Channing J. Paller, MD, on communicating about natural products with patients with prostate cancer
February 9th 2025"We need to promote further research and guidelines for safe use of these natural products, because I think we're missing out if we don't monitor them," says Channing J. Paller, MD.
Fertility restoration may offer benefits in cost, efficacy vs sperm cryopreservation
February 5th 2025“While sperm cryopreservation is very safe, there might be hidden costs that patients aren't aware of, both [in] the upfront costs of preserving the sperm and then the annual cost of maintaining it at a facility,” says Bradley Roth, MS4.
Matthew Cooperberg, MD, on racial disparities in prostate, bladder cancer outcomes
February 4th 2025“Black patients have over 2-fold excess mortality compared to White men, and that has been fairly consistent; the actual rate ratio has hovered between 2 and 2.5 for many years,” says Matthew R. Cooperberg, MD, MPH.
What are considerations when selecting a neuromodulation technique for OAB?
February 2nd 2025"There are actually no data to support that 1 neuromodulation is better than another based on disease severity, and this is based on the systematic review done for the OAB guideline," says Anne Pelletier Cameron, MD, FRCSC, FPMRS.
Matthew Cooperberg, MD, reacts to 2025 ACS prostate cancer data
January 31st 2025“It does seem clear that we need to get back to a smarter middle ground of screening—using screening more intelligently, finding the high-grade cancers and treating them—so that we can get that mortality curve back on a downward trajectory,” says Matthew R. Cooperberg, MD, MPH.
Investigators discuss cost-effectiveness study of cryopreservation vs vasectomy reversal
January 30th 2025"The idea here is to determine, from an epidemiologic perspective, whether freezing sperm for many men before their vasectomy is cost-effective compared to whether we should simply avoid this routine practice and allow men to proceed with their vasectomy and then restore their fertility in the future," says Scott D. Lundy, MD, PhD, HCLD.
Amar Kishan, MD, outlines the rationale for the MIRAGE trial
January 29th 2025“The trial was specifically looking at whether that aggressive margin reduction from 4 mm to 2 mm would lead to a reduction in physician-reported urinary toxicity, specifically in the first 90 days after radiation,” says Amar U. Kishan, MD.
Raveen Syan, MD, shares 2025 Urology on the Beach highlights
January 23rd 2025"I know this year we're going to see even more companies producing more products, more results, and hopefully really help change and improve patient outcomes, especially when it comes to overactive bladder," says Raveen Syan, MD, FPMRS.
Timothy D. Lyon, MD, outlines trial of in-home intravesical therapy for bladder cancer
January 21st 2025"At Mayo Clinic, we think that delivering intravesical therapy for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer in patients' homes has the potential to reduce treatment burden, improve the patient experience, as well as increase access to care," says Timothy D. Lyon, MD.