Vol 49 No 09

Medicare typically does not pay for preventive services unless specifically allowed.

“For harder, more aggressive stones, I'm more likely to use the Trilogy based on the results of the study. If I have a softer, easier stone, I prefer the lightness of the ShockPulse," said lead study investigator Amy E. Krambeck, MD.

“New and different drugs indicated at different points in the treatment cycle have been the biggest change," says 1 urologist.

In this interview, Marc A. Bjurlin, DO, MSc, FACOS, explains the advantages of prostate MRI, in which patients it is best used, and whether it can be considered the gold standard for prostate cancer detection

Deposing witnesses allows for presentation of factual issues in a case.

The research also showed that the decision aid was well-received by patients as both satisfaction of men who used the tool and their willingness to recommend their physician were very high.

Inflation within healthy ranges can be advantageous for consumers.

The benefit was more pronounced in patients who received only 1 treatment—enzalutamide or abiraterone—and no docetaxel.

Researchers suggest diet may play important role in male reproductive health.

"Brain imaging is routinely obtained for kidney cancer patients with symptoms that suggest CNS metastases, but none of the patients with brain metastases included here were symptomatic," said Martin H. Voss, MD.