Last November, nearly 40 cyclists undertook The Urology Foundation (TUF) Challenge to cycle 500km through Vietnam and Cambodia. The riders were urologists, patients and supporters who all wanted to raise funds for TUF’s work into research, training and education to provide better treatments and outcomes …

In the Autumn of 2003, 14 of us set out to climb Mt Kilimanjaro to raise funds for the Prostate Research Campaign UK (now Prostate Cancer UK). I am pleased to say that all 14 of us got to the summit and raised over £200,000 …

In this short video James Catto, Professor in Urological Surgery at The University of Sheffield, discusses the management of invasive bladder cancer. Professor Catto was the Malcolm Coptcoat visiting professor at the Royal Society of Medicine on 16 March 2017. He points out that survival …

There is growing concern about the increasing tendency of the Crown Prosecution Service to prosecute healthcare workers when things go wrong. The case of general surgeon David Sellu, who was wrongfully convicted of manslaughter in 2013 for not getting a patient to theatre in time, …

This short video summarises the thoughts and discoveries of Dr Marston Linehan, Chief of Surgery at the National Institute of Health in Washington DC, USA, about the genomics of renal cell carcinoma and how this can be used to develop novel therapies for the disease. Dr …

Urological problems are an increasing issue (one in two of us will experience them in our lifetime) and The Urology Foundation (TUF) is the only UK charity that funds research into all urological conditions.
After successfully raising 1.3 million pounds last year, the TUF Chief Executive Louise de …

Between 27 January and 4 February 2017 the RSM Urology section held its annual Winter Meeting in Northstar, California. The short video above captures the flavour of the meeting, which was not only highly educational, but also tremendous fun. If it looks enticing, do consider …

Men have a lower life expectancy than women, but are notoriously reluctant to seek health care. Alan White (Professor of Men’s Health, Leeds Beckett University) discusses the importance of reaching men in the community using settings-based approaches. He describes initiatives that have succeeded by going where men are, using sporting settings …

Melanoma has quadrupled in incidence since 1970, affects men more than women, and has historically been difficult to treat once spread. In this short video, James Larkin (Medical Oncologist, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London) provides an update on immunotherapy drugs in the treatment of advanced melanoma.
This video accompanies …

TUF’s guest lecturer at BAUS 2016 was former vascular surgeon Tony Giddings. His fascinating talk is entitled ‘Hazards and heroes: the search for safer surgery’ and in it he discusses safety and quality skills in the field and risk avoidance in the professional environment. The …