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Lambros Stamatakis, MD, Director, Urologic Oncology
Lambros Stamatakis, MD, is the director of Urologic Oncology at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, and specializes in malignant diseases of the urologic system.
Kidney Cancer: What You Need To Know
Kidney (renal) cancer is on the rise. In Washington, D.C. alone, 100 to 150 people a year are expected to…
Immunotherapy: The future course of bladder cancer care
In the 1990s, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a treatment for bladder cancer called Bacillus Calmette-Guerin therapy, or…
Treating bladder cancer: What patients need to know
While bladder cancer doesn’t get as much press as colon or lung cancer, it’s the fourth-most common type of cancer…
What to do when prostate cancer biopsy/PSA test results conflict
Prostate cancer can be challenging to detect. Our screening and diagnostic tools—prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing and transrectal ultrasound-guided (TRUS) prostate…
Can an advanced MRI improve prostate cancer screening?
Prostate cancer is notoriously tricky to detect. It often doesn’t cause symptoms until it’s advanced, and there are no routine…