Christopher Filson MD MS

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...

Thanks to Zach and UroToday for the opportunity to speak about this work!

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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

Better back up those SEER Medicare files

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, 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...

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."
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My golf ball probably around there somewhere

Have #SUO24 fomo!!

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?

Welp I guess this is better than X