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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...

EAU Pocket Guidelines App

1 March 2016 | | URO - Technology
The European Association of Urology (EAU) has consistently led on the latest guidelines and advanced the care of urology since its inception. The EAU Pocket Guidelines app provides pocket guideline summaries of the full EAU Guidelines collection. The app is...

New eco-friendly home delivery service launched!

3 March 2021 | Research & Development
Optimum Medical celebrate the launch of their new eco-friendly home delivery service, Vyne. Vyne is here to provide a better, greener and easier way of getting...

Who was Zoon?

1 January 2016 | URO - Infection, URO - Technology
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). Eponyms are frowned upon in modern medical teaching but, as a medical historian,...

Ambulatory local anaesthetic implantation of percutaneous sacral nerve stimulators

11 July 2023 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
Background The current treatment paradigm for detrusor overactivity (DO) and dysfunctional voiding (DV) includes conservative measures, pharmacotherapy, intravesical onabotulinum toxin A (Botox®), sacral nerve modulation (SNM / SNS) and urinary diversion as a last resort [1]. Incidence of DO is...

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...

Recent advances in the management of castration resistant prostate cancer

1 November 2017 | | URO - 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...

Making the most of BJUI Knowledge – a trainee’s perspective

1 March 2018 | | URO - Core Urology
BJUI Knowledge combines online continuing professional development (CPD) content for urologists with a platform for recording all CPD activity in one place. This also makes it a useful resource for urological trainees. This article will outline how to use BJUI...

Workshop news update from the upcoming BAUN Conference at the ACC in Liverpool on 4 - 5 November

18 September 2024 | Awards, Conferences & Anniversaries, Research & Development, Urology News
The British Association of Urological Nurses (BAUN) Conference 2024 takes place from 4-5 November at the ACC in Liverpool. In addition, popular pre-conference workshops are taking place on Sunday 3 November.

Action Bladder Cancer UK launches learning module for primary care

16 October 2024 | Charities
Action Bladder Cancer UK has launched a new online learning module for primary care, to help healthcare professionals improve their knowledge of bladder cancer. Bladder cancer is not a rare cancer. In the UK alone, over 23,000 people are diagnosed...

New survey explores the everyday impact of living with BPE

27 July 2026 | Urology News
Prostate Scotland has launched a new national survey exploring the everyday impact of living with benign prostatic enlargement (BPE). It aims to build one of the clearest pictures to date of what it's really like to live with BPE in...

In conversation with Rebecca Porta

3 May 2022 | URO - Core Urology
We were delighted to chat to Rebecca Porta, the new Chief Executive of The Urology Foundation (TUF) First of all, many congratulations on your recent appointment as Chief Executive of TUF; can you tell us a little bit about your...