March 19th 2024
"I am still struggling with disposing the scopes after each use, both from the environmental aspect and the fact that the scope technically can be used more than once," writes Gopal H. Badlani, MD.
Medical Crossfire®: Expert Exchanges to Maximize Clinical Outcomes for Patients with CRPC Through Evidence-Based Personalized Therapy
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How the Experts Treat NMIBC During a BCG Shortage—Integrating Recent Approvals and Investigational Therapies
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Staying Abreast of the Prostate Cancer Treatment Paradigm From Risk Stratification to Adaptive Sequencing Strategies
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Everything You Need to Know About PARP Inhibitor Combinations in Prostate Cancer Care: Why? For Whom? And When?
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Clinical Case Vignette Series: Integrating Recent Data into Practice to Improve Outcomes in Advanced Prostate Cancer
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Medical Crossfire®: How Will Emerging Data Inform Treatment Planning for Patients With Prostate Cancer in the Community?
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Medical Crossfire®: How Does Recent Evidence on PARP Inhibitors and Combinations Inform Treatment Planning for Prostate Cancer Now and In the Future?
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MAPP study utilizes separate measures for pelvic pain and urinary symptom severity
March 21st 2023“As part of the [MAPP] network, and the research that it did, we recognized that it was really important to consider pelvic pain symptoms separately from urinary symptoms,” says Alisa J. Stephens-Shields, PhD.
Dr. Sutcliffe highlights findings on flares in urological chronic pelvic pain syndrome
February 7th 2023"We used data from this study to see whether having a greater number of flares independently impacted patients’ quality of life as well as their healthcare seeking activity," said Siobhan Sutcliffe, PhD, ScM, MHS.
Researchers advocate ultrasound over CT for initial evaluation of suspected urinary stone disease
November 7th 2022The study authors maintain there is no current evidence in the literature indicating that CT use is superior to other imaging modalities in reducing morbidity or improving outcomes in patients with urinary stone disease.
Recent study associates unmet social needs with urologic conditions
March 31st 2022Elisabeth M. Sebesta, MD, coauthor of a recent study, reported that patients who experienced more unmet social needs were at increased risk of multiple urologic conditions, such as overactive bladder, interstitial cystitis, or urge incontinence.
Study investigates mindfulness-based stress reduction for urodynamics
March 23rd 2022In this interview, Andrea Staack, MD, PhD, discusses the background, findings, and takeaways of the study, "Mindfulness based-stress reduction is associated with decreased levels of patients’ anxiety after urodynamics- A prospective randomized controlled trial," along with why urologists should consider implementing more strategies of this effect in their practices.
Optilume drug-coated balloon superior to standard care for recurrent anterior urethral strictures
October 14th 2021“Optilume exhibited a significant improvement in [the primary] objective outcome at 6 months and subjective outcomes at 1-year post treatment compared to standard of care,” said Justin Chee, MBBS, FRACS.
iTind device improves urinary function while preserving sexual function
January 18th 2021Minimally-invasive treatment with the iTind device (Medi-Tate) provides rapid and sustained improvement of LUTS in men with BPH, without adversely affecting patients’ sexual function, according to a recently published 12-month study.