Is this the solution to screening for prostate cancer?? Don’t bother with a PSA test and instead screen using a 10 minute MRI scan??! Re-IMAGINE is a very interesting prospective study published in BMJ Oncology this week which did exactly that with some really interesting findings. We are joined by study authors Professor Caroline Moore and Professor Shonit Punwani to discuss. Even better on our YouTube channelLinks:BMJ Oncology paper Coverage in Urology Times 

What is a rectal spacer and do they help reduce side-effects from prostate radiation??! That’s today’s topic on GU Cast. Renu caught up with rectal spacer enthusiasts Professor Peter Orio (Dana Farber Cancer Institute) and Associate Professor Shankar Siva (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre) in downtown Melbourne this week to learn all about this topic. Thanks to our friends at Icon Cancer Centre who supported Peter’s educational tour to Australia this week. Also watch full video on YouTubeLinks:Randomised trial of Barrigel recatl spacer in JAMA Oncology 2023 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/fullarticle/2801296

Major scientific journals only change their Editor-in-Chief every 8-10 years so it’s quite a big deal when it happens! Today we chat with Professor Alberto Briganti, incoming Editor-in-Chief of European Urology,  the world’s highest ranked urology journal, and with Professor Morgan Roupret, incoming Editor-in-Chief of European Urology Oncology. Why has everybody’s impact factor dropped this year? What are their grand plans for their respective journals? How can we get our research noticed? Hear all the answers with Declan and Renu in this episode of GU Cast. Plus Aoife McVey returns to tell us what caught her eye on social media this week. Even better as a video podcast on our YouTube channel