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Physicians Update SPRING 2017 Urology Issue Urologic Cancer p. 1 Prostate Cancer p. 3 Men’s Health p. 6 Recurrent UTI p. 8 UROLOGIC CANCER New Chemo Vector Offers Option for Patients with Difficult to Treat Urologic Cancer UCLA researchers have reported promising results in preclinical studies of a new approach to treating upper-tract urothelial cancer, with the potential to improve the delivery of chemotherapy drugs to their target, minimize side effects and substantially reduce the number of patients who lose a kidney as part of their treatment. Urothelial carcinoma, or cancer of the lining of the urinary tract, is most common in the bladder but also can occur in the tubes that connect the kidney to the bladder, as well as in the urinary-tract lining within the kidneys themselves. The kidney is composed of the “meat” and the “sink.” The “meat” of the kidney filters the blood and drains the waste continued on p. 4