Don't miss the next SurgicalOutcomesClub webinar in June! Assoc4AcademicSurgery Daniel Barocas

Huge news for Matthew Resnick and ACS Research, not to mention Amer. Urol. Assn.: vanderbi.lt/borcd Vanderbilt University

No clear end to bcg shortage. Need to risk stratify, ration, and consider cystectomy-lucky VUMC has bcg-for now on.wsj.com/1AEa8nK

Only cost $1.2 bil to be able to share data across Partners hospitals in Boston bostonglobe.com/business/2015/… Alexander Kutikov MD

Urologists Dispute Prostate Cancer Screening Recommendation Reform the #USPSTF! Dave Penson medscape.com/viewarticle/84…

Great #ARM15 talk Hidden Brain. Is the IKEA effect why low volume surgeons keep operating despite evidence of inferior outcomes?

#prostatecancer diagnoses down 28% 1 yr after USPSTF grade D Journal of Urology Dave Penson Sam S. Chang MD, MBA jurology.com/article/S0022-…

Identifying Drivers of Episode Cost Variation With Radical Prostatectomy ow.ly/ESo5305EVmc @laherrel et al via Urology Gold Journal

This should be headline news but it won't be unless clinicians and patients speak out. x.com/daviesbj/statu…

Racial Variation Following Tx for #ProstateCancer: Results from CEASAR buff.ly/2gcQ1nf Daniel Barocas

Nice article for trainees interested in a strategy for research productivity. x.com/urologytimes/s…

Adverse effects, QOL of treatments for #prostatecancer: ja.ma/2nax1wb ja.ma/2naspGu in ABC News ja.ma/2natkXy

Two new @pcori-funded studies add to available information on treatment choices for early prostate cancer JAMA The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. x.com/JAMA_current/s…

Urologic surgeon Dr. Sam Chang brings broad curiosity and humor to his work: "I’d much rather smile than frown.” spr.ly/6019890cc

"Income and Cancer Overdiagnosis — When Too Much Care Is Harmful", by Gil Welch in NEJM nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…