Dr. Campbell assesses adverse effects of finasteride in patients with alopecia and BPH
October 25th 2021“This study suggests that the treatment of a patient's underlying hypogonadism or sexual dysfunction may be protective in the use of finasteride for alopecia or BPH,” says Kevin J. Campbell, MD, MS.
Study examines association between finasteride and suicidality, depression, and anxiety
October 23rd 2021“What we wanted to do was to substantiate any difference between BPH and alopecia with finasteride and also people who are concomitantly taking testosterone for hypogonadism,” says Kevin J. Campbell, MD, MS.
Dr. Loeb on urologists being conscious of their environmental impact
October 19th 2021“Bottom line, there's really no way to separate all of the things that we do, but I think we can all be more conscious on a day-to-day basis in terms of our own environmental footprint and just making better choices,” says Stacy Loeb, MD, PhD, MSc.
Cabazitaxel linked to lower treatment costs in third-line mCRPC
October 18th 2021Alicia Morgans, MD, MPH, discusses a health economics analysis that assessed the clinical and cost impact of cabazitaxel (Jevtana) as a third-line treatment for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Aquablation therapy improves bladder function in patients with BPH
October 16th 2021“What we found was [that] every subgroup, whether they were less than or greater than 100 mLs, or whether they had an obstructive median lobe or didn't have a median lobe, [all] showed significant improvements…regardless of their subcategory,” says Dean Elterman, MD, MSc, FRCSC.
Dr. Stewart assesses novel renal cancer treatment
October 14th 2021“Clearly, we are now in that era of TKIs in addition to checkpoint inhibitors, and so…it makes logical sense from the place we're at [in] the moment in renal cancer treatment with those combinations of treatment,” says Grant Stewart, MD.
Surgeons weigh in on MUS surgery for patients with stress urinary incontinence
October 12th 2021“I think the surgeon voice is an important voice to be heard because there's not a lot of avenues for surgeons to be able to be honest and share all the things they've learned and all the things they've experienced with their patients,” says Una Lee, MD, FPMRS.
Regenerative therapy linked to QOL benefit for patients with SUI
October 11th 2021In this interview, Melissa R. Kaufman, MD, PhD, FACS, describes the promise of a regenerative approach to treating recurrent incontinence in women known as autologous muscle derived cells for urinary sphincter repair (AMDC-USR).