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BPS – a diagnostic enigma
1 July 2015
| Arun K Sharma
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URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
This article from a London teaching hospital presents the results of a Medline search about challenges in bladder pain syndrome. All the known definitions from the American Urological Association (AUA), European Association of Urology (EAU), etc. are given while the...
Prostate cancer survivorship: a new path for uro-oncology
1 July 2015
| Sanchia S Goonewardene, Raj Persad (Prof), Veronica Nanton, Annie Young (Prof), Adel Makar
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URO - Urologic Oncology
Over two million people in England have a diagnosis of cancer [1]. Of this figure, over 250,000 have been diagnosed with prostate cancer [2]. However, during the next decade, a rapid increase in the number of new cancer diagnoses, as...
Action Bladder Cancer UK: Living with bladder cancer: your psychological wellness. (Patient webinar)
31 March 2025
A free online webinar by Action Bladder Cancer UK for patients living with bladder cancer.
This talk look at the emotional and psychological impact of having a diagnosis of bladder cancer. We will look at living positively with cancer and give practical strategies for managing patient worries and concerns.
The session will focus on how patients can optimise their emotional wellbeing.
Cord compression in cancer
1 September 2016
| Arun K Sharma
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URO - Urologic Oncology
This article will be of great interest to uro-oncologists. Vertebral metastasis occurs in 3-5% of all cancers (most commonly in prostate, breast and lung cancer). It can cause pain, vertebral collapse and cord compression. Data from the National Institute for...
25 Years of Prostate Cancer UK
8 February 2022
| Matthew Hobbs, Caroline Moore (Prof), Ananya Choudhury (Prof), Johann De Bono (Prof)
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URO - Urologic Oncology
As leading men’s health charity, Prostate Cancer UK, celebrates its 25th anniversary, top researchers reflect on the huge progress in testing, treatment and support for men over the past 25 years. 25 years of beating prostate cancer together Matthew Hobbs,...
Male infertility?
18 June 2021
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Research & Development
Diagnose Sperm Oxidative Stress, a major cause of male infertility, using MiOXSYS™
Urinary NGAL, KIM-1 and L-FABP concentrations in antenatal hydronephrosis
1 March 2016
| Henrik Steinbrecher
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URO - Paediatric Urology
he elusive search for being able to diagnose pelvi-ureteric junction obstruction (PUJO) continues and this group of researchers investigated the possible clinical application of urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (uNGAL), urinary kidney injury molecule-1 (uKIM-1) and urinary liver-type fatty acid-binding proteins...
Penile cancer
1 July 2021
| Patrick Gordon, Karl H Pang
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URO - Urologic Oncology
Case 1 A 67-year-old man presents with a worsening red patch over the past three months. It looks velvety in some areas. What is the most likely diagnosis? What are the risk factors? How do you classify this condition? How...
A guide to local anaesthetic transperineal prostate biopsy
2 November 2023
| Petre Cristian Ilie, Utsav Reddy, Lee Smith
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URO - Urologic Oncology
In the UK, nearly 100,000 men undergo a prostate biopsy annually, a figure projected to double in the next decade [1]. In recent years, we have observed a paradigm shift in urological practice in numerous UK hospitals. The conventional transrectal,...
Fast Facts: Prostate Cancer
3 March 2021
| Jay Khastgir
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URO - Urologic Oncology
I have read this book since my SHO days, when the first edition was published in 1996, and still enjoy reading every new edition. This is a concise, pocket-sized book which is designed to provide a rapid update on what...
COVID-19 cuts prostate cancer referrals in half
7 October 2020
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URO - Urologic Oncology
Charity warns that 3500 men risk being diagnosed with incurable cancer as referrals drop to lowest in 10 years Urgent referrals for urological cancers have dropped by half in England (49.5%) compared to the same period last year as the...
