Phillip Taboada

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Cheap, easy, and reliable for ADT-induced hot flashes: oxybutynin for the win!! Dries up perspiration and the mouth. ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JC…

Big Bend National Park has more bird species than any national park in America, one of the darkest skies on the continent, a river that is older than human memory. Texas gave America this. And it's worth protecting.

Among men with locally advanced prostate cancer, transdermal estradiol was noninferior to LHRH agonists for 3-year metastasis-free survival and led to a lower incidence of hot flashes but a higher incidence of gynecomastia. Full results of the STAMPEDE-1 and PATCH trials: nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

🚨 Honored to share our latest publication! Evaluating outcomes across Latino subpopulations with localized prostate cancer In an analysis of 7,084 patients with PC treated with RALP, we found significant differences in outcomes across Latino subpopulations 🧵 🔵 Mexican patients had higher baseline PSA & shorter 5- and 10-year OS/BCRFS vs. other Latino subgroups 🔵 SCA subpopulation showed better OS vs. Caribbean and Mexican pts 🔵 Higher baseline PSA & prior hormone therapy were independently associated with high-risk disease at presentation among Latino patients ➡️ Findings underscore the need to disaggregate Latino data in oncology research ➡️ Future research integrating socioeconomic determinants is necessary 👏 Grateful with the incredible team at @CityofHopeSurg @CityofHope_GU @ClaytonLauMD @montypal @WesleyYipMD @AbhiTrip87 @ReginaBarCar 🔗 doi.org/10.3390/cancer…

Grateful to have presented work on long-term outcomes post SSR from @UTSWUrology at @sufuorg winter meeting in PR 🇵🇷 Key takeaway: Sling removal improves symptoms for many patients, with a substantial proportion achieving durable relief without subsequent surgery.

🚨 Scrotal surgery after living kidney donation @AnnalsofIM New population-based data from Canada on laparoscopic donor nephrectomy: 👨‍⚕️ 898 male donors vs 8,980 matched controls ⚠️ Scrotal surgery: 7.8% donors vs 0.2% controls 📈 HR 38.8 for scrotal surgery ⏱ Median time to surgery: ~5 years 💧 >90% were hydrocelectomies 📊 20-yr risk: Donors: 13.8% (~1 in 8) Controls: 0.7% (~1 in 143) Rates were similar regardless of nephrectomy laterality👉it's not just gonadal vein ligation 🔗shorturl.at/9YdoE

🚀 Largest prospective SABR cohort in inoperable RCC. Pooled FASTRACK trials show 98% local control at 5 years, excellent CSS, low ≥G3 toxicity and no late safety signals. A durable, non‑invasive, kidney‑sparing option—now poised for randomized comparison vs surgery. #EAU26

New work in @jpurology via @DDalela In pre-pubertal torsion, testicular loss (orchiectomy + ≥50% atrophy) approached 82% among boys with follow-up, even when the testis was initially salvaged. jpurol.com/article/S1477-…

@AGBR321 Congrats!

Absolutely thrilled and grateful to join the Rutgers Urology Family. The next 5 years are going to be incredible! #urodoc #urores #urosome #urology

The concept of opioids as especially effective pain medications is mythology and is only true in settings where very high doses can be used (PACU, ICU, procedural sedation/analgesia, hospice, etc) At doses used in ED/floors/outpatient, NSAIDs and acetaminophen are as effective or better than opioids, even for severe/acute pain (kidney stones, injuries including fractures, post-op pain) You should not be afraid to give opioids to patients who need them, but if you put in oxy for a patient before they are taking scheduled tylenol/ibuprofen you are *under-treating* their pain, not relieving their suffering pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29114833/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37679264/ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28564673/

Surgery is a "wicked" environment: feedback is delayed, noisy, and often biased. My essay on why experience doesn't always equal mastery, and how to learn when the feedback loops are broken. leezhaomd.org/post/the-wicke… #MedTwitter #Surgery #MedEd

@danazcomd Thanks Diego 🙏

@pilltabo Congrats Phillip!

Beyond grateful to have matched at the powerhouse that is OSU! Go Buckeyes!

Take a look at the @OSUWexMed's new University Hospital, which opens later this month! It is the largest single facilities project ever undertaken at the university, serving the community at #OSUCOM and beyond. 🌟 medicine.osu.edu/news/an-inside…

@GilliamSydney_ @bswhealth_Templ So proud and happy for you Syd! Central Texas is lucky to have you.

So excited to match at @bswhealth_Templ !!! See you soon, Texas!!

@itsonly_robrt Thanks brother! Your turn next

@pilltabo Congratulations!

A powerful essay on a perennial surgical experience, by an extraordinarily talented and evocative author (urologist): @TaylorGoodstein ascopubs.org/doi/full/10.12…

This is Mariano Barbacid, a Spanish cancer researcher who recently made the news after finding a cure for an aggressive form of pancreatic cancer in mice. His lab developed a new triple therapy regimen targeting the KRAS cancer pathway, implicated in 90% of pancreatic cancers. The combination of daraxonsib, a RAS(ON) inhibitor, afatinib (EGFR/HER2 inhibitor) and SD36 (a selective STAT3 PROTAC) led to complete elimination of tumour cells over a 200 day study period, bringing much needed hope to this often devastating condition.

@SalvadorjcMD @montypal @WesleyYipMD @AbhiTrip87 @ClaytonLauMD @StoriesImg @IMG_Advocate Felicidades hermano

⭐️ I am incredibly happy to share that I matched into urology! ⭐️ This beautiful moment would not be possible without the support of my family, friends, and mentors @montypal @WesleyYipMD @AbhiTrip87 @ClaytonLauMD ❤️🙏 Looking forward to finding out where my next step in training will be… #UroMatch2026 #UroSoMe