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Focal therapy for prostate cancer – ready for prime time?

1 November 2016 | | URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Urologic Oncology
The current therapeutic ratio for radical therapy in many men with localised prostate cancer is not ideal. For a significant side-effect profile, there seems to be a small survival benefit over a 10-15 year period. A strategy that might balance...

Testicular cancer: management of stage I seminoma

1 July 2014 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
Introduction Testicular cancer is the most frequently occurring solid tumour in men between the ages of 15 and 34 years [1]. About 60% of cases are seminomas and approximately 70-80% of them have, at presentation, clinical stage I disease. This...

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...

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...

Metastatic spinal cord compression – a review

1 March 2014 | | URO - Trauma & Emergency, URO - Urologic Oncology
Introduction Metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC) is an oncological emergency that, unless diagnosed early and treated appropriately, can lead to significant morbidity and mortality, including paralysis and bladder and bowel dysfunction. MSCC can be defined as spinal cord or cauda...

Robotic Urology Fellowship at UCLH

1 May 2016 | | URO - Core Urology
In November 2014, approaching my final year of training (ST7) in the West of Scotland (WoS) and just recently armed with my FRCS (Urol), I was at a crossroad in my clinical career. I was keen to pursue a consultant...

So you want to go on a Fellowship: part 1

1 January 2016 | | URO - Core Urology
Look out for part 2 of this series later in 2016 when the author will discuss settling into the research role of his fellowship and will reflect on his first year overseas. This is the first in a series of...

Neuroendocrine bladder tumour

5 February 2025 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
A 75-year-old male with a history of prostate adenocarcinoma (T3b/T4 N1 M1b, Gleason 4+3) on Zoladex® and enzalutamide, presented with visible haematuria. His prostate specific antigen (PSA) had decreased from 43.6ug/L in December 2022 to 0.02ug/L. He also had a...

A guide to local anaesthetic transperineal prostate biopsy

2 November 2023 | | 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,...

Prostate abscess

15 October 2021 | | URO - Infection
Prostate abscess (PA) is a relatively uncommon clinical condition which is often difficult to diagnose because clinical symptoms are non-specific. It may be associated with a significant fatality rate, estimated to be between 3% and 30%, which may reflect its...

An MA in medical education – is it for you?

1 March 2015 | | URO - Andrology, URO - Basic Science Research, URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Infection, URO - Neurourology, URO - Paediatric Urology, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Technology, URO - Trauma & Emergency, URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Uroradiology
I have recently completed a three-year MA in medical education at the University of Winchester, which has been an edifying experience. The following article may appeal to readers who are considering such a venture. I have been a consultant for...

Induction Switch

2 March 2022 | | URO - Core Urology
Changing medical jobs or working in multiple hospitals is often a frustrating experience. Switch wait times can be agonisingly long, and at least in my experience, hospital intranet telephone directories are frequently inaccurate and unhelpful in connecting to the relevant...