Vol 53 No 01

"When I eventually met Das at an AUA annual meeting, his smile and demeanor were captivating. I had to push through the hordes of admirers to get close to him," writes Gopal H. Badlani, MD.

"If a practice has determined in writing that there are insurers whose policies advised that they will not accept this code, it seems reasonable not to report that code to that insurer even when criteria are met," write Jonathan Rubenstein, MD, and Mark Painter.

"As a result of the changes and the programmed phase-in of the changes, the cystoscopy code total RVU for the office setting will be 8% lower in 2025 than the current value," write Jonathan Rubenstein, MD, and Mark Painter.

Data showed that all patients achieved a PSA decline of at least 50%.

Ferring has announced the opening of the first clinical trial sites for 2 studies within the ABLE clinical trial program as well as the launch of the phase 1/2 LUNAR trial.

The phase 2 CELLVX-230 trial is exploring the potential of FK-PC101 to delay or prevent prostate cancer recurrence following prostatectomy.

“The median DOR of 47.8 months in patients who achieved complete response with JELMYTO provides evidence of robust durability in maintaining control of low-grade UTUC over an extended period,” says Phillip Pierorazio, MD.

Data from the CAPItello-281 trial also showed a trend toward an improvement in overall survival.

“Prostate cancer patients with life expectancies of less than 5 or 10 years were being subjected to treatments that can take up to a decade to significantly improve their chances of surviving cancer, despite guidelines recommending against treatment," says Timothy J. Daskivich, MD.

"Together, the data point to the exciting potential for this combination regimen to be used to treat patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer," says Roger Li, MD.

"Remember that whether or not it's your first time down the aisle, marriage is a celebration. Don't let all the financial and administrative details that go along with your special day spoil it," writes Jeff Witz, CFP.

At the 24-month time point, patients who received apalutamide had a 23% reduction in the risk of death compared with patients who initiated enzalutamide.