How COVID Changed How Bladder Cancer Doctors and Patients Interact with Dr. Sima Porten

In Episode 31 of Bladder Cancer Matters, host Rick Bangs talks with Dr. Sima Porten, a urologic cancer surgeon at the University of California San Francisco, about how COVID changed the way that bladder cancer doctors and patients interact.

Rick and Dr. Porten talk about:

• Some of the experiences of patients during the COVID-19 pandemic
• How medical distancing impacted Dr. Porten personally as well as her colleagues
• How she used telemedicine during the pandemic
• The use of in-home tests for bladder cancer that used to be done in a doctor’s office
• Disparities in bladder cancer medical care
• How COVID impacted bladder cancer clinical trial operations

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