The percentage of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) isoform [–2]proPSA and the Prostate Health Index improve the diagnostic accuracy for clinically relevant prostate cancer at initial and repeat biopsy compared with total PSA and percentage free PSA in men aged ≤65 years Martin Boegemann*, Carsten Stephan†‡, Henning Cammann§, Sebastien Vincendeau¶, Alain Houlgatte**, Klaus Jung†‡, Jean-Sebastien Blanchet†† and Axel Semjonow* *Department […]
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Research headlines that attract the most publicity are those that show success in benefitting patients, whether it is through new targeted drugs or new immunotherapies. Many funding bodies and charities have also changed their policy toward funding more translational research that has clear economic, clinical and patient benefit. We must remember, however, that the innovations for these transformative publications and translational research […]
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Every Week the Editor-in-Chief selects an Article of the Week from the current issue of BJUI. The abstract is reproduced below and you can click on the button to read the full article, which is freely available to all readers for at least 30 days from the time of this post. In addition to the article itself, there is […]
Partial versus Radical Nephrectomy for T1 renal tumours: An analysis from the British Association of Urological Surgeons Nephrectomy Audit Marios Hadjipavlou, Fahd Khan, Sarah Fowler*, Adrian Joyce†, Francis X. Keeley‡, Seshadri Sriprasad and on behalf of BAUS Sections of Endourology and Oncology Department of Urology, Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford Kent, *British Association of Urological Surgeons, […]
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Every Week the Editor-in-Chief selects an Article of the Week from the current issue of BJUI. The abstract is reproduced below and you can click on the button to read the full article, which is freely available to all readers for at least 30 days from the time of this post. In addition to the article itself, there is […]
Combination of multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (mp-MRI) and transperineal template-guided mapping biopsy (TTMB) of the prostate to identify candidates for hemi-ablative focal therapy Minh Tran*†‡, James Thompson*†§, Maret Bohm†, Marley Pulbrook†, Daniel Moses¶, Ron Shnier**, Phillip Brenner*†§, Warick Delprado††, Anne-Maree Haynes†, Richard Savdie§ and Phillip D. Stricker*†§ *St Vincent’s Prostate Cancer Centre, †Garvan Institute of Medical Research & The […]