EAU Podcast

How can small renal masses be managed beyond surgery, and how should the most appropriate approach be selected for each patient? In this episode, Prof. Daniela Oprea-Lager (NL) is joined by Assoc. Prof. Lorenzo Bianchi (IT) and Dr. Giuseppe Basile (GB) to discuss the evolving management of small renal masses. The faculty explore patient selection for active surveillance and ablative treatments, the role and timing of renal mass biopsy, and imaging strategies for solid and cystic renal masses....

In “Membranous urethral length and post-prostatectomy stress urinary incontinence”, Dr. Béatrice Bouchard (CA) examines membranous urethral length (MUL) as a predictor of continence outcomes after prostatectomy. Based on a retrospective study of 161 men, she shows that patients with post-prostatectomy incontinence have a substantially shorter MUL compared with men presenting urgency incontinence, findings consistent with MRI data. The episode outlines how urethral pressure profiling, pe...

In this episode, UROONCO PCa associate editor Prof. Claudia Kesch interviews Dr. Neeraj Agarwal, from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute on the recent results of the TALAPRO-3 trial. This trial investigates the efficacy and safety of TALA + ENZA in men with mCSPC bearing HRR gene alterations. Dr. Agarwal elaborates on the rationale of this trial and the key results. They also discuss the control arm in more detail, heterogeneity and HRR alteration, plus clinical practice of managing anaemia and tre...

How can general urologists recognise when lower urinary tract symptoms may have a neurological cause, and what are the key signs that should prompt further investigation? In this episode, Prof. Sanjay Sinha is joined by Dr. Charalampos Konstantinidis, Dr. Stefania Musco and Prof. Marcio Averbeck to discuss a practical approach to suspecting neurogenic lower urinary tract symptoms in everyday clinical practice. The conversation explores the clinical features that should raise suspicion of an u...

This EAUN edition presents the episode “No Place to Go: Homelessness & Incontinence.” Eva Wallace, Clinical Nurse Advisor and Chair of the EAUN Special Interest Group (SIG) Continence, is joined by Anne Marie Kelly, Clinical Nurse Specialist in Continence with the Health Service Executive (HSE) in the Dublin area, for an important conversation on the often-overlooked connection between homelessness and incontinence. Without reliable access to toilets, hygiene facilities, clean clothing or...