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Impact of MetS on prostate cancer (PCa)

1 November 2016 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
Metabolic syndrome is associated with an increased risk of finding prostate cancer (PCa) overall and high-grade disease on biopsy. The first objective was to determine if MetS is associated with higher final PCa stage and grade on radical prostatectomy (RP)...

Digital Anatomy

1 March 2014 | | URO - Technology
Anatomy has been a cornerstone of medical and surgical education for hundreds of years. As an adjunct to traditional dissection-based teaching and textbooks, this month’s digital review guides you through some internet based anatomy resources. 3D models Anatomy for urology,...

BXTAccelyon becomes global distribution partner for new online prostate MRI self-learning tool to enhance prostate cancer diagnosis

6 May 2020 | Contracts & Distributors
BXTAccelyon, the leading low dose rate (LDR) brachytherapy partner to hospitals and clinics worldwide, and distribution partner for PrecisionPoint™, the...

REPORT: Urology News Patient Engagement Evenings

6 November 2020
Towards the end of 2019 the team at Urology News began making plans for our first event. An educational study day focusing on how to improve patient engagement in urology was to be held in Edinburgh at the end of...

Durability and complications of photoselective vaporisation of the prostate with GreenLightTM

1 January 2015 | | URO - Endourology & Stones
Alternatives to the standard transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) in the management of bladder outflow obstruction due to prostatic hypertrophy are becoming more common. In this retrospective case series, the outcomes of 117 patients undergoing GreenLightTM lithium triborate photoselective...

New drug hope for prostate cancer patients

16 January 2025
• Hormone therapy is used to slow the progression of advanced prostate cancer, but cancers often develop resistance and continue to grow.• Research reveals that patients with higher levels of heat shock proteins have worse outcomes.• Targeting these proteins with...

Simple spit test could finally turn the tide on prostate cancer

10 April 2025
Saliva test which analyses genetic variants in DNA is better than the PSA blood test at assessing prostate cancer risk for some men, and doesn’t require a visit to the GP. The test gave fewer false positive results and picked...

From nursery rhyme to science

1 May 2014 | | URO - Endourology & Stones, URO - Technology
In this series of articles I am going to show you some of the exhibits contained in the BAUS Virtual Museum of the History of Urology which is part of the BAUS website (www.baus.org.uk). In the last two articles I...

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...

Going for Gold… and Girth: Olympic rumours, and the new BAUS consensus on penile augmentation

7 May 2026 | | URO - Andrology, URO - Basic Science Research
The Winter Olympics are a bewildering spectacle at the best of times, particularly for causal quadrennial viewers of alpine sports such as myself. Personal highlights of this year’s iteration in Milano-Cortina included the superhuman performance of the Norwegian Johannes Klaebo...

(Not very) clean intermittent self catheterisation

3 May 2024 | | URO - Technology
In a small room near the operating theatre of the London Hospital sometime in the 1880’s, a surgeon slips off his outdoor frock coat. From his pocket he pulls a silver curved catheter, spits on it and nonchalantly passes it...

Functional and reconstructive urology

4 May 2023 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology
Case 1 A 45-year-old female presents with a one-year history of urinary leakage, especially worse on coughing. She is otherwise well, with no co-morbidities. What is the International Continence Society (ICS) definition of stress urinary incontinence (SUI)? What are the...