The pioneering charity Prostate Cancer Research convened industry leaders, NHS experts and patients for a webinar exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming prostate cancer imaging and clinical pathways. The session provided valuable insights for healthcare professionals seeking innovative approaches...
For Bladder Cancer Awareness Month this May, leading charity Action Bladder Cancer UK is highlighting one of the most commonly overlooked warning signs of bladder cancer – blood in the urine. Bladder cancer is one of the most common cancers...
Prostate Scotland has launched an updated patient information booklet focusing on active surveillance. The resource is designed for men newly diagnosed with localised prostate cancer, helping them to understand active surveillance as a management option and supporting informed discussions with...
Ash K. Tewari, MBBS, MCh, FRCS (Hon.), DSc (Hon.), Chair of the Department of Urology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City and Director of the Center of Excellence for Prostate Cancer at the...
Localised muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) has historically been treated with radical cystectomy (RC), but bladder preservation therapy (BPT) has emerged as a credible and increasingly refined alternative. Early work by Herr in the 1980s demonstrated that radical transurethral resection of...
The Rapid Assessment for Prostate Imaging and Diagnosis (RAPID) pathway was introduced in UK urology centres to streamline prostate cancer diagnosis using an MRI-directed approach. Men with elevated PSA undergo upfront multiparametric MRI (mpMRI), and biopsy is reserved for those...
“What gets us into trouble is not what we don’t know. It’s what we know for sure that just ain’t so.” The above is a quote attributed to Mark Twain from the 2006 documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, which follows Al...
I’m a pelvic physiotherapist and, in a fit of temper, I wrote a comedy show about pelvic floors after having yet another woman say to me: “I’ve been leaking since my baby was born.” “How old is your baby?” “He’s...
6 November 2020
| Philip Goodall, Duncan J Summerton, Jonathan Charles Goddard
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URO - Urologic Oncology
Penile cancer is rare and accounts for less than 1% of all new cancer cases in males in the UK, with around 640 new cases diagnosed every year [1]. In England and Wales, the annual incidence is between 1.2 and...
Acute renal colic is a common emergency condition, which can arise from a variety of underlying conditions that affect the urinary tract, but it is usually associated with the passage of ureteral stones. Before considering expectant management or active intervention,...
We were delighted to catch up with Sarika Nalagatla, new Chair of the BAUS Section of Trainees (BSoT) about her life as a trainee urologist and plans for the association. Can you tell us a little bit about what led...
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). In this issue we will be looking at a word we use every...