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Curing pure CIS with radical surgery: lessons learned

1 September 2014 | Mark Harris | Urologic Oncology | bladder cancer, carcinoma in situ, carcinoma in situ (CIS), radical cystectomy, survival, urothelial cancer

As carcinoma in situ (CIS) theoretically has no ability to invade or metastasise, performing radical cystectomy for CIS-only disease should be curative. In this single centre review over 37 years, 1964 patients undergoing cystectomy were analysed with 52 undergoing surgery...

Stereotactic body radiotherapy for oligometastatic disease secondary to urological cancer

1 January 2016 | Robert Hughes | Urologic Oncology, Technological Developments

The concept of oligometastatic disease is controversial. The traditional model of cancer, which most of us learnt at medical school, is of a disease which starts confined to an organ, for example the prostate, where it can be cured with...

Getting it Right First Time in urology: the implementation phase

1 January 2019 | Simon Harrison | Andrology, Basic Science Research, Endourology and Stones, Functional Urology, Infection, Neurourology, Paediatric Urology, Reconstructive Urology, Technological Developments, Trauma and Emergency Urology, Urologic Oncology, Uroradiology

The Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT) programme is the largest and most comprehensive initiative to improve the quality and efficiency of individual clinical services that the NHS has ever instigated. The programme falls under the auspices of NHS Improvement...

Delivering a laparoscopic urology workshop in West Africa: our initial experience in Senegal

4 September 2020 | Matthew Trail, Ali Thwaini, Lamine Niang, Zeeshan Aslam | Endourology and Stones, Technological Developments

Despite universal adoption and significant technological innovation since its inception around 30 years ago, access to laparoscopic surgery remains lacking in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Whilst some progress has been made in recent years to bridge the gap with the developed...

Prostate cancer survivorship: a new path for uro-oncology

1 July 2015 | Sanchia S Goonewardene, Raj Persad (Prof), Veronica Nanton, Annie Young (Prof), Adel Makar | Urologic Oncology

Over two million people in England have a diagnosis of cancer [1]. Of this figure, over 250,000 have been diagnosed with prostate cancer [2]. However, during the next decade, a rapid increase in the number of new cancer diagnoses, as...

Demanding cases or nightmares in uro-oncology? Sep/Oct 2021

3 September 2021 | Hannah Warren, Ben Challacombe | Urologic Oncology

Active surveillance for prostate cancer: missing the boat Case In 2005 a 43-year-old man of Afro-Caribbean ethnicity was referred to our centre for investigation of suspected prostate cancer. Digital rectal exam revealed a firm right lobe, PSA of 2.3ng/ml, prostate...

The Urology Foundation

1 July 2015 | Louise de Winter

The Urology Foundation (TUF) is the only charity in the United Kingdom that raises money for research into all types of urological disease. Our ultimate aim as a charity is to discover the causes of urology cancers and conditions, to...

Prostate cancer

1 July 2015 | David Mak, Nick Rukin | Urologic Oncology

Case 1 What is prostate specific antigen (PSA) and what is its function? According to the ERSPC Trial (at 13 years), what was the number needed to screen and diagnosed to prevent one prostate cancer death and what was the...

Erectile Dysfunction Part I: pathophysiology and risk factors

1 March 2014 | Asif Muneer, Jas Kalsi, David J Ralph | Andrology

Introduction Erectile dysfunction (ED) is defined as the inability to achieve and maintain a penile erection, which is adequate for satisfactory sexual intercourse. The Massachusetts Male Ageing Study (MMAS) reported the results of a regional survey of men aged 40–69...

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