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Our experience: from London and Glasgow urology, to the world down under

4 July 2024 | | URO - Core Urology
In November 2023, we were privileged to have been hosted at the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand’s (USANZ) annual trainee week in the beautiful city of Adelaide, South Australia. Each year, USANZ organises a week for their local...

Bike4TUF goes local to raise vital funds and support patients

7 October 2020 |
There was no stopping urologists from raising vital funds for charity as they cycled more than 2000 miles to support The Urology Foundation (TUF). The annual Bike4TUF event saw 24 participants cycle in teams of six across Manchester, Canterbury, London,...
European Urology journal front cover.

Transurethral en bloc resection versus standard resection of bladder tumour

8 January 2025 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
Bladder cancer is a common urological malignancy, with around 610,000 new cases and 220,000 deaths worldwide in 2022. Approximately 75% of these cases are non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). The conventional method for treating NMIBC is standard resection (SR), performed transurethrally,...

The Lester Eshleman Urology Workshop (Tanzania): a trainee’s perspective

1 May 2014 | | URO - Core Urology
For many trainees a period abroad is increasingly an essential supplement to higher surgical training in the UK. However, for many, because of family responsibilities or financial imperatives, this is not always a viable option. There are however alternatives. Here...

Management of stage 1 non-seminomatous germ cell tumours

1 November 2014 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
Testicular cancer (TC) is the most successfully treated solid tumour, achieving a cure rate of 90-95% [1-3]. Testicular cancer is relatively rare with an incidence of 2207 cases in the UK in 2014 [4] and yet is the most common...

Keeping your eye on the ball: atypical presentations of testicular malignancy

4 March 2025 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
Most testicular cancers present with a painless lump on the testes, and most are confidently diagnosed on examination and ultrasound. They have an excellent prognosis, with 90% patients alive at 10 years [1]. However, advanced testicular cancer, or those with...

In conversation with Professor Christopher Chapple

1 March 2017 | URO - Core Urology
Professor Christopher Chappel. Prof Chapple, thank you for taking the time to chat with the Urology News team. Can we start by asking about your background and how you ended up in the field of urology? Early in my career...

COVID-19 cuts prostate cancer referrals in half

7 October 2020 | 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...

Endourology Academy – a modern-day solution to modern-day training

2 November 2023 | | URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Technology
In 2021, as a core trainee in urology, I found myself facing challenges due to the coronavirus pandemic, which led to limited theatre times for surgical exposure. Trying to grasp the basics of surgery with such restricted operative experience was...

How do we tackle social injustice in urological cancer?

2 December 2024 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
Socioeconomic status as an established determinant of health and associated injustices is well recognised. Confronting these injustices and creating a fairer healthcare system is an ongoing challenge for many governments. In Scotland, the devolved government has created the Scottish Index...

Mesh in urological surgery in the UK – background, reviews and current status

1 May 2019 | | URO - Infection, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Neurourology
All UK urologists, unless they have been on a 10-year silent retreat, are by now aware of the controversy surrounding surgical use of mesh in general and urological / urogynaecological use of mesh for the surgical treatment of stress urinary...

Still Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) in urology: meeting the challenges presented by COVID-19

3 May 2022 |
Back in 2019, Simon Harrison – the then sole national lead for the urology workstream in the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) programme – wrote an article for Urology News on the GIRFT national report and how its recommendations...