EAU Podcasts

In this podcast, Dr. Riccardo Bertolo (IT), associate editor of the UROONCO kidney cancer editorial board talks to Prof. Jihad Kaouk (US) from the Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Ohio. Prof. Kaouk answers questions about his recent AUA2023 presentation, "Single port robotic urologic surgery: where are we today and where are we headed?" The discussion includes details...

In this podcast, Prof. Igor Tsaur (DE), chief editor of the UROONCO PCa editorial board talks with Dr. Marcio Covas Moschovas (US) about his abstract presentation at AUA2023, “Simultaneous hernia repair following robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy is safe with low rates of mesh-related complications”.  Dr. Moschovas answers questions about the study design and the data presented. He compared 2...

In this podcast, Dr. Maria Carmen Mir Maresma (ES), chief editor of the UROONCO RCC editorial board talks to key opinion leader Prof. Alexander Kutikov (US) from Fox Chase Cancer Centre, Philadelphia.  Prof. Kutikov shares details from his recent AUA2023 presentation in Chicago on the surgical complications associated with robotic partial nephrectomy (RPN). He discusses the four major categories o...

In this podcast, UROONCO BCa chief editor Dr. Benjamin Pradere (FR) talks to Prof. Siamak Daneshmand (US) from the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California. Prof. Daneshmand answers questions about the SunRISe-1 trial, which he presented at the 'late-breaking oncology abstract session' during AUA2023.  He discusses the study design, and delivers preliminary results from...

In this podcast Prof. Nicolas Mottet and Prof. Phil Cornford discuss the 2023 EAU Guidelines for prostate cancer. The new recommendation is to investigate early detection of prostate cancer as part of the EU's new cancer strategy.  They talk about active surveillance for low-risk prostate cancer patients to avoid over-treatment, as well as the PSMA staging process for high-risk disease, and a...

In this podcast, the new EAU ASCO Guidelines on penile cancer is discussed. The new guidelines are a total revision of prior versions and emphasises the importance of patient representatives and early palliative care. The panel collaborated with ASCO and integrated expertise from around the world.  This expert panel talk about diagnosis and staging, with emphasis on HPV testing and minimally invas...

In this episode, Prof. Evanguelos Xylinas (FR), a fellow of the European Board of Urology, and Prof. Fredrik Liedberg (SE) from Skåne University Hospital Malmö, share and review two difficult and exceptional bladder cancer cases. In an interactive discussion, Prof. Xylinas and Prof. Liedberg go into detail on the treatment options, guidelines and complications.  This activity is supported by an ed...

In this episode, Dr. Hanny Cobussen-Boekhorst, a nurse practitioner (NP) and a member of the EAU guidelines panel for Female Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS), discusses her motivation and contribution to the guidelines panel. Multidisciplinary collaboration is the future, and as a nurse, Dr. Cobussen-Boekhorst talks about the benefits of having a nurse-specialist involved in female LUTS managem...

In this podcast, Prof. Bhaskar Somani (GB), an associate of the EULIS - Working Group on ureteroscopic management of stones, and Mr. Patrick Jones (NO), a member of the EAU Young Academic Urology urolithiasis group, discuss the challenges of urolithiasis in pregnancy. The management of kidney stones during pregnancy can be challenging for most urologists in terms of using the right diagnostics and...

Dr. Felix Campos-Juanatey (ES), a member of the EAU Guidelines Panel for Urethral Strictures, answers questions on the diagnosis of urethral strictures and follow-up after urethral surgery.   This podcast begins with details on what patient information is necessary to collect during an in-depth clinical interview and examination to make an accurate diagnosis.  Dr. Campos-Juanatey shares the latest...

In this edition, Dr.  Margarida Manso (PT), associate member of the EAU Section of Female and Functional Urology (ESFFU), discusses female stress urinary incontinence (SUI).  Dr. Manso details the physiological elements of SUI in regards to the bladder neck and urethra, as well as the urinary sphincter.  The multiple causes behind SUI are outlined, including: ageing, radiotherapy trauma and neurol...

In this edition, Dr. Lazaros Tzelves (GR), a member of the EAU Guidelines Panel for non-neurogenic female LUTS, discusses underactive bladder (UAB) in women.  Dr. Tzelves clinically defines what an underactive bladder is, followed by sharing information on its prevalence and aetiology.  UAB is difficult to diagnose and difficult to manage. Dr Tzelves discusses how urologists can diagnostically app...

In this podcast, EAU Prostate Cancer Guidelines Panel members Prof. Nicolas Mottet (FR) and Prof. Philip Cornford (GB), have an in-depth discussion on active surveillance in prostate cancer.  The two experts elaborate in detail on what active surveillance is, including the difference between active surveillance and watchful waiting, which can often be mis-understood.  Prof. Mottet and Prof. Cornfo...

In this edition, we have Dr. Maria Carmen Mir (ES), chief editor of the UROONCO RCC editorial board, together with Prof. Alessandro Antonelli (IT) from the University of Verona and director of the Department of Urology at Borgo Trento Hospital, talking about the retroperitoneal approach to robotic partial nephrectomy (RPN). Prof. Antonelli begins this interview with a review on transrectal and tra...

In this edition, we have Dr. Riccardo Bertolo (IT), the associate editor of UROONCO RCC editorial board, together with Dr. Alberto Breda (ES), Head of the Oncology Urology Unit and Kidney Transplant Surgical Team Urology Department, Fundació Puigvert, Barcelona, and chairman of ERUS and president of the ERUS22 congress, talking about the novel alternative robotic platform that was recently launche...

In this edition, Dr. Constance Thibault (FR), associate editor of the UROONCO PCa educational platform, discusses triplet therapy for the treatment of metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC).  In the last decade, the outcome of metastatic prostate cancer has been improved by intensifying the systemic therapy with the addition of docetaxel and/or new hormonal therapies. Clinicians now...

During this episode, Dr. Thomas Seisen (FR), an associate member on the EAU Guidelines Panel for Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer,  answers questions about metastatic upper urothelial cancer (UTUC) treatment options in the 2022 guidelines: What are the systemic treatment options for metastatic UTUC in the first-line setting? Can a maintenance systemic treatment be proposed to metastatic UTUC pat...

In this edition, we have Dr. Teele Kuusk (UK), the associate editor of the UROONCO RCC educational platform discussing kidney cancer highlights at the recent ESMO2022. Dr. Kuusk begins with the reporting of several new trials and the accompanying results, which include: Phase 3 CheckMate-914, Phase 3 COSMIC-313, Phase 2 Keynote-B61, and Cohort 1 of LITESPARK-003 study. After delivering the trial r...

In this podcast, members of the EAU Guidelines Panel for RCC Prof. Axel Bex (DE)  and Prof. Jens Bedke (DE), discuss renal cell carcinoma (RCC), with updates on treatments and current trials.  Prof. Bex and Prof. Bedke talk about what's new in adjuvant treatment for patients with high-risk RCC after radical nephrectomy.  This follows with discussions on the combination and triplet trials, as...

In this edition we have Dr. Benoît Peyronnet (FR), a Panel Member, and Dr. Néha Sihra (UK), an associate member of the EAU Guidelines Panel for female lower urinary tract symptoms, discussing overactive bladder syndrome (OAB) in women.  Ms. Sihra answers questions about what to do when evaluating an overactive bladder patient. She covers the importance of clinical history, and which type of examin...

In this podcast, EAU Guidelines office member, Prof. Philip Cornford (GB), and Prostate Cancer Panel patient representative, Dr. Erik Briers (BE),  share their views on the importance of patient input in authoring the EAU Guidelines. Our discussants review the relationship between specialists and their patients, and how they can create better advocacy, as well as, increased involvement going forwa...

In this edition, Prof. Christian Radmayr talks about the importance of the dissemination of the EAU Guidelines.  Prof. Christian Radmayr is a member of the Paediatric Urology Guidelines Panel and chair of this panel since 2018. In this episode he touches on the various platforms through which the EAU Guidelines are disseminated, which initatives have the most impact and how clear communication of...

In this podcast, Prof. Peter Gilling (NZ), Professor of Surgery at the University of Auckland, shares details with us on the main findings of the WATER study.  Prof. Gilling gives us some insights into the five-year results of the WATER study, a pivotal trial that compares Aquablation versus transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). The results were presented at the 2022 EAU Annual Congress....

In this edition, we have Prof. Tamsin Greenwell (GB), a panel member on the EAU Guidelines Panel for Urethral Strictures, discussing the management of female urethral stricture disease.  Prof. Greenwell begins with an overview on the causes of female urethral strictures and how a diagnosis should be made. Following this she answers questions on treatment options, including what type of urethroplas...

In this podcast, Dr. Vasileios Sakalis (GR), a member of the EAU Guidelines Panel for Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms, reports on the new section in the guidelines relating to Male Urinary Incontinence. Dr Vasileios Sakalis begins with information on an important addendum to the 2022 Male LUTS Guidelines with regard to the new incontinence section, and the reasons why this new section has been i...