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Urological Cancer Management
This was all in all a pretty good read. It covers a wide range of topics authoritatively and with a degree of confidence that allows for quite a focused discussion on a range of malignancies from adrenal glands to penile...
Nomograms – is it hide and seek?
Everyday new decision-making aids are being developed due to various advances in software technology. This article from the UK makes very interesting reading. The word ‘nomogram’ is derived from the Greek word translated as ‘law line’ or ‘alignment chart’. The...
MRI scans and cardiac devices
There is an increasing use of MRI in many urological disorders e.g. prostate cancer and renal cancer. Many patients with cardiac pacemakers or implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) are denied access to MRI scans due to safety concerns. MRI is given...
Call for standardised reporting of adverse events
This article will be of immense benefit to all of us involved in mortality and morbidity meetings and Clinical Governance, especially registrars and junior members of the team. The authors present data from the UK, USA and Europe. In prostate...EMS Benign prostatic hyperplasia - (BPH)
08:00 - 12:00 (GMT+01:00) Webinar with live demonstration of Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), organized by EMS Urology and Endoglobe.Bladder outlet obstruction
Case 1 Define the zonal anatomy of the prostate: A, B and C What is the significance of Zone A and Zone C? Clasify the types of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) Which investigations should be routinely undertaken for a...Lasers in urology
1. What does LASER stand for? 2. What elements are involved and how is a LASER created? 3. The following cases involve laser surgery. Can you diagnose the pathology, identify which type of lasers can be used, and their wavelengths?...Mount Sinai Urology Chair Receives Honorary Fellowship From Prestigious Royal College
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...
Defining adjuvant, consolidative, and salvage treatment after RP
The most common oncologic outcome following radical prostatectomy (RP) for localised prostate cancer is achieving undetectable prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels (<0.1 ng/ml), indicating an absence of detectable disease. However, the landscape of RP is shifting as active surveillance becomes the...Orchid: fighting male cancer for over 25 years
Orchid was established in 1996 by a young testicular cancer patient, Colin Osborne MBE, and the oncologist who saved his life, Professor Tim Oliver MD, FRCP. The charity exists to save men’s lives from testicular, penile, and prostate cancers and...
Are urodynamics still useful?
Two major UK randomised controlled trials, UPSTREAM and FUTURE, compared comprehensive clinical assessment (CCA) alone with CCA plus urodynamics (UDS), incorporating filling cystometry and pressure–flow studies. Both trials involved patients in whom diagnostic uncertainty suggested a potential role for UDS...
