Christopher Filson MD MS
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Professor Bernard J Tyson KP School of Medicine Urologic Oncology Giants ⚾️ Food
Thanks to Zach and UroToday for the opportunity to speak about this work! www.urotoday.com/video-lectur...
Real-World Implementation of Biomarkers for Microhematuria Workup - Ronald Loo & Christopher Filson
Zachary Klaassen interviews Ron Loo and Chris Filson about integrating the urine‑based Cxbladder Triage test into microscopic hematuria evaluation across their large health system. The retrospective r...
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In brief, if we screen younger men, require secondary tests before biopsy (MRI or marker), only treat men with aggressive disease (ie active surveillance for low risk), & regionalize treatment at hi-volume centers, PSA screening will do more good than harm.
Another day another dollar in the urology clinic taking care of an
Nuked my subscription to the times. PSS is a menace bsky.app/profile/eric...
We evacuated. Very scared that Santa Monica at risk with this fire, which is absolutely insane to think about. Hope everyone can get to a safe place.
Cancer prevention and screening save FAR more lives than treatment. "An estimated 6M breast, cervical, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancer deaths were avoided from 1975-2020, with prevention and screening responsible for averting 80% of those deaths." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Cancer Prevention, Screening Averted Several Million More Deaths Than Treatment Over 45 Years
In the US, cancer prevention and screening have saved more lives from 5 types of cancer combined than treatment advances over the past 45 years, according to a modeling study published in JAMA Oncolog...
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De-escalation (of numbers of drugs as well as dosages) is shaping up to be a major theme in #oncology, beginning with @sabcs.bsky.social coming up next month. Colleagues in #breastcancer leading the way, maybe more to come for GI cancers at #GI25, and even more at #ASCO25?
Ajay Prakash, MD, PhD@cancertrials.bsky.social · 2y agoDe-escalation based clinical trials are critical to safe medical care.
