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Curing pure CIS with radical surgery: lessons learned

1 September 2014 | | Urologic Oncology | bladder cancer, carcinoma in situ, carcinoma in situ (CIS), radical cystectomy, survival, urothelial cancer
As carcinoma in situ (CIS) theoretically has no ability to invade or metastasise, performing radical cystectomy for CIS-only disease should be curative. In this single centre review over 37 years, 1964 patients undergoing cystectomy were analysed with 52 undergoing surgery...

Artificial intelligence

1 March 2019 | | Technological Developments
Artificial intelligence concerns me. Generally, people still tend to be concerned that their livelihoods will be replaced by an all powerful, all knowing artificial intelligence (AI) system. This at a time when the world’s largest technology companies (Amazon, Google, Apple),...
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Biopsy should be considered for older boys (>10 years) undergoing orchidopexy for intra-abdominal testes

1 July 2022 | | Paediatric Urology, Urologic Oncology | cryptorchidism, orchiopexy, testicular neoplasms
Cryptorchidism is associated with a 3 to 10-fold increase in malignancy and the age at which it is undertaken matters; the risk of testicular cancer is doubled in patients undergoing orchidopexy at 13 years of age compared to that treated...

Supporting chronic cystitis patients through the winter

1 October 2020 | Contracts & Distributors
The current pandemic is causing severe disruption to the care of patients with non-life-threatening conditions.

Male infertility

1 May 2018 | | Andrology
Definitions Infertility is the inability of a sexually active, non-contracepting couple to achieve spontaneous pregnancy in one year [1]. About 15% of couples do not achieve pregnancy within one year and seek medical treatment for infertility. Semen parameters are standardised...

The Re-humanising Revolution: Breaking the conspiracy of silence

3 June 2020 | | Andrology, Basic Science Research, COVID-19 - Urology News, Endourology and Stones, Functional Urology, Infection, Neurourology, Paediatric Urology, Reconstructive Urology, Technological Developments, Trauma and Emergency Urology, Urologic Oncology, Uroradiology
Over the last few years, the mental and emotional wellbeing of those who work in medicine has come under scrutiny. The author introduces a new resource. Working in healthcare has always been stressful but never more so than today. In...

Recent advances in the management of castration resistant prostate cancer

1 November 2017 | | Urologic Oncology
Castrate resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) is defined by disease progression despite androgen-deprivation therapy lowering testosterone to castrate levels. It may present as a rise in serum levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA), progression of pre-existing disease, or the appearance of...

Demanding cases or nightmares in uro-oncology? May/Jun 2021

5 May 2021 | | Urologic Oncology
It’s not in the bag until it’s out of the abdomen: abdominal wall recurrence after ruptured retrieval bag during robot-assisted partial nephrectomy We present a case of failure of a specimen retrieval bag during a robot-assisted partial nephrectomy resulting in...

Read all about it Sep/Oct 2016

1 September 2016 | Andrology, Basic Science Research, Endourology and Stones, Functional Urology, Infection, Neurourology, Paediatric Urology, Reconstructive Urology, Technological Developments, Trauma and Emergency Urology, Urologic Oncology, Uroradiology
It can be awkward when a patient asks you about a report in their favourite tabloid detailing an amazing research breakthrough or a `cutting-edge’ new treatment / test and you don’t know what they are talking about! So this section...

A guide to local anaesthetic transperineal prostate biopsy

2 November 2023 | | 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,...

Urologist in a chocolate box: Felix Guyon

8 January 2024 | | Technological Developments
In this series of articles I am going to show you some of the exhibits contained in the Museum of Urology, hosted on the BAUS website (www.baus.org.uk). It is not often we get to say someone in urology has something...

Read all about it May/Jun 2019

1 May 2019 | Technological Developments, Urologic Oncology
It can be awkward when a patient asks you about a report in their favourite tabloid detailing an amazing research breakthrough or a ‘cutting-edge’ new treatment / test and you don’t know what they are talking about! So this section...