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Welcome to the Why Urology podcast with Dr. Todd Brandt.

This podcast is my personal attempt to teach you about your genito-urinary tract, what can go wrong, and how your urologist may just become your superhero.

The name of the podcast comes from my ongoing need to answer the question that I get so often from patients, friends, and family, “Why Urology? Why did you choose to become a urologist?”

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Prostate Cancer-Risks of Androgen Deprivation Therapy ep. 14

Aug 28, 2016

Men with prostate cancer are living longer, but many survive with a greater burden of treatment. More than one-third of the nearly three million prostate cancer survivors in the United States currently receive androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). ADT improves the clinical outcomes for men with prostate cancer in...

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Prostate Cancer-Dr Charles Huggins and androgen deprivation therapy ep. 13

Aug 19, 2016

Dr. Charles Huggins groundbreaking research on prostate cancer from the 1940s about the androgen sensitivity of prostate cancer.

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Prostate Cancer-PSA Screening in African American Men ep.12

Aug 1, 2016

Dr. Todd Brandt discusses PSA screening in African-American men , highlighting the need for greater screening within that population given the higher incidence of prostate cancer and the greater risk of more aggressive disease.

Link to New York Times Op-Ed piece:

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