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Activity of enzalutamide in men with mCRPC is affected by prior treatment with abiraterone and / or docetaxel

1 September 2015 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
This study reported on the real-world clinical outcomes of patients at seven academic institutions who were treated with enzalutamide, with the primary objective being to assess the effect of prior therapies (namely abireterone and docetaxel). Three hundred and ten patients...
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Sepsis – still a dilemma

4 March 2025 | | URO - Infection
Thousands of people die each year in the UK and worldwide due to types of sepsis, including urosepsis. Urologists are facing this scenario day in day out, so this is a vital article for every reader. We are all familiar...

Remote working: what can health professionals learn from business?

5 February 2021 | | URO - Core Urology, URO - Technology
Remote working has been widely used in business for many years but before COVID-19, this was not the case within healthcare settings. This article seeks to review the advantages, challenges and solutions which users of remote working in business have...

ICS updates on continence care: making sense of detrusor underactivity and the underactive bladder

1 July 2016 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
Countless epidemiological studies have established the frequent occurrence of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and the significant burden these symptoms incur. For the most part of the past three decades, there has been an overwhelming focus on detrusor overactivity (DO)...

Robotic assisted perineal prostatectomy: descriptive technique of the inaugural case in the UK

1 January 2019 | | URO - Urologic Oncology, URO - Technology
Robotic surgery has taken full flight in the USA since its start in 2000 [1] and is replacing procedures where open surgical techniques were solely employed. While this technology is met with criticism over the costs, the superiority of robotic...

What to expect when meeting a statistician

1 May 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
There are a growing number of statisticians working closely with medics from all specialties. They have different training but they are driven by the same goal: to perform high quality evidence-based clinical research [1,2]. In a perfect world we would...

Mobile e-logbook app

1 September 2014 | | URO - Technology
Maintaining a record of operations in a surgical logbook has long been part of surgical training and governance. For trainees, it is an essential part of assessments. For consultants, maintaining a logbook is not essential, however, a review of clinical...

Clear cell urothelial carcinoma: a highly aggressive morphological variant in the bladder and upper urinary tract

2 November 2023 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
Clear cell urothelial carcinoma (CCUC) is a rare morphological variant of transitional cell carcinoma (TCC). It can occur anywhere along the urothelial tract and is characterised histologically by high grade carcinoma with an abundance of clear, glycogen-rich cytoplasm [1]. Alternative...

Can the latest patient decision aid help OAB patients?

8 January 2025 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
OAB Answers is a patient decision aid co-authored by several European urologists and gynaecologists, and two patient advocates, to help patients understand and manage their overactive bladder (OAB). It is a 36-page document split into several clear sections, aiming to...

Laborie: Introduction to Urodynamics for Urogynaecology Nurses Course

6 November 2024
9:30am - 4pm GMT Course Chair: Kirsty Wyatt - Clinical Nurse Specialist, Cleveland Clinic, London. This is the third Introduction to Urodynamics course for Urogynaecology Nurses, offering an invaluable day of education and practical work. Course Highlights: - Urodynamics - Uroflowmetry - Communication - Trace interpretation - Practical skills Cost: £35

Laborie: Introduction to Urodynamics for Urogynaecology Nurses Course 2025

30 April 2025
Course Chair: Kirsty Wyatt, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Cleveland Clinic, London, UK This is the third Introduction to Urodynamics course for Urogynaecology Nurses, offering an invaluable day of education and practical work. Course highlights include: - Urodynamics - Uroflowmetry - Communication - Trace interpretation - Practical skills

Medical statistics for urologists: part 2 – probability and hypothesis testing

2 March 2022 |
Following on from Part 1 of this series (Part 3 available here), this article aims to build on other analytical techniques commonly used within medical research, focusing on simple examples. Probability and testing Before exploring hypothesis testing, it is vital...