Vol 49 No 12

"It appears that the TR and TP biopsy procedures are essentially comparable in various aspects of the procedure," writes Badar M. Mian, MD.

Urology as a specialty will see a 3.71% decrease in overall payments.

Be sure to replenish your emergency fund if necessary.

"Without any real data [showing] that this improves anything, it just makes us too accessible," says one urologist.

Keeping up to date on EHR updates is 1 step you can take.

“These findings are exciting because we’re challenging the dogma in radiation oncology that RCC is biologically radioresistant," ,” said lead author Chad Tang, MD.

In a recent study Martin M. Miner, MD, and co-authors investigated the effect of BMI on the pharmacokinetic profile or dosing of testosterone therapies in men with TD.

The nomogram was significantly prognostic of key clinical end points and achieved outcomes comparable to STAR-CAP and superior to other established risk-stratification tools.

“This zone-dependent biopsy strategy warrants prospective evaluation to optimize the extent of systematic biopsies in presence of suspicious mpMRI lesions,” the authors wrote.

Data from the phase 2/3 QUILT-3.032 trial showed that adding N-803 to BCG met the primary end point of disease-free survival in patients with BCG-unresponsive, high-grade non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer and papillary disease.

In a recent Journal of Urology study, Jordan J. Kramer, MD, and co-authors examined whether statins impact LUTS incidence in asymptomatic men and progression in symptomatic men with BPH.

A decrease in urinary ATP levels following onabotulinumtoxinA (Botox) injections corresponded to clinical improvements in overactive bladder symptoms.

"Clinical benefit was observed regardless of homologous recombination repair gene mutational status," the study authors wrote.

The MV140 vaccine "will be a game changer for women's health in the future," says J. Curtis Nickel, MD.