Hannah Clarke

In 2021, small urology programs had 28.1% spots filled by applicants at their home program, compared with 16.2% between 2016 and 2020.

"With ARASTEP, we are optimistic about the potential to help patients at this earlier stage of [prostate cancer]," says Tara Frenkl, MD.

"While CBD oil appears safe, it does not seem to reduce pain or discomfort during the typically brief recovery period after this common procedure,” says Karen Stern, MD.

"The results of this study demonstrate that peroneal eTNM using the URIS neuromodulation system is safe, well tolerated, and effective, with over 85% of patients experiencing clinically significant improvement in most bothersome OAB symptoms," says Jan Krhut, PhD.

Urologic oncology represented the largest subspecialty on Twitter with 225 active members and the highest followers, likes, and tweets per day.

The highest cumulative 120-day rates of ED visits and HA were observed in patients who underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy procedures.

"UH is working on starting clinics throughout rural Northeast Ohio, and we're meeting to develop a FPMRS program, both virtual and in-person, so patients can have access to this point of care," says David Sheyn, MD.

Findings suggest many patients with localized disease can delay surgery or radiation without increasing their mortality risk.

“The more we can use AI to streamline all the less attractive aspects of our job, the better,” says David Canes, MD.

"The government is spending more in Medicare, we are getting more people with prostate cancer, more deaths with prostate cancer, [and] more metastasis with prostate cancer. While it is so simple: today, PSA is still there," says Navin Shah, MD, MS, FACS, FICS, FACIP.

The investigators used data from the National Inpatient Sample database to identify 5280 patients with non-metastatic bladder cancer who underwent RC from 2016 to 2019.

"We think this is an important call to action for the NCCN to follow in the footsteps of the AUA, who recently removed VLR from its prostate cancer guidelines in its most recent update," says Kevin Shee, MD, PhD.

"Our recommendation is to adopt a Mediterranean diet enlisting the help of a dietician, because people absorb nutrients in different ways, depending on the food, the digestive system, the person’s genotype and possibly their microbiome," says Permal Deo, MD.

"Our hope is that this study, and others, will encourage a review of the levels of nitrate that are allowed in water, in order to ensure that there is no risk to human health,” said Carolina Donat-Vargas, PhD, MPH.

"This year's Summit was one of the biggest and most exciting so far," says Kevin Koo, MD, MPH.

Once patients had a PSA level of 0.25 ng/mL or higher, the risk of mortality increased by approximately 50%.

The investigators retrospectively analyzed ABU case log data on 8 different BPH surgical procedures ranging from 2008 to 2021.

"Increasing regulation, excess bureaucracy, decreasing autonomy, declining reimbursement, and increased administrative burdens are all increasing the risk of burnout," says Andrew M. Harris, MD.

"[Although] American Indian/Alaskan Native patients do present with more advanced prostate cancer, show lower rates of definitive treatment, and higher mortality, once we adjust for some of these disparities in access, we found that there were no significant differences in mortality," says Carissa E. Chu, MD.

"The Medicaid and uninsured patients had significantly lower odds of getting treatment than those who [have] private insurance," says Madison Novosel, BA.

At 6 months, high-grade RFS in the BCG group was 76%, compared with 92% in the gemcitabine and docetaxel group.

Immunotherapy utilization and costs accounted for 84% of the net increase in Medicare Part B payments, yet the treatment was administered to fewer than 20% of patients.

"We found a sizeable and statistically significant uptick in compliance with genetic testing and compliance with post-test genetic counseling in patients who underwent testing after the implementation of the standardized protocol," says Siddharth Ramanathan.

Barrigel is a hyaluronic acid rectal spacer indicated for patients with T1 to T3b prostate cancer disease.

Black race was identified as an independent predictor of 30-day readmission even after investigators controlled for differences in patient demographics, clinical factors, and comorbidities.

"It's important to make sure that this is something that is desired by our patients before pursuing further," says Timothy D. Lyon, MD, FACS.

"I gave a summary of what we have developed in our program in Houston at Baylor College of Medicine using what we designated as a resident wellness curriculum," said Jennifer M. Taylor, MD, MPH.

The findings also highlighted the diversity of physicians performing the procedure in regard to background and outcomes.

"The test is fast, minimally invasive, and cost-effective, and opens up a new suite of tools that will help us optimize treatment and quality of life for prostate cancer patients,” said Edwin Posadas, MD.

The device has the ability to monitor intrarenal pressure (IRP) in real-time during kidney stone procedures.