Sophia Cashman

Urology Registrar

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

JOURNAL REVIEWED: BMJ; EUROPEAN UROLOGY; ANNALS OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND – March 2013 – July 2016

Latest Contribution

Impact of case volume on outcomes of ureteroscopy for ureteral stones

1 May 2015 | | Endourology and Stones | Case volume, Clavien grade, Complications, Treatment outcome, Ureteral stones, Ureteroscopy

With the ever-increasing focus on patient safety, centralisation of services for major procedures is becoming more common. Using data from the Clinical Research Office of the Endourological Society (CROES) Ureteroscopy Global Study database, a prospective observational multicentre study created to...

BCG strain differences have an impact on clinical outcome in bladder cancer immunotherapy

1 March 2015 | | Urologic Oncology | Animal, BCG Connaught, BCG Tice, BCG vaccine, Flow cytometry, Immunotherapy, Intravesical drug administration, Models, Randomized controlled trial, Urinary bladder neoplasms

Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) has been part of the treatment algorithm for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) for a number of years. In this single centre, prospective, randomised trial, two of the most commonly available strains, BCG Connaught and BCG Tice,...

Impact of adjuvant radiation therapy on urinary continence recovery after radical prostatectomy

1 January 2015 | | Urologic Oncology | Adjuvant radiation therapy, Prostate cancer, Radical prostatectomy, Urinary continence

The functional side-effects of both radical prostatectomy and radiotherapy for prostate cancer are well known. The aim of this study was to evaluate if there was a significant worsening in recovery of urinary continence in those undergoing radical prostatectomy followed...