European urologyPub Date : 2025-05-03DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2025.04.021
Alessandro Uleri, Michael Baboudjian, Guillaume Ploussard
{"title":"Re: Richard J. Bryant, Ioana R. Marian, Roxanne Williams, et al. Local anaesthetic transperineal biopsy versus transrectal prostate biopsy in prostate cancer detection (TRANSLATE): a multicentre, randomised, controlled trial. Lancet Oncol. In press. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(25)00100-7","authors":"Alessandro Uleri, Michael Baboudjian, Guillaume Ploussard","doi":"10.1016/j.eururo.2025.04.021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2025.04.021","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":12223,"journal":{"name":"European urology","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":23.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143901237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
European urologyPub Date : 2025-05-02DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2025.02.033
Kamil Malshy, Jathin Bandari, Edward M. Messing
{"title":"Re: Thomas van Doeveren, Sebastiaan Remmers, Egbert R. Boevé, et al. Intravesical Instillation of Chemotherapy Before Radical Surgery for Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma: The REBACARE Trial. Eur Urol. 2025;87:444–452","authors":"Kamil Malshy, Jathin Bandari, Edward M. Messing","doi":"10.1016/j.eururo.2025.02.033","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eururo.2025.02.033","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12223,"journal":{"name":"European urology","volume":"88 1","pages":"Pages e18-e19"},"PeriodicalIF":25.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143901264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
European urologyPub Date : 2025-05-02DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2025.04.017
Madeleine J. Karpinski, Kambiz Rahbar, Martin Bögemann, Laya Rahbar Nikoukar, Michael Schäfers, Sebastian Hoberück, Matthias Miederer, Tobias Hölscher, Sazan Rasul, Marcin Miszczyk, Francesco Lanfranchi, Matteo Bauckneht, Christian H. Pfob, Felix Kind, Karolien Goffin, Anika Hüsing, Claudia Kesch, Ken Herrmann, Martin Stuschke, Andrei Gafita, Wolfgang P. Fendler
{"title":"Updated Prostate Cancer Risk Groups by Prostate-specific Membrane Antigen Positron Emission Tomography Prostate Cancer Molecular Imaging Standardized Evaluation (PPP2): Results from an International Multicentre Registry Study","authors":"Madeleine J. Karpinski, Kambiz Rahbar, Martin Bögemann, Laya Rahbar Nikoukar, Michael Schäfers, Sebastian Hoberück, Matthias Miederer, Tobias Hölscher, Sazan Rasul, Marcin Miszczyk, Francesco Lanfranchi, Matteo Bauckneht, Christian H. Pfob, Felix Kind, Karolien Goffin, Anika Hüsing, Claudia Kesch, Ken Herrmann, Martin Stuschke, Andrei Gafita, Wolfgang P. Fendler","doi":"10.1016/j.eururo.2025.04.017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2025.04.017","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Background and objective</h3>We established prognostic nomograms incorporating prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positron emission tomography (PET) parameters standardised by Prostate Cancer Molecular Imaging Standardized Evaluation (PROMISE; PPP1). Here, we develop an updated PPP2 risk score from a large international multicentre registry study.<h3>Methods</h3>We included 6128 prostate cancer patients who underwent PSMA-PET at 20 hospitals in Europe, USA, and Australia between 2013 and 2022. Investigator sites were split 2:1 into the development (4044 patients) and validation (2084 patients) cohorts. We created nomograms of version 2 (PPP2) based on Cox regression models with the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator penalty for overall survival (development cohort). Performance of both nomograms was measured using Harrell’s C-index and calibration plots and a head-to-head comparison with the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) risk score by receiver operating characteristic curves (validation cohort).<h3>Key findings and limitations</h3>Predictors were distant metastases (extrapelvic nodal metastases [M1a], bone metastases [M1b], and visceral metastases [M1c]), PSMA expression score, and total lesion count (visual PPP2) or total tumour volume (quantitative PPP2). C-indices (95% confidence interval) in the validation cohort were 0.80 (0.78–0.82; visual) and 0.80 (0.79–0.82; quantitative), respectively. Accuracy of both the PPP2 nomograms was superior to the NCCN risk score (<em>n</em> = 1034, area under the curve 0.84 vs 0.76; <em>p</em> < 0.001). The retrospective design represents a limitation of the study.<h3>Conclusions and clinical implications</h3>PPP nomograms were improved in an international multicentre study to predict accurately the 3- and 5-yr overall survival probabilities of prostate cancer. PPP2 yielded superior accuracy to the NCCN risk score. A free software tool has been created for PROMISE and PPP2 assessments (promise-pet.org).","PeriodicalId":12223,"journal":{"name":"European urology","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":23.4,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143901265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
European urologyPub Date : 2025-05-01DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2025.03.025
Joren Vanthoor , Joyce Baard , Olivier Traxer , Vincent De Coninck
{"title":"Re: Thomas van Doeveren, Sebastiaan Remmers, Egbart R. Boevé, et al. Intravesical Instillation of Chemotherapy Before Radical Surgery for Upper Urinary Tract Urothelial Carcinoma: The REBACARE Trial. Eur Urol. 2025;87:444–452","authors":"Joren Vanthoor , Joyce Baard , Olivier Traxer , Vincent De Coninck","doi":"10.1016/j.eururo.2025.03.025","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eururo.2025.03.025","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12223,"journal":{"name":"European urology","volume":"88 1","pages":"Pages e17-e18"},"PeriodicalIF":25.3,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143893357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
European urologyPub Date : 2025-04-30DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2025.04.018
Alexander BCD Ng , Francesco Giganti , Veeru Kasivisvanathan
{"title":"Artificial Intelligence in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis on Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Time for a New PARADIGM","authors":"Alexander BCD Ng , Francesco Giganti , Veeru Kasivisvanathan","doi":"10.1016/j.eururo.2025.04.018","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eururo.2025.04.018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12223,"journal":{"name":"European urology","volume":"88 1","pages":"Pages 4-7"},"PeriodicalIF":25.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143893356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
European urologyPub Date : 2025-04-30DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2025.03.027
Yalong Zhang, Rui Yan, Li Yang
{"title":"Re: Steven MacLennan, Oliver Wiseman, Daron Smith, et al. Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy, Flexible Ureterorenoscopy, and Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy for Lower Pole Renal Stones. Eur Urol. In press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2025.01.020","authors":"Yalong Zhang, Rui Yan, Li Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.eururo.2025.03.027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2025.03.027","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":12223,"journal":{"name":"European urology","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":23.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143893355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
European urologyPub Date : 2025-04-26DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2025.04.008
Carissa E. Chu, Ziyu Chen, Karissa Whiting, Irina Ostrovnaya, Andrew T. Lenis, Timothy N. Clinton, Rayan Rammal, Gamze Gokturk Ozcan, Dilara Akbulut, Merve Basar, Jie-Fu Chen, Ying-Bei Chen, Anuradha Gopalan, Samson W. Fine, Satish K. Tickoo, Maria Arcila, A. Rose Brannon, Michael F. Berger, Eugene K. Cha, Alvin C. Goh, Hikmat Al-Ahmadie
{"title":"Clinical Outcomes, Genomic Heterogeneity, and Therapeutic Considerations Across Histologic Subtypes of Urothelial Carcinoma","authors":"Carissa E. Chu, Ziyu Chen, Karissa Whiting, Irina Ostrovnaya, Andrew T. Lenis, Timothy N. Clinton, Rayan Rammal, Gamze Gokturk Ozcan, Dilara Akbulut, Merve Basar, Jie-Fu Chen, Ying-Bei Chen, Anuradha Gopalan, Samson W. Fine, Satish K. Tickoo, Maria Arcila, A. Rose Brannon, Michael F. Berger, Eugene K. Cha, Alvin C. Goh, Hikmat Al-Ahmadie","doi":"10.1016/j.eururo.2025.04.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2025.04.008","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Background and objective</h3>Divergent differentiation and histologic subtypes are common findings in urothelial carcinoma (UC). Clinically relevant genomic alterations and oncogenic drivers of individual subtypes remain poorly defined. We characterized surgical outcomes and the genomic landscape of UC with aberrant histology (UCAH), with a focus on biomarkers and targetable alterations.<h3>Methods</h3>The clinical cohort comprised 3052 patients who underwent radical cystectomy (RC) with or without neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Targeted exon sequencing was performed for a genomic cohort of 1060 bladder tumors from RC or transurethral resection specimens. We characterized the frequency of oncogenic mutations and targetable alterations, and the tumor mutational burden (TMB) of each subtype. We defined the clonal relatedness of morphologically distinct regions of tumors with mixed histology.<h3>Key findings and limitations</h3>Patients with plasmacytoid, micropapillary, sarcomatoid, or mixed-histology tumors had worse cancer-specific survival than patients with pure urothelial histology. <em>ERBB2, FGFR3,</em> and <em>PTEN</em> alterations were most frequent in micropapillary, nested/squamous, and sarcomatoid UC, respectively. TMB was highest in plasmacytoid, neuroendocrine, and micropapillary tumors. Regions of mixed histology had shared clonal origins, but exceptions were observed. The retrospective design and potential for selection bias are limitations of our study.<h3>Conclusions and clinical implications</h3>UCAH tumors have distinct patterns of genomic alterations, which may be targetable via novel therapies and have implications for clinical trial inclusion. Biomarker-driven systemic therapy should be explored in patients with histologic subtypes that are associated with worse clinical outcomes.","PeriodicalId":12223,"journal":{"name":"European urology","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":23.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143878082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
European urologyPub Date : 2025-04-25DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2025.03.018
Thomas Dreyer , Simone Brandt , Knud Fabrin , Nessn Azawi , Juan Luis Vásquez , Andreas Ernst , Lars Dyrskjøt , Jørgen Bjerggaard Jensen
{"title":"Use of the Xpert Bladder Cancer Monitor Urinary Biomarker Test for Guiding Cystoscopy in High-grade Non–muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer: Results from the Randomized Controlled DaBlaCa-15 Trial","authors":"Thomas Dreyer , Simone Brandt , Knud Fabrin , Nessn Azawi , Juan Luis Vásquez , Andreas Ernst , Lars Dyrskjøt , Jørgen Bjerggaard Jensen","doi":"10.1016/j.eururo.2025.03.018","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eururo.2025.03.018","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background and objective</h3><div>Urinary biomarker tests have long been suggested as a noninvasive alternative to current cystoscopy-based follow-up of high-grade non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) to reduce both morbidity and costs. However, the clinical impact of urinary biomarker tests remains uncertain owing to a lack of randomized trials.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>In this randomized noninferiority trial, we evaluated the impact of alternating a urinary biomarker test (Xpert Bladder Cancer Monitor, XBCM) with cystoscopy in the intervention arm as a method for reducing the number of cystoscopies during follow-up of patients with high-grade NMIBC. Patients in the control arm underwent cystoscopy at all follow-up visits. The primary outcome was comparison of the risk of recurrence-free survival in terms of high-grade NMIBC, muscle-invasive bladder cancer, or metastatic urothelial carcinoma between the study arms.</div></div><div><h3>Key findings and limitations</h3><div>In total, 43 high-grade recurrences were detected, 22 in the intervention arm and 21 in the control arm. The risk difference for high-grade recurrence between the study arms was 0.08% (95% confidence interval −7.2% to 7.4%). Two pTa high-grade recurrences were missed by the XBCM test. The number of cystoscopies performed was 1029 cystoscopies in the control arm and 445 in the intervention arm. An anticipatory positive effect was observed, with XBCM positivity observed before recurrences were visible on cystoscopy. The findings are limited by a lower-than-expected rate of recurrence in both study arms.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions and clinical implications</h3><div>Alternating cystoscopy with XBCM reduced the number of follow-up cystoscopies for high-grade NMIBC without affecting detection of any recurrence. The long-term oncological safety of this strategy needs to be validated over longer follow-up.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":12223,"journal":{"name":"European urology","volume":"88 1","pages":"Pages 23-30"},"PeriodicalIF":25.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143872229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
European urologyPub Date : 2025-04-25DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2025.04.015
J. Alfred Witjes
{"title":"Follow-up for Non–muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer: Should the Guidelines Be Adapted?","authors":"J. Alfred Witjes","doi":"10.1016/j.eururo.2025.04.015","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eururo.2025.04.015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12223,"journal":{"name":"European urology","volume":"88 1","pages":"Pages 31-32"},"PeriodicalIF":25.3,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143875995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}