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"Understanding that biology of that tumor and/or combining or using multiple radiotracers, either simultaneously or in sequence, may really be exciting to identify where those tumors are located," says Brian T. Helfand, MD, PhD.

“Our goal is to support patients throughout their entire journey with an intelligence chat system that not only evaluates them, but also answers many questions when their treating physician is not available, which is very common,” says Juan Fulla, MD, MSc.

"I think that coping is a key way that we can help intervene here," says Elisabeth M. Sebesta, MD.

“Interestingly, the trainees, when you look at residents as a conglomerate, experienced burnout at a higher rate than post-trainee urologists,” says Andrew M. Harris, MD.

"There are many opportunities to support our patients with bladder cancer who smoke from their clinic appointments from their intravesical therapy visits to their surveillance cystoscopies," says Marc Bjurlin, DO, MSc, FACOS.

“I think this is really playing a role in the decision for where we're localizing our radiation therapies as well as the addition of ADT plus an androgen receptor pathway inhibitor, ARPI, and the duration of these therapies,” says Brian T. Helfand, MD, PhD.

“Our final goal is to shift from an episodic care to continuous patient follow-up, allowing us to better understand and manage the evolution of patients over the time,” says Juan Fulla, MD, MSc.

"I think the biggest take-home message is just the importance of genetic testing," says Adri Durant, MD.

“And certainly, while most of these studies are ongoing, the initial data looks promising to say that there may be a role for a PSMA next-generation imaging in the decision for the appropriateness for active surveillance,” says Brian T. Helfand, MD, PhD.

“Many of us feel privileged to take care of our patients, and that's why we went into the health care profession. However, at some point, that amount of call and how it affects work/life balance becomes difficult,” says Andrew M. Harris, MD.

“For us, this approach has the potential to transform the prevention and management of urolithiasis, making health care more precise and personalized,” says Juan Fulla, MD, MSc.

"In terms of the psychosocial aspect of things, people with toilet insecurity are more likely to experience greater stress and anxiety, report poorer social support, have a poor overall perception of their health, even after controlling for some confounders," says Elisabeth M. Sebesta, MD.

"Having a better understanding of which PGVs are really putting patients at an increased risk vs others, I think would definitely be something that needs more investigation," says Mouneeb Choudry, MD.

“Perhaps it's worth giving them questionnaires like the PHQ-9 or GAD-7 to monitor their mental health status and encourage or ask if they even have support around them,” says Olivia Paulsen.

"Anytime we do a PCNL...we always get a CT scan. That's pretty standard," says John Michael DiBianco, MD.

"Our next goal is transitioning to really understand the patient experience and how we can support them to quit smoking cigarettes," says Marc Bjurlin, DO, MSc, FACOS.

"Somebody once gave me a saying: the 3 things that make a person happy every day are somewhere to go, someone to love, and something to look forward to. I have all 3 of them," says Steven A. Kaplan, MD.

"Certainly, anybody who is a recurrent stone former, or of a young age when they develop their first stone, they automatically get a 24-hour urine test," says Joseph Song, MD.

“Across the whole survey, an average of 66% preferred the professional card. The highest rate of selection of the humorous card in a single question was only 38.4%,” says Max D. Sandler.

"17% answered positively to 1 of our questions indicating they might be at risk for some sort of home toilet or sanitation insecurity, or at least they experienced some sort of worry or stress about having access consistently to a working toilet in their home," says Elisabeth M. Sebesta, MD.

"As I like to say, 'They are little people with small stones that cause big problems,' " says Katherine Chan, MD, MPH.

"But both groups reported that Peyronie's disease does impact their mental health, and a large portion of both groups also said that they had had a negative experience with a urologist at some point," says Olivia Paulsen.

"Of patients with bladder cancer, 100% of the pathogenic variants would have been missed based on current guidelines," says Adri Durant, MD.

"How closely should we follow these patients? Is it annually? Is it every other year?" asks Jacqueline Zillioux, MD.

“So, when it comes to fluoroscopy, low-dose pulsed fluoroscopy, whenever you can, is ideal,” says Jessica L. Wenzel, MD, MPH.

"If they have some issues with dexterity, if I feel they're not going to be able to pump the device up adequately, or they don't have a partner that can do it, they're probably not a good candidate for an inflatable device," says Charles Kaplan, MD.

"Even at my stage of career, most people are retiring, and I've never been busier or had more fun," says Steven A. Kaplan, MD.