Best Testis Cancer Podcasts (2025)

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Three hot topics in testis cancer | With Christian Kollmannsberger & Ben Tran 43:24

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Refresh your knowledge of testis cancer with this punchy pod with testis cancer gurus, Prof Christian Kollmannsberger (Vancouver Cancer Centre, Vancouver), and Prof Ben Tran (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne). We pick their brains on three topical areas in testis cancer; 1. Adjuvant chemo - balancing early gains vs late effects. How can we …

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Let's talk...penile cancer | With Asif Muneer & Nathan Lawrentschuk 31:57

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Now this a topic we are ashamed to say we have barely covered in five plus years of GU Cast! A well overdue deep dive into the management of penile cancer, the rarest of all GU cancers, and fair to say the one that gets the least attention, not just from us, but from those who found research/education/novel therapies etc. We are joined in studio by…

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UAA is coming to Taipei!!! 3:52

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Renu was in Taipei recently and caught up with Prof Jacob Pang, Urologist and President of the Urological Association of Asia Annual meeting which takes place in Taipei from 14-17 August 2025. Find out why you should attend in this quick pod! UAA 2025 Congress websiteBy Professor Declan Murphy & Dr Renu Eapen

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Cardio-oncology and Lions rugby | With Dr Alex Lyon 36:20

21d ago36:20

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What do Lions Rugby and Cardio-oncology have in common?? Well tune in to this episode of GU Cast to find out! The incidence of cardiovascular disease is high in our patients with advanced prostate cancer (more than maybe we appreciate), plus fundamental treatments such as androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and androgen receptor pathway inhibitors (…

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China today | mHSPC what's going on? 35:40

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Another in our series of Themed Podcasts focussing on GU Oncology in China. We are joined by our China Editor, Dr Yao Zhu (Fudan University, Shanghai), and Prof Xuedong Wei (Soochow University, Jiangsu). to find out what the current treatment landscape is for mHSPC in China. Is it ADT/ARPI doublets for all?? Anyone still give chemo? Who gets a PSMA…

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UPDATED - The definitive PSMA systematic reviews! 35:22

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Those two gigantic PSMA review papers in European Urology - Perera et al 2016 and Perera et al 2020 - have been cited more than 2000 times and have been the definitive reference for anyone writing about PSMA PET/CT in the past ten years. And they have just been updated in two new papers just published in European Urology! Previous first author (Mar…

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Hofman's #ASCO25 PSMA Highlights 34:28

2M ago34:28

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A beachside interview with Michael Hofman to hear all the PSMA theranostic highlights at ASCO this year! Yes we left our suburban studio in Melbourne and wandered down to St Kilda beach to track down Michael for a beer and a chat. Even in mid-Winter we enjoyed sitting out in a beachside shack at the Beachcomber Cafe and Beach Bar. Michael shot some…

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Beyond Neurosafe | Histolog intra-op margin assessment 32:47

2M ago32:47

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What is Histolog?? Well, now that intra operative margin assessment is a such a hot topic in prostate cancer surgery after the Neurosafe RCT read-out, we thought we would dive into one of the other new technologies for doing something similar, but without the pragmatic challenges of frozen section. The idea is to assess the surgical margin of the p…

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Joe Biden, Koalas, Red wine and EMR Delinquency | With Ketan Badani 30:49

2M ago30:49

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A wonderful meandering chat with Ketan Badani (Urologist, Mt Sinai, NYC)! We took him for a wine tour in the Yarra Valley, stopping for a pod chat at Rochford Winery about screening for prostate cancer in older men, plus a great tour around Healesviile Sanctuary to introduce Ketan to some Australian wildlife. Then back in Melbourne we had another c…

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Advanced kidney cancer for Dummies! With Danny Heng & Lewis Au 46:12

2M ago46:12

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A Masterclass in advanced kidney cancer today with the great Danny Heng (University of Calgary, Canada), and our own Lewis Au (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne). Both popped into the GU Cast studio while Danny was in Australia doing some lectures and visiitng us at Peter Mac. We challenged Danny and Lewis to simplify three hot topics in kid…

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En-COMPASSing collaborative research | With Veeru Kasi & team 21:25

2M ago21:25

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Meet the young new faces of collaborative urological research!! GU Cast host Declan Murphy discusses the latest in international collaborative trials with A/Prof Veeru Kasivisvanathan, Dr Alexander Ng, and highly ambitious medical students, Miss Aishwarya Shah and Mr Alexander Dudko. They discuss their latest research from the COMPASS group includi…

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The ABC of mHSPC | With Fred Saad & Andrew Weickhardt 37:43

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When Fred Saad (Urologist, University of Montreal, Montreal) and Andrew Weickhardt (Medical Oncologist, Austin Health, Melbourne) popped into our studio recently we decided to pick their brains on a few hot topics in mHSPC - we called it the ABC of mHSPC! Fred was in Melbourne to visit Peter Mac and do some educational talks and we loved welcoming …

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What's new in this year's EAU Prostate Cancer Guideline Update? 43:50

3M ago43:50

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A big welcome back to EAU Guideline gurus, Dr Derya Tilki (Martini-Klinik, Hamburg, Germany), and Dr Gianluca Giannarini (Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital, Udine, Italy), for an overview of the major headlines from this year's EAU Guideline update. Derya is Deputy Chair of the EAU Prostate Cancer Guideline Committee and has picked…

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Unravelling PSMA Biology | ProsTIC/PCF Global Webinar 1:27:32

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For serious PSMA theranostics enthusiasts!!! We bring you the ninth of our collaborative PSMA webinars over the past five years, in collaboration with our team at ProsTIC and at the Prostate Cancer Foundation in the US. A truly outstanding faculty presenting today including Misha Beltran, Marty Pomper, Ed Kwan and Louise Emmett. Co-hosted by Declan…

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In the OR with the da Vinci SP robot at London Bridge Hospital 30:36

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What is the da Vinci Single Port (SP) robot and is it any good? Is it easy to transition from the multiport robot to a single port robot? What about Retzius-sparing prostatectomy using the SP robot? GU Cast hosts Declan Murphy and Renu Eapen learn the answers to these questions and more when we visit top prostate cancer surgeons Dr Declan Cahill an…

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China reaction to EAU Prostate Cancer Guideline Update 41:52

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Like very many countries around the world our friends in China are big fans of the EAU Guidelines, and are always tuned in when the updated Prostate Cancer Guidelines is released every year. So as part of our China Themed Episode Series, supported by our Gold Partners Bayer China, we are discussing some key updates to this year's Guideline with our…

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Is there a Doctor on board??! 25:40

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A bit of a break from the usual GU Oncology routine today folks! Declan was back at Guy's Hospital recently doing a talk and heard a remarkable story told by one of the Urology Fellows, Dr Joachim Jimie. A quite spectacular mid-air crisis, and some great life lessons in there also. Declan could not resist the opportunity to grab Jimie and tell the …

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GU Cast is Five Years Old!! 11:00

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180 episodes later and Declan and Renu have cracked out the champagne in the GU Cast studio! Tune in for this quick pod with some reminiscing and some thank you's, especially to you our global audience!By Professor Declan Murphy & Dr Renu Eapen

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Radiation cystitis!!! Help!! 45:48

4M ago45:48

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Radiation cystitis! Now this can be a really challenging condition for urologists, and especially for patients, to manage and to live with. And we frequently struggle to get good results. It is often years and years after radiation to the pelvis when patients return with problems like bleeding, pain, incontinence, fistula etc, which can have everyt…

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#EAU25 Conference Highlights | Part 2 42:34

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More great highlights from the recent EAU Annual Meeting in Madrid. Declan and Renu chat with Christian Gratzke, Sima Pore]ten, Yinjie Zhu, Rod Dunn, and have a most entertaining "pit lane walk" with Ben Challacombe around the various robots in the exhibition area. GU Cast Conference Highlights are supported by our Conference Highlights Partner, Ba…

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#EAU25 Conference Highlights | Part 1 47:13

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Declan and Renu bring you some great highlights from the recent EAU Annual Meeting in Madrid. Hear from Laurie Klotz and Adam Kinnaird about the OPTIMUM RCT, Sarah Psutka and Laura Bukavina discuss their bladder cancer highlights, Riccardo Campi talks biomarkers, changes in practice and other highlights, and Rod van den Bergh and Eoin Dinneen debat…

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Neurosaving erectile function - a new dawn for nerve-sparing prostatectomy 39:56

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Really big prostate cancer news today with the release of very interesting results from the Neurosafe Proof trial at the EAU Annual Meeting in Madrid. Also simultaneously published in Lancet Oncology so this is a big deal!! In summary, this multi centre randomised trial from the UK demonstrates that men undergoing the Neurosafe technique (intra-ope…

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The end of the road for TRUS biopsy? Translate trial reads out 40:25

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We are delighted to drop this pod just as the landmark TRANSLATE trial reads out at the EAU Annual Meeting in Madrid, with a simultaneous publication in Lancet Oncology. This is the world's largest trial of transrectal vs transperineal (TP) prostate biopsy, and reports that TP biopsy has superior cancer detection ability. Is this the end of the roa…

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GU Cast in Shanghai | Prostate Cancer in China in 2025 32:31

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Declan Murphy is in the GU Cast studio in Shanghai with GU Cast China Editor, Prof Yao Zhu. We sit down with Prof Hao Zeng (West China Hospital) and Dr Ye Yan to discuss their experiences and perspectives on advancements in diagnostics like MRI and PSMA PET, the increasing use of Chinese-developed robotic surgery platforms, and the ongoing debate s…

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Meet the Quokkas!! #USANZ25 Conference Highlights 46:21

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This week we had the great pleasure of attending the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ), which took place in the beautiful city of Perth, far out on the West Coast of Australia. Not just that, but we spent a wonderful afternoon on one of Australia’s top tourist attractions, Rottnest Island. Tune…

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Biochemical recurrence | With Steve Freedland 41:24

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A fantastic episode for urologists, radiation oncologists, and anyone interested in localised prostate cancer. Biochemical recurrence (BCR) is unfortunately all too common after surgery or radiation for prostate cancer, and today we talk with someone who has been working in BCR for more than 20 years. Dr Steve Freedland, Urologist at Cedars-Sinai i…

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Fellowship fun in Australia (and some prostate cancer chat)! 25:45

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Two great international visitors recently led to two great sets of podcast chats!! Dr Kim Chi (Vancouver), and Dr Carmen Mir (Valencia) were in Melbourne to speak at the PROSPECT Meeting (see links below). We grabbed Kim along with Prof Arun Azad (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne), and Dr Louise Kostos (also Peter Mac), to overlook some hot…

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ENZA-P Big news Update: LuPSMA and enza improves overall survival 29:36

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A breaking news podcast from ASCO GU in San Francisco! Prof Louise Emmett (St Vincent's, Sydney), has just read out the latest update from the ENZA-P trial (and simultaneous publication in Lancet Oncology), reporting that the combination of LuPSMA and enzalutamide improves overall survival when compared with enzalutamide alone, in men with poor pro…

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Future-gazing radioligand therapy in prostate cancer | With Oliver Sartor and Michael Hofman 37:27

7M ago37:27

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Look who popped into the GU Cast studio this week for a chat about where we are going next with radioligand therapy (RLT) for prostate cancer! Professors Oliver Sartor (Mayo Clinic, Rochester) and Michael Hofman (Peter Mac, Melbourne), are two of the world's most pre-eminent experts in the world of RLT for prostate cancer. They were each respective…

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Toni's Legendary Top 10 Papers List! 48:48

7M ago48:48

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Dr Toni Choueiri, Chief of GU Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, USA) returns to GU Cast with members of his team at Dana Farber Cancer Institute to discuss our favourite lists of top GU Oncology papers for 2024. Toni has posted these now legendary lists at the end of each year on Twitter/X since the start of Covid, and they have bec…

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Shanghai GU Oncology Highlights Part 2 40:53

7M ago40:53

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Part 2 of our GU Cast Conference Highlights from Shanghai including discussions with Dr Stephen Freedland (Los Angeles), Dr Liang Liang (Shaanxi), Dr Andrea Necchi (Milano), Dr Xiaojie Bian (Shanghai), and Dr Hongkai Wang (Shanghai). Declan Murphy travelled to Shanghai for the 14th GU Oncology Academic Meeting hosted by Fudan University Shanghai Ca…

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Shanghai GU Oncology Highlights Part 1 35:11

8M ago35:11

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Declan Murphy travels to Shanghai for the 14th GU Oncology Academic Meeting hosted by Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Centre, and to meet up with our GU Cast China Editor, Dr Yao Zhu. This is an excellent meeting in one of our very favourite cities, and this year Declan joins International Faculty including Dr Stephen Freedland (Los Angeles), Dr K…

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Stories of single-port surgery (and cricket) 33:58

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Our final episode of the year! And we end with a very seasonal celebration of single-port surgery and the Boxing Day Test with Australia playing India in one of the world's most famous cricket matches. We coaxed Dr Mihir Desai (University of Southern California, Los Angeles) and A/Prof Daniel Moon (Peter Mac, Melbourne) out of the Melbourne Cricket…

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A Dummy's Guide to Metastatic Renal Cancer!! 37:49

9M ago37:49

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Have you ever found the choice of agents in metastatic kidney cancer just a bit perplexing??! Well then this is the podcast for you! To celebrate a fantastic review paper recently published in European Urology, we chat with first author Dr Regina Barragan-Carillo (City of Hope, California), and second senior author Dr Tian Zhang (UT South-Western, …

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The Sir Chris Hoy Effect | Why family history matters 29:52

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Legendary British cyclist Sir Chris Hoy (48) recently shocked the world by announcing that he has progressive metastatic prostate cancer. His specialists have given him a 2-4 year life expectancy. The dreadful news that no prostate cancer patient wants to hear. Today, hosts Prof Declan Murphy and Dr Renu Eapen welcome their good mates A/Prof Ben Ch…

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PLND, ARPI Switch & De-Escalation | PROSPECT Podcast part 2 37:11

9M ago37:11

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Part 2 Highlights from a GU Cast Live Event! Dr Kim Chi (Medical Oncologist, Vancouver) and Dr Carmen Mir (Urologist, Valencia) joined the PROSPECT meeting in Melbourne to discuss high-risk prostate cancer and mHSPC, along with many experts from around Australia. On the eve of the meeting over dinner, Declan Murphy led a GU Cast-themed panel discus…

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The MSKCC PLND RCT | Please explain!!! 55:29

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What are we to make of this large RCT of extended vs standard pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) for prostate cancer?? Despite it not meeting its primary endpoint of improving biochemical recurrence, the authors now report in European Urology that it does reduce the incidence of distant metastases 10 years later! Go figure! We chat with Dr Karim T…

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PSMA Conundrums & Triplet vs Doublet | PROSPECT Podcast part 1 47:23

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Highlights from a GU Cast Live Event! Dr Kim Chi (Medical Oncologist, Vancouver) and Dr Carmen Mir (Urologist, Valencia) joined the PROSPECT meeting in Melbourne to discuss high-risk prostate cancer and mHSPC, along with many experts from around Australia. On the eve of the meeting over dinner, Declan Murphy led a GU Cast-themed panel discussion on…

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Treatment intensification in mHSPC | The Who, When, and How? Live webinar replay 1:32:38

10M ago1:32:38

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A GU Cast Live Event!! Everything you need to know about treatment intensification in mHSPC!! Doublet vs Triplet. Who should have radiotherapy? PSMA PET/CT conundrums, e-escalation, case discussions and more. Featuring GU Cast Hosts Declan Murphy and Renu Eapen, Medical Oncologist Ben Tran, Nuclear Medicine Physician Louise Emmett, and Radiation On…

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ESMO24# Prostate Cancer Highlights | Reaction from China 45:39

10M ago45:39

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In the third of our special episodes focussing on GU Oncology in China, we are delighted to welcome back our GU Cast China Editor, Professor Yao Zhu, who has selected three huge prostate cancer highlights from the recent #ESMO24 meeting in Barcelona. We are joined by Professor Shouzhen Chen (Qilu Hospital, Shandong University), and Professor Zhenhu…

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Ten Years of ENZAMET | the gift that keeps on giving! 40:48

10M ago40:48

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Today we celebrate one of our favourite clinical trials - ENZAMET! It is 10 years since ENZAMET opened and beyond its pivotal data establishing that adding enzalutamide to ADT improves survival for mHSPC patients, it continues to produce a very strong stream of high-quality findings that affect our practice today. ENZAMET also straddled an epochal …

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All your GU Highlights from #ESMO24! 54:00

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Ask anyone which big oncology meeting gave us the best GU oncology highlights this year and the answer is easy! ESMO24 in Barcelona! Jammed full of key papers and so many highlights, Declan and Renu bring you a great overview in this GU Cast Conference Highlights from ESMO24. Listen to discussions with investigators and key opinion leaders, intervi…

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GU Cast vs The Penis Project! With Melissa Hadley-Barrett 26:45

11M ago26:45

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Penis Project is one of our favourite podcasts (and certainly popular with our patients), so we were delighted to welcome Host and Sexologist, Melissa Hadley-Barrett to join us for a chat. What is the Penis Project? Who is it for? (anyone with a penis, anyone who knows someone with a penis, or anyone who would like to have a penis apparently)! A cr…

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Spectacular live robotic surgery at #ERUS24 in Bordeaux 1:05:13

11M ago1:05:13

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The world's longest running live robotic surgery meeting took place in Bordeaux last week and Declan and Renu were there to bring you all the highlights! The 21st Meeting of the EAU Robotic Urology Section (ERUS) was their biggest ever with more than 1000 delegates watching more than 40 live surgeries from the world's top robotic surgeons. And this…

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LuPSMA moves UpFront | first RCT data with Arun Azad and Michael Hofman 34:38

11M ago34:38

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A big day at ESMO in Barcelona today as our friend and colleague A/Professor Arun Azad presents the results of the UpFront PSMA trial for the first time. The data were revealed in the main prostate cancer session at ESMO and simultaneously published in Lancet Oncology. UpFront PSMA is a randomised controlled trial comparing ADT and docetaxel, with …

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Salvage Robotic Radical Prostatectomy | 500 cases later with Paul Cathcart 30:52

11M ago30:52

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More than 500 salvage radical prostatectomies!!! Yep it would be fair enough to describe Dr Paul Cathcart as being "experienced" in the most challenging scenario we face as prostate cancer surgeons. Surgery for cancer recurrence in the prostate following radiotherapy or various forms of ablative therapy is never easy, and can all too often lead to …

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Three Big Waves in Testis Cancer | With Rob Hamilton and Ben Tran 26:14

12M ago26:14

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Testis cancer! We don't talk enough about this on GU Cast. But we are making up for it today with a cracking overview of three hot topics in testis cancer a couple of world-leading testis cancer experts. We are joined by Rob Hamilton (Urologist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto), and Ben Tran (Medical Oncologist, Peter Mac, Melbourne) to di…

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Why you should go to Bali!! | #UAA24 7:10

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As if any of us need an excuse to go to beautiful Bali! Well the Urological Association of Asia (UAA) Annual Meeting takes place there from 5-8th September 2024. Renu caught up with Dr Agus Rizal Hamid recently to hear what the UAA have in store for us! www.uaa2024.comBy Professor Declan Murphy & Dr Renu Eapen

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PSA and Testosterone | Why low numbers matter 20:37

12M ago20:37

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How often do you check PSA and testosterone in your patients on androgen deprivation therapy? Probably not often enough!! Declan caught up with friend of the podcast Professor Axel Merseburger at a conference recently to chat about this under-appreciated topic. Don't get too distracted by fancy scans and genomic testing; but do make sure you know a…

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Remembering Dr Brian Kelly 1:30:47

1y ago1:30:47

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Today we dedicate our podcast to the memory of our colleague, Dr Brian Kelly (40), who passed away unexpectedly this week. We are devastated to lose Brian, who was a Consultant Urologist at Peter Mac and Eastern Health here in Melbourne, and one of our closest friends in the world. Here we replay the Memorial Session which we conducted at Peter Mac…