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P. Dekuyper is a clinical researcher specializing in urologic oncology, with a focus on improving surgical and post-operative care for prostate cancer patients. Their work bridges the gap between surgical technique and treatment outcomes, particularly in the context of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP). Dekuyper’s key contributions include the development and validation of metrics for a new training model for robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN), a project that aims to standardize and enhance surgical education. In a pivotal population-based cohort study, Dekuyper demonstrated that variations in the use of adjuvant and early salvage radiotherapy after RARP are not solely driven by patient characteristics. Instead, the study revealed that the availability of a radiotherapy department on-site at the surgical center independently predicts a 1.5 times higher odds of receiving postoperative radiotherapy—a finding with significant implications for equitable cancer care. Though their most-cited papers currently hold modest citation counts, the practical and policy-oriented nature of this work positions Dekuyper as an emerging voice in surgical oncology and health services research.