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Journal Club: Oral Relugolix for Androgen-Deprivation Therapy in Advanced Prostate Cancer - Zachary Klaassen

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Christopher Wallis and Zachary Klaassen host this journal club on "Oral Relugolix for Androgen-Deprivation Therapy in Advanced Prostate Cancer," published by the HERO trial investigators in the New England Journal of Medicine simultaneously with the first presentation of the trial results at the ASCO 2020 annual meeting. Sharing background information on androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), as well...

The Impact of Treatment Delays of Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma (UTUC) During the COVID-19 Pandemic Journal Club - Zachary Klaassen

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Recorded Date: April 24, 2020 Zachary Klaassen and Christopher Wallis join Alicia Morgans to discuss the management guidance released by European Urology on how to best optimize the care of patients with UTUC malignancies during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this Journal Club, Dr. Klaassen and Dr. Wallis assess the impact of delaying treatment in patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma and disc...

Current and Emerging Therapies for Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer after BCG - Chris Wallis & Zach Klaassen

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For this Journal Club, Christopher Wallis, MD, and Zach Klasseen, MD discuss a recently published meta-analysis on treatment options for patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer unresponsive or refractory to BCG therapy. They provide context for this review and discuss the clinical relevance of managing the risk of recurrence in NMIBC. Biographies: Zachary Klaassen, MD, MSc, Urologic Oncol...

Journal Club: The Evaluation of Cxbladder and Adjudication of Atypical Cytology - Sia Daneshmand

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Sia Daneshmand discusses a study published in European Urology which evaluated the atypical cytologies to evaluate the performance of Cxbladder diagnostic tests to either rule out low-risk individuals or identify patients at a high risk of urothelial carcinoma. Cxbladder diagnostic tests combine genomic information from urinary mRNA with phenotypic information. Biography: Siamak (Sia) Daneshmand,...

Blue Light Cystoscopy for Diagnosis of Bladder Cancer - A Journal Club Review by Badrinath Konety

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Badrinath Konety presents Blue light cystoscopy for the diagnosis of bladder cancer: Results from the US prospective multicenter registry. Blue light cystoscopy (BLC) using hexaminolevulinate HCL (Cysview®) has been previously shown to improve the detection of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). The objective of this study was to evaluate the detection of malignant lesions in a heterogenou...

Abiraterone Acetate for nmCRPC, The Forgotten Dance Partner? - Zach Klaassen and Chris Wallis

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Zach Klaassen and Chris Wallis discuss a jointly published paper that was published in Jama Oncology, November, titled, “Abiraterone Acetate for Nonmetastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer, The Forgotten Dance Partner?” They reference recent trials in this space and discuss cost and other variables to consider when making a therapeutic decision. Biographies: Zachary Klaassen, MD, MSc, Urolo...