Congratulations to our April SMSNA Member of the Month, Marah C. Hehemann, MD! Learn more about Dr. Hehemann on our website: smsna.org/membership/mem…

☝️📢Black men in the US have an increased of death from #prostatecancer

Prostate Cancer Foundation has realeased screening guidelines specifically for this group of patients 👏

✴️Screening benefits > risks
✴️Age to start screening: 40-45
✴️Start at 40 if greater risk w/ family hx or genetics…

New evidence-based PCF Prostate Cancer Screening Guidelines for Black Men in the U.S. recommend that Black men consider PSA screening between ages 40-45, and screen annually depending on PSA levels and health status. 🧵⬇️

Huge thank you to all involved.

Looking for an easier-to-read summary?

Here’s a quick thread on this new #prostatecancer (PCa) test, with some context for lay folks… 🧵

🚨New Urine Test for High-Grade #prostatecancer 🚨

MyProstateScore 2.0 (MPS2 and MPS2+)

At 95% sensitivity for GG2:
✨ Can📉 unnecessary biopsies by 35-42%

Negative predictive value:
✨≥GG2 - 95-99%
✨≥GG3 - 99%

👏 Jeff Tosoian, MD, MPH

▶️JAMA Oncology link: tinyurl.com/25yzhfdd…

1/ The long-awaited OS results from #KEYNOTE -564 are out NEJM! The 1st phase 3 trial to demonstrate a survival benefit for adjuvant treatment in #RCC .

nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Breathtaking shot of #Eclipse2024 from our campus here in Seattle, Washington.

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Hello Twitter! Are there any urologists interested in or working on the use of 3D models for training? Thanks!

The Agency has given us the 'study may proceed' for our first-in-human STEAP1 CAR T trial for mCRPC tinyurl.com/u6fc59tx led by Jessica Hawley MD MS Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center! Truly a collaborative effort to tackle prostate cancer! PCF Science CDMRP Institute for Prostate Cancer Research NCI Treatment

This week we bid a fond farewell our Cleveland Clinic Urology research fellow Shin Kuroda 黒田晋之介 as he returns to Yokohama and his busy andrology practice. shin you’re a legend and we will miss your smile and your science dearly. あなたと 働く(はたらく) ことが できて 光栄(こうえい)です

Registration is open for the 2024 Pathways to Equity Symposium on June 6th! Register, learn more, and view the agenda here: bit.ly/pathwaystoequi…

Congratulations Claire de la Calle !!! Amazing! UW Urology

Those Nashville SC guys are as good as they come. Big win fellas Josh Bauer Taylor B Washington… we really appreciate the love.

#NSC and Vanderbilt Urology the two best teams in town 👊🏽

Excited to launch the BACPAC Virtual Research Community (redcap.link/joinBACPAC) and a compensated survey on cancer screening for survivor/fighters and caregivers w/ the support of The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute & UW Urology

Thanks to our partners ZERO Prostate Cancer Prostate Cancer Foundation Prostate Health Education Network Veterans Prostate Cancer Awareness

This virtual research community is free to join and is for all community members interested in advancing prostate cancer equity research.

If you or someone you know is a Black Prostate Cancer survivor you can register here: bacpacnetwork.org/join

Thank you BACPAC

The news I needed to hear today - the VA is expanding IVF coverage for our nations veterans! 🇺🇸 news.va.gov/press-room/va-…

Check out our superstar YUO fellow Betsy Koehne UW Urology Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center !!!

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨
We are hiring a Staff Research Scientist position.

This is a great opportunity for an MPH/PhD grad with leadership desires...who is looking for a staff position with no faculty trappings.

It's not for everyone, but it might be for you!
uwhires.admin.washington.edu/ENG/candidates…

Enfortumab + Pembro outperforms platinum chemotherapy in advanced UC with a doubling of PFS and a halving of the risk of death @nejm. G3/4 AEs of 56% for EVP vs 70% for chemo & CR=29%. Editorial by @gniegisch ‘EVP is the new standard against which future trials must be compared’

Check out the new AUA/ASTRO/SUO Salvage PCa Guidelines!! Huge congrats to this amazing team: Ronald Chen Yaw Nyame Amy Luckenbaugh Heather H. Cheng Edwin Posadas, MD Stephen Boorjian, MD Sophia Kamran, MD Brian F. Chapin Heather Jacene Mark Buuyounouski, Ben Nathanson, Phuoc Tran, Roger Chou, Sennett Kim🙏