson J; Sridar A; Mazzon G; Shaw G; Tan S; Mohammed A; Briggs T; Nathan S; Sooriakumaran P; Kelly J, 2018, 'The pathologic landscape of prostate cancer at salvage radical prostatectomy for local recurrence following high-intensity focused ultrasound therapy: High rate of adverse prognostic features and multi-focal disease both within and outside the ablation zone', European Urology Supplements, 17, pp. 336 - 336, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1569-9056(18)33351-7

Khetrapal P; Dong L; Wong YNS; Tan WS; Rodney S; Lamb B; Briggs T; Thompson J; Sridhar A; Kelly J; Feber A, 2018, 'Using plasma cell-free DNA mutations to monitor patients for micro-metastatic bladder cancer after radical cystectomy', European Urology Supplements, 17, pp. e1527 - e1527, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1569-9056(18)31902-x

van Leeuwen PJ; Hayen A; Thompson JE; Moses D; Shnier R; Böhm M; Abuodha M; Haynes AM; Ting F; Barentsz J; Roobol M; Vass J; Rasiah K; Delprado W; Stricker PD, 2017, 'A multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging-based risk model to determine the risk of significant prostate cancer prior to biopsy', BJU International, 120, pp. 774 - 781, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bju.13814

Scheltema MJ; van den Bos W; Siriwardana AR; Kalsbeek AMF; Thompson JE; Ting F; Böhm M; Haynes AM; Shnier R; Delprado W; Stricker PD, 2017, 'Feasibility and safety of focal irreversible electroporation as salvage treatment for localized radio-recurrent prostate cancer', BJU International, 120, pp. 51 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bju.13991

Siriwardana A; Thompson J; van Leeuwen PJ; Doig S; Kalsbeek A; Emmett L; Delprado W; Wong D; Samaratunga H; Haynes AM; Coughlin G; Stricker P, 2017, 'Initial multicentre experience of 68gallium-PSMA PET/CT guided robot-assisted salvage lymphadenectomy: acceptable safety profile but oncological benefit appears limited', BJU International, 120, pp. 673 - 681, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bju.13919

Mazzon G; Sridhar A; Busuttil G; Thompson J; Nathan S; Briggs T; Kelly J; Shaw G, 2017, 'Learning Curves for Robotic Surgery: a Review of the Recent Literature', Current Urology Reports, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11934-017-0738-z

Khetrapal P; Tan WS; Lamb B; Tan M; Baker H; Thompson J; Sridhar A; Kelly JD; Briggs T, 2017, 'The Role of Robotics in the Invasive Management of Bladder Cancer', Current Urology Reports, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11934-017-0706-7

Ginsburg SB; Algohary A; Pahwa S; Gulani V; Ponsky L; Aronen HJ; Boström PJ; Böhm M; Haynes AM; Brenner P; Delprado W; Thompson J; Pulbrock M; Taimen P; Villani R; Stricker P; Rastinehad AR; Jambor I; Madabhushi A, 2017, 'Radiomic features for prostate cancer detection on MRI differ between the transition and peripheral zones: Preliminary findings from a multi-institutional study', Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 46, pp. 184 - 193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmri.25562

Siriwardana A; Thompson J; Stricker P, 2017, 'Personalising prostate cancer care Part 2. Current treatment options', Medicine Today, 18, pp. 28 - 33

Thompson JE; Stricker PD, 2017, 'Diagnostic accuracy of multi-parametric MRI and transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy in prostate cancer', Lancet, 389, pp. 767 - 768, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30121-6

Rusu M; Purysko AS; Verma S; Kiechle J; Gollamudi J; Ghose S; Herrmann K; Gulani V; Paspulati R; Ponsky L; Böhm M; Haynes AM; Moses D; Shnier R; Delprado W; Thompson J; Stricker P; Madabhushi A, 2017, 'Computational imaging reveals shape differences between normal and malignant prostates on MRI', Scientific Reports, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep41261

Siriwardana A; Thompson J; Stricker P, 2017, 'Personalising prostate cancer care Part 1. Advances in diagnosis', Medicine Today, 18, pp. 29 - 32

Siriwardana A; Van Den Bos W; Thompson J; Shnier R; Stricker PD, 2017, 'The role of MRI in prostate cancer: A changing paradigm', Medicine Today, 18, pp. 44 - 46

Sridhar AN; Thompson J; Mazzon G; Mohammed A; Sooriakumaran P; Shaw G; Rajan P; Nathan S; Kelly J; Briggs T, 2017, 'Achieving optimal bladder neck preservation during robotic prostatectomy in prostates with a large median lobe: Myth or reality', European Urology Supplements, 16, pp. e2445 - e2445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1569-9056(17)31580-4

Sridhar AN; Mohammed A; Mazzon G; Busuttil G; Thompson J; Kelly JD; Nathan S; Shaw G; Rajan P; Sooriakumaran P; Briggs TP, 2017, 'Surgical techniques to optimise early urinary continence recovery post robot assisted radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer', European Urology Supplements, 16, pp. e2379 - e2379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1569-9056(17)31517-8

Thompson JE; Van Leeuwen PJ; Moses D; Shnier R; Brenner P; Delprado W; Pulbrook M; Böhm M; Haynes AM; Hayen A; Stricker PD, 2016, 'The diagnostic performance of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging to detect significant prostate cancer', Journal of Urology, 195, pp. 1428 - 1435, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.juro.2015.10.140

Ting F; Van Leeuwen PJ; Thompson J; Shnier R; Moses D; Delprado W; Stricker PD, 2016, 'Assessment of the Performance of Magnetic Resonance Imaging/Ultrasound Fusion Guided Prostate Biopsy against a Combined Targeted Plus Systematic Biopsy Approach Using 24-Core Transperineal Template Saturation Mapping Prostate Biopsy', Prostate Cancer, 2016, pp. 3794738, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3794738

Tran M; Thompson J; Böhm M; Pulbrook M; Moses D; Shnier R; Brenner P; Delprado W; Haynes AM; Savdie R; Stricker PD, 2016, 'Combination of multiparametric MRI and transperineal template-guided mapping biopsy of the prostate to identify candidates for hemi-ablative focal therapy', BJU International, 117, pp. 48 - 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bju.13090

Van Leeuwen PJ; Siriwardana A; Roobol M; Ting F; Nieboer D; Thompson J; Delprado W; Haynes AM; Brenner P; Stricker P, 2016, 'Predicting low-risk prostate cancer from transperineal saturation biopsies', Prostate Cancer, 2016, pp. 7105678, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7105678

Siriwardana A; van Leeuwen P; Roobol M; Ting F; Nieboer D; Thompson J; Delprado W; Haynes A-M; Brenner P; Stricker P, 2016, 'MP80-16 PREDICTING LOW-RISK PROSTATE CANCER FROM TRANSPERINEAL SATURATION BIOPSIES', Journal of Urology, 195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.juro.2016.02.2048

Thompson JE; Hayen A; Landau A; Haynes AM; Kalapara A; Ischia J; Matthews J; Frydenberg M; Stricker PD, 2015, 'Medium-term oncological outcomes for extended vs saturation biopsy and transrectal vs transperineal biopsy in active surveillance for prostate cancer', BJU International, 115, pp. 884 - 891, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bju.12858

Minh T; Thompson J; Boehm M; Pulbrook M; Moses D; Shnier R; Brenner P; Delprado W; Haynes A-M; Savdie R; Stricker P, 2015, 'COMBINATION OF MULTI-PARAMETRIC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MP-MRI) AND TRANSPERINEAL TEMPLATE-GUIDED MAPPING BIOPSY (TTMB) OF THE PROSTATE TO IDENTIFY CANDIDATES FOR HEMI-ABLATIVE FOCAL THERAPY', JOURNAL OF UROLOGY, 193, pp. E1050 - E1050, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.juro.2015.02.1877

Thompson JE; Egger S; Böhm M; Haynes AM; Matthews J; Rasiah K; Stricker PD, 2014, 'Superior quality of life and improved surgical margins are achievable with robotic radical prostatectomy after a long learning curve: A prospective single-surgeon study of 1552 consecutive cases', European Urology, 65, pp. 521 - 531, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2013.10.030

Thompson JE; Moses D; Shnier R; Brenner P; Delprado W; Ponsky L; Pulbrook M; Böhm M; Haynes AM; Hayen A; Stricker PD, 2014, 'Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging guided diagnostic biopsy detects significant prostate cancer and could reduce unnecessary biopsies and over detection: A prospective study', Journal of Urology, 192, pp. 67 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.juro.2014.01.014

Thompson JE; Egger S; Stricker PD, 2014, 'Reply to Patrick H. Tuliao and Koon Ho Rha's Letter to the Editor re: James E. Thompson, Sam Egger, Maret Böhm, et al. Superior quality of life and improved surgical margins are achievable with robotic radical prostatectomy after a long learning curve: A prospective single-surgeon study of 1552 consecutive cases. Eur Urol 2014;65:521-31', European Urology, 65, pp. e95 - e96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2014.01.021

Thompson J; Stricker P; Brenner P; Moses D; Shnier R; Delprado W; Haynes AM; Hayen A, 2013, 'MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING DETECTS SIGNIFICANT PROSTATE CANCER AND COULD BE USED TO REDUCE UNNECESSARY BIOPSIES: INITIAL RESULTS FROM A PROSPECTIVE TRIAL', JOURNAL OF UROLOGY, 189, pp. E910 - E911, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.juro.2013.02.2129

Thompson J; Lawrentschuk N; Frydenberg M; Thompson L; Stricker P, 2013, 'The role of magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis and management of prostate cancer', BJU International, 112, pp. 6 - 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bju.12381

Fox G; Thompson JE; Bourke VC; Moloney G, 2007, 'Medical students, medical schools and international health', Medical Journal of Australia, 187, pp. 536 - 539

Conference Abstracts

Katelaris A; Amin A; Blazevski A; Scheltema MJ; Cusick T; Farraha M; Barreto D; Haynes AM; Gondoputro W; Agrawal S; Stricker P; Thompson J, 2025, 'Outcomes for active surveillance are similar for men with favourable risk ISUP-2 to those with ISUP-1 prostate cancer: A pair matched cohort study', in Journal of Clinical Urology, Vol. 18, pp. 121 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/20514158231154702

Emmett L; Papa N; Hope T; Fendler W; Calais J; Burger I; Eiber M; Barbato F; Moon D; Xue A; Franklin A; Thompson J; Rasiah K; Frydenberg M; Yaxley J; Buteau J; Liu V; Nguyen A; Hsiao E; Stricker P; Hofman M; Kasivisvanathan V; Roberts M; Murphy D, 2024, 'Combining MRI PI-RADS and PSMA-PET/CT PRIMARY score in a composite (P) score for more accurate diagnosis of clinically significant prostate cancer', in EUROPEAN UROLOGY, ELSEVIER, Vol. 85, pp. S476 - S476

Katelaris A; Browne L; Bucci J; Malouf D; Thompson J, 2022, '100 Long Term Impact of LDR Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer on Erectile Function: Single Centre Tertiary Referral Outcomes with 8-Year Follow Up', in The Journal of Sexual Medicine, Oxford University Press (OUP), Vol. 19, pp. S163 - S164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsxm.2022.03.374

Doan PN; Scheltema MJ; Amin AA; Shnier R; Geboers B; Gondoputro W; Moses D; Van Leeuwen PJ; Haynes A-M; Matthews J; Brenner P; O'Neill G; Yuen C; Delprado W; Stricker P; Thompson J, 2022, '3-year outcomes from the prospective 'MRIAS' trial: A novel active surveillance protocol which incorporates multiparametric MRI to reduce frequency of biopsy in men with prostate cancer', in EUROPEAN UROLOGY, ELSEVIER, Vol. 81, pp. S421 - S421, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000812320400271&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Doan PN; Counter W; Sheehan-Dare G; Papa N; Ho B; Lee J; Liu V; Thompson J; Agrawal S; Roberts M; Algharzo O; Buteau J; Hofman M; Moon D; Murphy D; Stricker P; Emmett L, 2022, 'Diagnostic accuracy, concordance and certainty with 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/MRI fusion compared to mpMRI and 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT alone for prostate cancer diagnosis: A PRIMARY trial sub-study', in EUROPEAN UROLOGY, ELSEVIER, Vol. 81, pp. S1103 - S1104, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000812320401137&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Geboers B; Gondoputro W; Thompson J; Reesink DJ; Van Riel LAMJG; Zhang D; Blazevski A; Doan P; Agrawal S; Mathews J; Haynes AM; Liu Z; Delprado W; Shnier R; De Reijke T; Lawrentschuk N; Stijns PEF; Yaxley J; Scheltema M; Stricker P, 2022, 'Multicenter validation of the diagnostic accuracy of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging to detect residual prostate cancer in the follow-up of focal therapy with irreversible electroporation', in EUROPEAN UROLOGY, ELSEVIER, Vol. 81, pp. S502 - S502, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000812320400322&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Siriwardana A; Thompson J; Doig S; Kalsbeek A; Emmett L; Delprado W; Wong D; Samaratunga H; Haynes A-M; Coughlin G; Stricker P, 2017, 'Robot-assisted salvage node dissection for oligometastatic nodal disease detected by 68gallium-PSMA PET/CT: a multicentre retrospective series', in BJU INTERNATIONAL, WILEY-BLACKWELL, Canberra, AUSTRALIA, Vol. 119, pp. 78 - 79, presented at 70th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Urological-Society-of-Australia-and-New-Zealand, Canberra, AUSTRALIA, 24 February 2017 - 27 February 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.juro.2017.02.1661

Thompson J; Shnier R; Moses D; Brenner P; Delprado W; Tran M; Ponsky L; Boehm M; Hayen A; Stricker P, 2015, 'PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF PRE-BIOPSY MULTIPARAMETRIC MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MPMRI) COMPARED TO TRANSPERINEAL TEMPLATE MAPPING BIOPSY (TTMB) FOR DETECTION OF CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT PROSTATE CANCER: IS IT ACCURATE ENOUGH TO GUIDE SELECTION OF MEN FOR BIOPSY?', in JOURNAL OF UROLOGY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, LA, New Orleans, Vol. 193, pp. E959 - E959, presented at Annual Meeting of the American-Urological-Association (AUA), LA, New Orleans, 15 May 2015 - 19 May 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.juro.2015.02.2739

Algohary A; Viswanath S; Prasanna P; Pahwa S; Gulani V; Moses D; Shnier R; Boehm M; Haynes A-M; Brenner P; Delprado W; Thompson J; Pulbrock M; Stricker P; Ponsky L; Madabhushi A, 2015, 'QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF T2-WEIGHTED MRI TO BETTER IDENTIFY PATIENTS WITH PROSTATE CANCER IN A SCREENING POPULATION', in JOURNAL OF UROLOGY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, LA, New Orleans, Vol. 193, pp. E739 - E739, presented at Annual Meeting of the American-Urological-Association (AUA), LA, New Orleans, 15 May 2015 - 19 May 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.juro.2015.02.2206

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