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Lucienne Marie Ide, MD, PhD
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Can remote patient monitoring help combat the staffing shortage?

"As more patients become interested in remote patient monitoring and case studies continue to show improved patient outcomes, practices must seek ways to integrate these tools into their workflows," writes Lucienne Marie Ide, MD, PhD.

Scott Webster, MD
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PARP inhibitors: Treating mCRPC from a genetic basis

Treatments provide a targeted therapeutic strategy for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Evan R. Goldfischer, MD, MBA, FACS
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Chronic care management in the urologic oncology setting

CCM programs can engage multiple providers to care for patients while reducing in-person visits.

Jeremy D. Sherer, JD
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What you need to know about providing telehealth in 2023

Jeremy D. Sherer, JD, explains everything physicians need to know about using telemedicine in their practice in 2023.

Steffanie Robertus
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When it comes to urology teaching or learning opportunities, just say yes

"Despite the uncertain times, I am grateful to be a student in the field of medicine, where compassion is one of the traits that defines its practitioners," says PA student Steffanie Robertus.

Melanie McGilloway, NP-C
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Comparing Leuprolide Formulations in Advanced Prostate Cancer

In the third article of the series, Melanie McGilloway, NP-C, an advanced practice provider at Genesis Urology in San Diego, discusses the various formulations of leuprolide, a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist used for treating advanced prostate cancer.

Vignesh T. Packiam, MD
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What the Future Holds for the Gemcitabine Intravesical System and the Bladder Cancer Space

Panelists discuss how the promising approval of the gemcitabine intravesical system will likely drive future research into drug-device combinations for sustained drug delivery across various bladder cancer populations, including Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-naive patients during shortages and muscle-invasive disease, potentially transforming localized bladder treatment approaches over the next decade.

Robert A. Wells
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Legislation improves accessibility to mental health programs for clinicians

Congress has taken actions aimed at protecting arrangements in which hospitals and other entities provide bona fide mental health improvement, behavioral health improvement, or maintenance programs to physicians and other clinicians.

Miranda Lankas
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Radium-223 is associated with low rates of AEs, treatment discontinuation for bone metastatic CRPC

Of note, 55% of patients received a full course (6 injections) of radium-223 injections, and 67% received 5 of the 6 injections.

Ashley Gallagher
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Mayo study finds dietary habits that may help prevent kidney stones

"Knowing the dietary factors that are most important for preventing kidney stone recurrence can help patients and providers know what to prioritize,” said Andrew Rule, MD.

Antonia DePace
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Survey highlights communication gaps with kidney cancer diagnosis and care

“This indicates opportunities to improve communication about diagnosis, psychosocial impacts, and clinical trials, as well as biopsies, physical exercise, and patient engagement,” wrote Rachel H. Giles, PhD, and colleagues.

Gary D. Steinberg, MD
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Future of BCG in NMIBC

Panelists discuss how it would be preferred that BCG monotherapy not remain the first-line treatment for intermediate-risk and high-risk disease within the next 10 years. It is encouraged that the future of first-line treatment be a noninfectious agent that would be easier to develop and include more data.

Alexandria A. Spellman, MD, MS

Spellman is a urology resident at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.

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Financial toxicity is a growing concern in urologic oncology

"Clinicians have opportunities to reduce patient subjective and objective financial burden if they continue to self-educate and communicate with patients and consider [financial toxicitiy] an adverse effect of treatment," write Alexandria A. Spellman, MD, MS, and Deborah R. Kaye, MD, MS.

Lisa Eramo, MA
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13 tips to keep your patient data safe from hackers

Here are 13 cybersecurity measures medical practices can take to protect patient data from hackers.

Megan Price, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
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PARP inhibitors: Treating mCRPC from a genetic basis

Treatments provide a targeted therapeutic strategy for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Keith A. Reynolds
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Practice Management: Expert coding tips

A physician’s goal is to care for patients, but a key part of being able to provide that care is the eternal quest for payment.

Benjamin J. Martin, MD

Martin is a urologist with Central Ohio Urology Group in Gahanna.

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Upper tract urothelial carcinoma case illustrates rapidly changing treatment landscape

Urologists and medical oncologists should collaborate to tailor therapy to the specific needs of the patient.

Vishal Patel, MD
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Management of recurrent prostate cancer after focal therapy

Providers must carefully consider treatment options to align with patient preference.

Javier Piraino, DO
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Fertility preservation in patients with testicular cancer

"Full discussion of the various fertility preservation options and an understanding of the fertility implications of the various treatment modalities must be understood by patients for them to make optimal decisions for their reproductive futures," write the authors.

Colin Carr
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Urology Practice advice: Real estate pitfalls to avoid

Commercial real estate can be one of the highest expenses for health care practices.

Hesham A. Yasin, MD

Yasin is a genitourinary oncology fellow at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.

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BCG-unresponsive NMIBC: Current evidence and options

Multiple investigational agents have been developed and are being studied.

Justin Wright, MA, MBA
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A primer on DNA sequencing for the practicing urologist

Embracing and understanding new and emerging molecular techniques will improve patient outcomes.

Meade Monger
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Reining in the administrative burden in health care

Doctors and medical practices are mired in administrative tasks.

Richard Payerchin
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Congress to again consider prior authorization reform legislation

The bill has a mass of legislative supporters – at least 41 senators and 127 representatives, along with more than 370 organizations representing patients, physicians, hospitals and Medicare Advantage plans.

Philip Abbosh, MD, PhD
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3D bioprinting technology facilitates development of an in vitro biomimetic bladder model

"This exciting and innovative technology has a wide range of possible applications, including tissue engineering, drug development, and precision medicine," write Kate Gessner, MD, PhD, and Philip Abbosh, MD, PhD.

Nima Almassi, MD

Almassi is a urologist at Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.

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iRARC adoption is slow but persistent in bladder cancer

"Over the past 10 to 15 years, tremendous efforts have gone into robotic surgical innovation to improve perioperative morbidity for patients with bladder cancer undergoing RC," write Andrew M. Wood, MD, and Nima Almassi, MD.

Denise Myshko
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Post-surgery nivolumab boosts disease-free survival in muscle-invasive urothelial carcinoma

Adjuvant treatment with the anti–PD-1 immunotherapy significantly extended the time period after primary treatment in which patients had no signs or symptoms of cancer.

Samuel Haywood, MD

Haywood is an associate staff urologist at Cleveland Clinic Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Race-based adjustment of eGFR: Current opinions and impact on urologic oncology

“As other factors such as access to care, socioeconomic conditions, patient preference, and other unknown confounders might have played a role in the observed disparity, it is still unclear whether overestimating the postoperative eGFR of Black patients contributes to the lower use of nephron-sparing approaches in this population,” the authors write.

Conor Killmurray
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Talazoparib/enzalutamide significantly boosts OS in mCRPC

"The TALAPRO-2 results provide much-needed hope to patients who remain in high unmet need for effective treatment options," said Neeraj Agarwal, MD, FASCO.

Neal Baum, MD