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The role of PET-CT imaging in prostate cancer

4 October 2021 | | URO - Urologic Oncology
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most common cancer in the UK, with 43,000 cases in 2017-18 [1,2]. Accurate primary staging and the detection of suspected recurrence following treatment is vital for directing management and predicting prognosis. This has conventionally...

Precision study with the Raypilot ® system now underway

17 April 2025 | Company Profiles, Research & Development
Micropos Medical is a Swedish company developing technology for enhanced radiotherapy cancer treatment. Their Raypilot® System offers accuracy through real-time tumor tracking in prostate cancer radiation treatment. The 2024 Pace-B study showed that SBRT with five sessions is as effective...

Initial impressions of urology in the UK from overseas trainees

3 September 2021 | | URO - Core Urology
Readers of Urology News will be familiar with descriptions of overseas visits by UK-based urological trainees, but it is sometimes beneficial to reflect on the experience of international medical graduates (IMGs) who elect to come to work and train in...

TUF in the time of coronavirus

21 April 2020 | COVID-19
At The Urology Foundation (TUF) we are acutely aware that the attention of our colleagues in the urology profession are rightly elsewhere at the moment. I would like to thank all urologists, urology nurses and urology researchers for the ...

Post-Brexit deal welcomed but leaves future relationship with EU far from settled

1 June 2021 |
This article was originally published EYE NEWS VOLUME 27 ISSUE 6 APRIL/MAY 2021 Rod McNeil breaks down the impact of the Brexit deal on healthcare in the UK, including medicines regulation, research funding, sharing of information and the ability to...

New CPD Course Advances LATP Biopsy Skills for Clinicians

9 May 2025 | Company Profiles, Research & Development
Mermaid Medical, in collaboration with Fujifilm, recently delivered the first session of a new CPD-accredited training course focused on Local Anaesthetic Transperineal Prostate (LATP) biopsy procedures. Hosted at the advanced Fujifilm House in Bedford, the workshop welcomed healthcare professionals for...

LoFric Elle Wins ‘Look Good, Feel Good’ Award

15 June 2021 | Awards, Conferences & Anniversaries
Wellspect’s revolutionary new female catheter has added another award to its list of accolades. The 'Look Good, Feel Good' award, which is a joint initiative of Bladder and Bowel UK and the...

Bladder Health UK

2 November 2023 | | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Infection
- CHARITY FOCUS - Bladder Health UK is a national patient support charity that has been communicating with bladder illness sufferers for 30 years. The charity offers a lot of resources to give help, educate and inform, including webinars, study...

Purple urine bag syndrome

1 July 2021 | | URO - Infection, URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Trauma & Emergency
Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS) is an uncommon phenomenon where the tubing and urinary catheter bag is noticed to undergo purple discolouration. This has been linked with urinary tract infections (UTI), chronic debilitated states and prolonged catheterisation. PUBS was noticed...

MOOCs

1 July 2015 | | URO - Technology
Technology has always been intimately linked to new educational methods. This has included distance learning, learning through multimedia and finally computer-based learning. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are so called because they can be taken by an unlimited number of...

Infections and inflammation: Part 3

1 May 2019 | URO - Functional / Reconstructive Urology, URO - Infection, URO - Andrology, URO - Trauma & Emergency
See also Part 1 and Part 2 Case 1 You review a man in the Emergency Department with scrotal pain and sepsis. His clinical examination findings are shown. What does this image show? Who was this condition named after? What...

Assessment of the incidental adrenal lesion

1 September 2014 | | URO - Uroradiology, URO - Urologic Oncology
Introduction The adrenal glands are seen on CT or MRI surrounded by fat in the peri-renal space. The right adrenal gland lies medial to the right lobe of the liver, lateral to the right crus of the diaphragm and superior...