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 paper, “Tobacco screening and treatment during outpatient urologic office visits in the United States,” for which he served as a study author. Matulewicz is a clinical instructor in urology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.   

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“Very, very few patients actually had any counseling documented or any medications ordered that would help with smoking cessation,” says Richard S. Matulewicz, MD.

Are urologists counseling patients on smoking cessation?

Thomas Powles, MBBS, MRCP, MD, director, Barts Cancer Institute, discusses standard treatment for patients with metastatic urothelial cancer in the frontline setting and beyond.

Treatment following progression on chemotherapy and an immune checkpoint inhibitor remains an unmet medical need.

Dr. Thomas Powles explains standard treatment for metastatic urothelial cancer

Shaakir Hasan, DO, New York Proton Center, discusses socioeconomic characteristics associated with the diagnosis and management of bladder cancer. Hasan was the lead author on a research paper shared during the 2021 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium that focused on disparities in bladder cancer. Hasan and his coauthors wrote in their conclusion, "In the largest study of its kind, we report that several socioeconomic, racial, and gender factors are associated with the diagnosis of bladder cancer at a later stage, as well as the use of less cancer-directed treatments” (

 39, 2021 (suppl 6; abstr 403). doi: 10.1200/JCO.2021.39.6_suppl.403).

Shaakir Hasan, DO, discusses socioeconomic characteristics associated with the diagnosis and management of bladder cancer.

Dr. Shaakir Hasan discusses disparities in bladder cancer diagnosis and treatment

Michael Philip O’Leary, MD, a professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School, discusses potential risks of surgical implantation Penuma, an FDA-cleared penile enhancement implant. O’Leary is 1 of 10 surgeons in the United States capable of performing this surgery, and he recently performed the first Penuma implant at Brigham and Women's Hospital, part of Harvard Medical School. Penuma is a permanent cosmetic penile implant customized to an individual patient’s anatomy.

O’Leary discusses safety related to instillation of the Penuma penile enhancement implant.

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Are urologists counseling patients on smoking cessation?

Dr. Thomas Powles explains standard treatment for metastatic urothelial cancer

Dr. Shaakir Hasan discusses disparities in bladder cancer diagnosis and treatment

Dr. Michael Philip O'Leary on potential risks of penile implant surgery