ESOU 2021: EAU Guidelines Office Rapid Reaction Group: Adapted Guidelines Recommendations to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Era

(UroToday.com) The COVID-19 pandemic left urologic oncologists in an unprecedented time of deciding how to triage and optimize the treatment of our patients. As part of this response, the EAU Guidelines Office Rapid Reaction Group provided adapted guideline recommendations1 as highlighted at the European Association of Urology (EAU) Section of Oncological Urology (ESOU) 2021 virtual meeting […]

ESOU 2021: Tri-Modal vs Bi-Modal vs TURBT Alone as an Alternative to Radical Cystectomy

(UroToday.com) The second Urothelial Cancer session at this year’s European Association of Urology (EAU) Section of Oncological Urology (ESOU) 2021 Virtual Meeting featured a number of presentations, focussing on controversies in the management of urothelial cancers. The fourth and final presentation in this session was from Dr. Nicholas James who discussed a variety of approaches to bladder […]

ESOU 2021: Clinical Case: Improving Risk Stratification in Men with Intermedia-Risk Prostate Cancer to Optimize Treatment

(UroToday.com) The second Prostate Cancer session at this year’s European Association of Urology (EAU) Section of Oncological Urology (ESOU) 2021 Virtual Meeting featured two case presentations (and associated clinical discussions/debates) focused on the management of patients with localized disease. The first of these examined ways to improve risk stratification in men with intermediate-risk prostate cancer to […]

ESOU 2021: Re-TUR in Ta High-Grade for Selected Candidates

(UroToday.com) The second Urothelial Cancer session at this year’s European Association of Urology (EAU) Section of Oncological Urology (ESOU) virtual meeting featured a number of presentations, focussing on controversies in the management of urothelial cancers. The third presentation in this session was from Dr. Marco Moschini who discussed the role of repeat transurethral resection of bladder tumor […]

ESOU 2021: Open or Robotic Nephroureterectomy for High-Risk Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer?

(UroToday.com) The second Urothelial Cancer session at this year’s European Association of Urology (EAU) Section of Oncological Urology (ESOU) virtual meeting featured a number of presentations, focussing on controversies in the management of urothelial cancers. The second presentation in this session was from Dr. Shariat regarding considerations for deciding between open or robotic approaches for nephroureterectomy […]

ESOU 2021: The Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak on Oncologic Robotic-Assisted Surgeries: Risk Assessment of the Pandemic

(UroToday.com) The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how we deliver care and triage operations based on the risk of delaying intervention. Currently, there are almost 100 million cases of COVID-19 and more than 2 million deaths worldwide.  At the 2021 European Association of Urology (EAU) Section of Oncological Urology (ESOU) virtual meeting, Dr. Alexandre Ingels discussed the impact of […]

ESOU 2021: Surgical and Perioperative Challenges of Large Renal Tumors

(UroToday.com) At the European Association of Urology (EAU) Section of Oncological Urology (ESOU) 2021 virtual meeting, Dr. Arnaud Mejean discussed surgical and perioperative challenges of large renal tumors, particularly those with vena cava and lymph node involvement. Dr. Mejean notes that statistics from the SEER database suggest that 19% of patients present with locoregional disease, making […]

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