Dr. Siddiqui and Dr. Li on the power of nomograms in prostate cancer detection
May 9th 2023“I think, overall, nomograms are a really powerful tools just because there are so many different clinical variables that we consider when we talk to patients about whether to proceed with prostate biopsy,” says Eric Li, MD.
Dr. Watts on the role of interstate licensure in telemedicine
May 8th 2023“The cost and the burden of being able to find permissions and licenses within different states to continue to offer these services once the waivers end will essentially negate all of these services,” says Kara L. Watts, MD.
Dr. Colin P. West on how he came to study physician burnout
May 4th 2023“I think there's a mindset out there that you have to have experienced a particular mental health crisis or some other major sort of breaking point event in your medical career. That's not actually my story,” says Colin P. West, MD, PhD.
Dr. Hafron discusses the use of oral Relugolix in prostate cancer
April 29th 2023"What we noticed is that even though it's not in the NCCN guidelines, a lot of urologists are using oral Relugolix in combination with other prostate cancer medications in similar numbers to the injectables," says Jason M. Hafron, MD.
Dr. Isali on the development of a co-electrocompacted bladder patch for vesicovaginal fistula
April 14th 2023"We are optimistic about this study, because it has the potential not just only for vesicovaginal fistula treatment, but it can be also used in the treatment of burns for other fistula types," says Ilaha Isali, MD.
Expert: Work needed to validate changes in diagnostic work-up for upper tract urothelial carcinoma
April 12th 2023“I think clinicians can really take away that we have more work to be done in this space of evaluating patients with microhematuria, specifically when it comes to looking at assessments of upper tract urothelial carcinoma or renal cell carcinoma,” says Jacob Taylor, MD, MPH.