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 surrounding pelvic lymph node dissection. They also address the application of systemic therapies for metastatic disease, considering the unique characteristics of the Chinese patient population and the potential for dose adjustments. Today's pod also ..read more

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 in for plenty of quokka action! Plus, of course we bring you some great conference highlights, chatting with international guests, including Laura Bukavina, Alberto Breda, Samir Taneja, plus Australian guests, Nathan Lawrentschuk, Michael Chamberla ..read more

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 in Los Angeles, popped into the GU Cast studio to talk about the landmark series from Johns-Hopkins Medical Institute (links below) which still today remains our best guide to the natural history of BCR after radical prostatectomy. And the key message ..read more

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 topics in mHSPC. And then a cracking chat with Carmen along with two Europeans doing Urology Fellowship training in Melbourne  - Dr Cjrista Babst (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre/Switzerland), and Dr Marta Alves (Royal Melbourne Hospital/Barcelon ..read more

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 prognosis mCRPC. Big news!! A 45% reduction in the risk of death in favour of the combination. Plus excellent quality of life for those receiving the combo. We are joined by Louise and co-author A/Prof Andrew Weickhardt (Austin Health, Melbourne), to di ..read more

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 respectively PIs  on the VISION and TheraP RCTs published in NEJM and Lancet in 2021, and both have many ongoing trials in RLT for prostate cancer.  We hear in which stages of prostate cancer LuPSMA is next likely to be approved, and some discussion ..read more

Dr Toni Choueiri, Chief of GU Oncology at Dana-barber 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 become essential reading for anyone wanting a superb overview of top trials. Each tweet contains a top line summary of each trial and key images such as K-M curves, plus links to the original papers. A huge amount of work and a great resource. Today we ..read more

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 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. In Part 1 we spoke to Conference Chair, Dr Dingwei Ye, Dr Karim Fizazi, Dr Peng Wu, and Dr Axel Merseburger ..read more

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 Karim Fizazi (Paris), Dr Axel Merseburger (Lubeck). and Dr Andrea Necchi (Milano) to overview the latest stories in GU Oncology. Top Chinese experts from across the country also join and the meeting includes some landmark consensus statements from mul ..read more

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 Ground and into our nearby studio at the close of play on Day 2 to talk all things single-port surgery (and cricket). Cricket-mad Mihir flew in from LA to tick off his bucket list ambition of attending a Boxing Day Test. We reminisce about the early ..read more