A team of researchers’ work has earned them a coveted spot in the Press Program.
The group includes Hannah E. Kay, MD, Urology 2nd Year Resident; Sarah Silver, Med Student – Class of ’23; Ram Basak, PhD, Research Associate and Biostatistician, Urology; Kimberly Shoenbill, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Family Medicine; Deborah Usinger, Research Project Manager, Urology; Adam Goldstein, MD, MPH, Director, Tobacco Intervention Programs; Angela Smith, MD, MS, Professor, Urology; , Urologic Oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; , Chair, Radiation Oncology, University of Kansas School of Medicine; and Marc A. Bjurlin, DO, MSc, Associate Professor, Urology.
Their research abstract, titled has been selected from about 3,000 submissions for the Annual Meeting’s Press Program.
The group’s research is significant because it addresses the impact of cigarette smoking on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) measures in bladder cancer patients, which has not been extensively studied before.
The team’s research is an important step towards improving the lives of bladder cancer patients and reducing the impact of smoking on health-related quality of life.