Scott Eggener

@uroegg

Truth and science matter. Support both.

Professor and Chair of Urology - UCLA

Los Angeles uclahealth.org/departments/ur… Joined February 2013

402 Following 6.8K Followers 3.1K Posts

Latest posts 5

If goal is to minimize unnecessary treatment of GG1, empiric data from Australia shows nomenclature change AND information/messaging supplement each other

Editorial by @VickersBiostats: academic.oup.com/jnci/advance-a…

academic.oup.com/jnci/article/d…

@RenuEapen @declangmurphy @GladellPaner

academic.oup.com Helping patients make better choices by relabeling pattern 3 prostate disease as noncancerous I have sat in consulting rooms listening to my surgeon colleagues explain to a patient their diagnosis, prognosis, and recommended management. Every time,

Scott Eggener @uroegg Oct 14

UCLA Urology has a long history of impactful basic science discoveries, clinical innovation, practice-changing trials, FDA drug/imaging approvals, and mentorship of future leaders.

We are hiring a Vice-Chair of Research: recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF11310

DM if questions/nominations

recruit.apo.ucla.edu Vice Chair for Research & Associate or Full Professor University of California, Los Angeles is hiring. Apply now!

Scott Eggener @uroegg Oct 9

In a place presumably guided by science (or at least common sense), let's call out the crazy:

- surgeons with shaved heads wearing mandatory caps

- people nowhere near the sterile field wearing ridiculously fitted beard condoms

What else?

Scott Eggener @uroegg Oct 7

An essay worth reading, for every clinician and patient (with a PrCa paragraph)

The Quiet Half of Good Medicine jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

Scott Eggener @uroegg Oct 1

A prolific prostate cancer clinician-scientist leans on his undergrad English degree with a long-form thoughtful piece on 'cancer' nomenclature

Matt Cooperberg Verified account @dr_coops Sep 30

When "cancer" is a diagnosis but not really a disease

A slightly more philosophical piece than my usual—on what we mean by cancer, and whether the word itself can sometimes do more harm than good.... let me know what you think!

Many thanks @pam3001 @aeonmag

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