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"A lot to be done in terms of moving PARP inhibitors earlier. Is that safe? Where do we get the most bang for our buck? And does the therapy have to be indefinite?" says Ashley E. Ross, MD, PhD.

“To convince the doctors pre pandemic of telemedicine was pretty difficult, but now we know that telemedicine works and the physicians are embracing it,” says Lisa J. Finkelstein, DO, FACOS.

"This study looks at comparing BCG, which is our classic mainstay in the treatment of high-risk non-muscle–invasive bladder cancer to intravesical gemcitabine-docetaxel," says Diana Magee, MD.

"When it comes to BPH therapy, we've seen a lot of innovation when it comes to the therapeutics; the diagnostics have been a tiny bit behind," says Bilal Chughtai, MD.

“We need to continue to advocate for the patient,” says Arthur L. Burnett II, MD, MBA.

“Resilience isn't just about being able to bounce back; it's about being able to bounce back better,” says Colin P. West, MD, PhD.

"Because we don't have calibration data on Black, or Hispanic, or Asian men in many of these risk tools, we don't know the impact of these tools as screening tests," says Adam Murphy, MD, MBA, MSCI.

“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.

“There really is a significant lack in sexual medicine research of cost information, care information, [and] outcomes information,” says Martin S. Gross, MD.

“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.

“Patients are paying humongous amounts of money to get pills that are essentially very, very, very cheap,” says Faysal A. Yafi, MD, FRCSC.

"After 6 months, about 77% of this group have more than 50% improvement on their main symptom," says John Heesakkers, MD, PhD.

“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.

“Remote supervision is something that we are utilizing now and look forward to even growing further,” says Lisa J. Finkelstein, DO, FACOS.

“I would classify hidden burdens as things which we don't appreciate on the surface, or that aren't obvious that are associated with erectile dysfunction,” says John J. Mulcahy, MD, PhD.

"The hazard ratio was 0.42, which is a 58% reduction of an MFS event in favor of the combination arm," says Neal D. Shore, MD, FACS.

The update was presented at the 2023 American Urological Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois.

"Among the 76 men–who had an average age of about 70 and a PSA value of 4.4–up to 99% of them were able to find recurrent cancers," says Brian Helfand, MD, PhD.

"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.

"We found that on average, [a] patient went into surgery with a GFR of about 55, and came out with a GFR of about 44," says Steven Campbell, MD, PhD.

"Overall, we found that Prostate Health Index above 55 preoperatively was associated with any incidental prostate cancer as well as clinically significant prostate cancer," says Eric Li, MD.

“For a lot of settings, a lot of patients, and in a lot of domains within urology, audio visits are equivalent in terms of satisfaction and outcomes to video visits,” says Kara L. Watts, MD.

"Not only do we lose patients and we lose this opportunity to actually take good care of them, but it actually undermines their trust in us as a profession," says A. Lenore Ackerman, MD, PhD.

“It's pretty apparent that if physicians are not going to be reimbursed properly for telehealth, they're not going to use utilize it,” says Lisa J. Finkelstein, DO, FACOS.

“Allowing the waiver to continue indefinitely would be a tremendous win for telehealth for both sides, the patients and the health care providers,” says Kara L. Watts, MD.

“In terms of next steps, we are collaborating with other institutions…to see how our model performs in their patient populations,” says Eric Li, MD.

"In the periods where BCG utilization dropped, we saw a concomitant increase in mitomycin C," says Brian Chun, MD.

“He’s had just such a huge impact for me as a role model, a teacher, a wonderful support system, just such a kind-hearted person,” says Stacy Loeb, MD, MSc, PhD (hon).

“Waiting for others to fix health care is not a good strategy. Instead, be determined to begin your journey to your mountaintop of joy and fulfillment,” says Scott A. MacDiarmid, MD, FRCPSC.