The practice of medicine is to the life sciences what finance and economics are to the mathematical disciplines. Both are wedged between STEM subjects and the humanities requiring skills emanating from both the right and left brain. Read any student’s application to medical school or residency program as they explain why medicine’s intersection of science…
Gradual transition to dialysis and palliative dialysis should be alternatives offered to patients with advanced chronic kidney disease, according to an editorial.
The rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID- 19) caught the world by surprise. Whatever becomes the new normal, the United States will be a different country from what it was on March 13, when President Donald J. Trump declared a national emergency. At this writing on May 28, more than 100,000 people in the…
I recently had reason to survey the progress made in renal cell cancer (RCC) over the last 70 or more years. In 1950, a patient who presented with metastatic RCC had a 0%-5% overall response rate (ORR) to the therapies of the time, with an anticipated overall survival (OS) of approximately 10 months. By 2005,…
During a session at the 2019 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium (GUCS) held recently in San Francisco, researchers presented findings from phase 3 studies showing that immunotherapy-based combination regimens are superior to sunitinib alone at improving progression-free survival among patients with previously untreated advanced kidney cancer. One study demonstrated improved overall survival. The study presenters concluded that…
ESCOs are accountable for clinical quality outcomes and financial outcomes.
CMS also has upcoming plans to impose fiscal penalties related to dialysis treatment.
Patient-centeredness should become a core component of clinical practice guidelines, according to Dr Kalantar-Zadeh.
A number of patients referred to my faculty ambulatory clinic at the University of California Irvine have urologic disorders, including some who underwent partial or radical nephrectomy. Many patients do not comprehend the distinction between nephrologist and urologist, and refer to both as “kidney doctor.” I often educate these patients, explaining that a urologist is…
The guidelines state that clinicians should offer blue light cystoscopy, if available, as an adjunct to traditional white light cystoscopy (WLC) to increase tumor detection and decrease recurrence.
