Dr. Salari on family history, germline genetic risk in favorable-risk prostate cancer
April 16th 2024"What we found is that over a third of patients, 36%, had positive family history of either prostate, breast, or pancreatic cancer. And if you had this type of a family history, there was nearly a two-fold risk of dying of prostate cancer in the long term," says Keyan Salari, MD, PhD.
Study highlights need to recruit and retain URiM urologists
April 12th 2024"At the medical student level, we can provide early exposure to urology to make sure that these students feel properly equipped to apply to urology when that time comes and get adequate exposure to the field," says Ashley Appleton.
Dr. Morgan discusses guideline for salvage therapy in prostate cancer
April 11th 2024"There have been some pivotal clinical trials that have reported out, and they've really showed us that there is limited to maybe no role for adjuvant treatment after prostatectomy, and there is a huge role for early salvage treatment," says Todd M. Morgan, MD.
Recent data highlight importance of screening for prostate cancer in transgender women
April 10th 2024"I think the main takeaway from this study is that prostate cancer is not as rare in trans women as we think it is, and that we really need to be giving this population the time that they deserve, and that they should be screened equally to their cis male counterparts," says Matthew Loria.
Dr. Narayan on next steps with nadofaragene firadenovec in NMIBC
April 2nd 2024“The hope is that we can collaborate with folks who might be interested in trying nadofaragene plus something else, something that compliments the mechanism of action, so that we can build upon what we have now,” says Vikram M. Narayan, MD.
Dr. Patel and Dr. Aworunse discuss prostate cancer among US veterans
April 2nd 2024"We hope that this paper encourages urologists to rethink non definitive treatment/active surveillance for prostate cancer and consider definitive treatment options earlier in the treatment pathway based on evidence that has accumulated," says Mital Patel, MD.
How post-URS QOL data can help with patient counseling
April 1st 2024"We know that surgical intervention for ureteroscopy for both renal and ureteral stones does result in a relatively rapid and also quite substantial improvement in quality of life that does exceed preoperative baseline," says Justin B. Ziemba, MD, MSEd.
Academic, private practice urologists collaborate to change BPH reimbursement
April 1st 2024"We really aimed to affect 3 different contraindications and instead achieved retirement of the entire policy, which, we think, really opens up this wonderful technology to literally hundreds of thousands more patients across the country," says Arpeet Shah, MD.