How will bladder Ca care change with new drug approvals?
February 24, 2020
"It certainly looks like these new therapies will provide better results. From the research and literature, it looks like significant improvement," says one urologist.
Karen Nash
What are your thoughts on recent studies regarding AS and radiation in African-American men?
February 6, 2020
For this installment of “Speak Out,” urologists were asked to discuss recent studies indicating African-American men with prostate cancer may be put on active surveillance without suffering complications and that they respond to radiation and some chemotherapy better than Caucasian men.
What advances in urology do you hope to see in 2020?
December 23, 2019
“It’s actually an exciting time for patients who have metastatic urothelial cancers and prostate cancers or advanced prostate cancers because there are a lot more products on the way, like the newer hormone agents for prostate cancer and the new immunologic agents like PARP inhibitors for different types of cancers," says one urologist.
What has been the most significant advance in prostate cancer in 2019?
December 11, 2019
Leonard G. Gomella, MD, Tanya Dorff, MD, Scott Eggener, MD, and Jorge Garcia, MD, all reflect on prostate cancer treatment in 2019.
How have your benefits changed over the past several years?
November 27, 2019
"Becoming a member of the larger group has given us more bargaining power in the health care marketplace, so we’ve been able to get better health care, not only for us but for our staff," says one urologist.
What’s your opinion of Medicare for All?
November 14, 2019
"In an ideal world, it could work pretty well. We live in a capitalistic society, however, and insurance companies are not going to voluntarily implode in order to make it easy to implement a Medicare for All system," says one urologist.
How has your management of BPH patients changed?
September 24, 2019
"I basically choose the procedure based on the patient’s anatomy," says one urologist.
What’s your biggest frustration with prior authorization?
September 3, 2019
"One is the delay in delivering care. If I order surgery that requires prior authorization, it won’t always come through in a timely manner, and that impacts patients’ quality of life," says one urologist.
What are you doing to safeguard patient information?
August 9, 2019
"We start by having a discussion with patients and letting them know about available resources, but that they have to accept some responsibility themselves," says one urologist.
What do you tell male patients about men’s health clinics?
July 25, 2019
"Men’s centers here are offering testosterone treatments without doing much testing beforehand. They also give little or no warning about potential comorbidities of testosterone," says one urologist.
