Noninvasive biomarker tests diagnose urothelial cancer in patients with hematuria
September 20th 2021“What was very impressive from the study was by sequentially using Cxbladder Triage, Detect, and Resolve, we could not only segregate those who had cancer versus not, but also those who had low-risk tumors versus high-risk tumors,” says Jay Raman, MD, FACS.
Dr. Matulewicz discusses underreported smoking status in GU cancer trials
September 17th 2021“I think the real driving factor in all of this is that collecting smoking status and tobacco use is hard. It's difficult to get this information out. It requires a lot of time; it requires energy; it requires infrastructure in the data and the electronic medical record,” says Richard Matulewicz, MD, MS.
Dr. Chamie on durability of UGN-101 in low-grade UTUC
September 17th 2021“The reason that [long-term follow up is] important is because if you look at the best of hands, the incidence of recurrence of upper tract urothelial carcinoma, even for low and intermediate risk, is still very high,” says Karim Chamie, MD.
Dr. Elterman weighs in on the growing number of BPH treatments available
September 16th 2021“My patient selection process for BPH treatments can be a little bit cumbersome and take time, but that's really because for the first time ever, we have so many different options available to men,” says Dean Elterman, MD, MSc, FRCSC.
Cxbladder tests identify high-impact and low-impact tumors
September 16th 2021“The purpose of [Cxbladder] Resolve is to identify not only those patients who are at higher risk for urothelial or urinary tract cancer, but those that have a high probability of an aggressive cancer, such as high-grade TA, carcinoma in situ, or T1 to T3,” says Jay Raman, MD, FACS.
Study finds tramadol effects vary among patients
September 8th 2021“Tramadol is a mixed-class medication and it has weak opioid agonist activity. Normally, we consider that a safer option compared to other opioids, but it's actually a pro drug, so it has to be metabolized to have an effect,” says Sarah F. Faris, MD.
Researchers use the military health care system to investigate mental health in transgender youth
September 8th 2021“It was nice to use the military health system to look at the population, which tends to be very diverse…[It allowed] us to get pretty large numbers to make some better conclusions about what’s already been established in this population,” says David A. Klein, MD, MPH.
Transperineal biopsy device PrecisionPoint shows promise
September 7th 2021“Through these 2 small punctures, we can manipulate the device with the methodology to sample the entire prostate, both anterior apical and the posterior regions, where we find the vast majority of our cancers,” says Matthew A. Allaway, MD.
Advantages of transperineal biopsies over transrectal biopsies
September 5th 2021“The transperineal [prostate biopsy] approach is safer because the needles are passed through the perineal skin…so, we can sterilize that skin and if we enter through that passageway, we mitigate, if not eliminate, the risk of infection and sepsis,” says Matthew J. Allaway, MD.
Assessing the disparities between mental health among transgender and cisgender youth
September 4th 2021“Transgender and gender-diverse people are at a higher risk of a multitude of mental health diagnoses, [which] really lends itself to a sensitive psycho-social history regardless of the specialty,” says David A. Klein, MD, MPH.
Investigators assess the satisfaction of telehealth visits in FPMRS patients
September 1st 2021“We found a majority of patients with televisits were satisfied, with many saying it was easy to schedule, easy to comfortably share sensitive information with their doctor, and with the most surprising [finding] being 80% saying they would choose it again over an in-person visit,” says Christina Shin, BA.
Dr. Seth advises individualized counseling for patients using Botox treatments and blood thinners
August 31st 2021“In terms of patients having Botox, we have to be individualized to some extent where if you feel someone's at very high risk of bleeding…then maybe you will stop the blood thinners,” says Jai Seth, MD.
Noticing the patterns of fear and frustration among patients regarding UTIs
August 24th 2021“[Patients] want to ensure that all of their episodes of UTIs are seen as a chronic condition that’s really debilitating in their life, and not just single episodes for which they need antibiotics,” says Victoria C. Scott, MD.
Dr. William C. Reha discusses scope of practice issues in urology
August 23rd 2021"A lot of ancillary providers want more privileges that the physician has, and we have to be the guardians and the reason we're doing this is to protect our patients so that they get the best care available to them," says William C. Reha, MD, MBA.
Dr. Victoria Scott discusses patient frustration with treatment courses for recurrent UTIs
August 23rd 2021“The frustration component that we found and heard amongst these women was with their providers really focusing their care around antibiotics…[and] not spending enough time on education with prevention strategies,” says Victoria C. Scott, MD.
Dr. Andino assesses how telemedicine can be used efficiently in future urological follow-up visits
August 22nd 2021“Being able to have a follow-up visit that is convenient, that saves time, that saves money, but that can allow you to put everything together for the patient…is still a very valuable tool,” says Juan José Andino, MD.
Dr. Andino on the use of telehealth over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic
August 20th 2021“With more people using [telehealth], with more people essentially forced by the pandemic to have to offer care at least at some point virtually, there is comfort and…more interest in ensuring that it remains an option,” says Juan José Andino, MD.