Dr. Fernando Lista Mateos, urologist at MD Anderson Cancer Center Madrid – Hospiten, has received the 2014 Best Article Award for an article published in the journal ‘Actas Urologicas Españolas’, the means expression of the Spanish Association of Urology (AEU) and of the American Confederation of Urology (CAU).
Dr. Lista was received the award for his article ‘Evaluación de la invasión extracapsular y otros parámetros de estadificación mediante resonancia nuclear magnética multiparamétrica en pacientes con cáncer de próstata candidatos a prostatectomía radical’ (Evaluation of extracapsular invasion and other staging parameters by means of multi-parametric nuclear magnetic resonance in prostate cancer patients candidates for radical prostatectomy’). The article explains the conclusions obtained from a prospective study of 85 patients with prostate cancer, in which it is demonstrated that multi-parametric nuclear magnetic resonance is superior to other image tests available in pre-operative evaluation of localized prostate cancer.
Fernando Lista holds a degree in medicine form the Autonomous University of Madrid and is a specialist in urology, and is a fellow of the European Association of Urology (FEBU). His work has always been associated with the field of urological surgery and he is known for specializing in groundbreaking prostate cancer diagnostic techniques such as Histoscanning, Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Prostate Cancer and with the field of endo-urology.