Urology Times staff

Darolutamide is FDA-approved for the treatment of patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer.

“It could be that the integration of a new treatment modality into the bladder-sparing arena is a tipping point that is needed to really have the community embrace this as a reasonable option for patients with bladder cancer,” says Matthew Galsky, MD.

Mark Christopher Markowski, MD, PhD, discusses phase 1b/2 data for the novel oral cytoskeletal disruptor VERU-111 in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer being presented during the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting.

Robert J. Motzer, MD, discusses how the outcomes of the phase 3 CLEAR trial impact the use of pembrolizumab/lenvatinib in patients with renal cell carcinoma.

Neeraj Agarwal, MD, discusses health-related quality of life and patient-reported outcomes from the phase 3 TITAN trial of apalutamide in patients with metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer.

Viktor Grünwald, MD, discusses a subanalysis of the phase 3 CLEAR trial.

Agarwal also discusses the ongoing phase 3 randomized CONTACT-02 study.

“We had a very low rate of nonattendance amongst oncology appointments, as compared to some other appointments,” says Randie White, MD.

“There is a lot of debate about the final shape and form of what telemedicine should look like,” says Chad Ellimoottil, MD, MS, in this video.

In Urology Times’ monthly installment of Around the Practice, experts discuss adverse event management from various treatments for prostate and bladder cancer.

In Urology Times’ monthly installment of Around the Practice, experts discuss adverse event management from various treatments for prostate and bladder cancer.

In Urology Times’ monthly installment of Around the Practice, experts discuss adverse event management from various treatments for prostate and bladder cancer.

Jason Zhu, MD, discusses how next-generation imaging is critical to advancing personalized medicine in prostate cancer.

In this video, Jennifer M. Taylor, MD, MPH, also shares one of her strategies to cope with burnout and provides advice for others struggling with burnout.

Ranjith Ramasamy, MD, explains how the oral testosterone capsule Jatenzo works and touches on key findings from a recent study of the treatment.

“I think doctors should be aware that if men do complain of erectile dysfunction after [having] COVID-19 that it could be because of underlying endothelial dysfunction and underlying vasculature issues,” Ramasamy says.

“We really found it surprising the sheer amount of debt that our urology trainees are carrying,” Harris said.

“We found that there is going to be a significant proportion of growth in the urology work force related to the number of women in urology, which is really exciting,” says Kate H. Kraft, MD.

The PARP inhibitors olaparib and rucaparib are approved by the FDA for prostate cancer and other PARP agents are moving through the pipeline.

Ellimoottil also discusses the status of his own practice with regards to in-person vs telemedicine visits.

“Speak out. speak out. If you're a physician who's going through a hard time, I can promise you you're not alone,” says Raj S. Pruthi, MD, MHA, FACS.

“I really fell in love with [urology] from the get go,” Kraft says.

“In this study, we show that AI can be used to speed up the time-consuming step of outlining the prostate that's required for targeted prostate biopsy,” says Geoffrey Sonn, MD.

The risk assessment tool helps determine whether a prostate biopsy is necessary when PSA screening is ambiguous.

“In my opinion, burnout has nothing to do with weakness or laziness or incompetence,” says Raj S. Pruthi, MD, MHA, FACS.

“I think the take home message is that when you're interviewing applicants in your program, take a step back and think about the questions you want to ask,” says Stephanie J. Kielb, MD.

Kretschmer highlights how ongoing research is aiming to optimize use of this noninvasive, urine-based genomic test.

“Suicide is a disproportionate cause of mortality in physicians,” Pruthi says.

The ExoDx Prostate test helps physicians determine whether a prostate biopsy is necessary when PSA screening is ambiguous.

In terms of physician burnout, “The pandemic has only made a bad situation worse,” says Raj S. Pruthi, MD, MHA, FACS.