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. In press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2024.12.006","authors":"Joren Vanthoor, Joyce Baard, Olivier Traxer, Vincent De Coninck","doi":"10.1016/j.eururo.2025.03.025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2025.03.025","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":12223,"journal":{"name":"European urology","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":23.4,"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":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2025.04.018","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":12223,"journal":{"name":"European urology","volume":"104 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":23.4,"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":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2025.03.018","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Background and objective</h3>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.<h3>Methods</h3>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.<h3>Key findings and limitations</h3>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.<h3>Conclusions and clinical implications</h3>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.","PeriodicalId":12223,"journal":{"name":"European urology","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":23.4,"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":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2025.04.015","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":12223,"journal":{"name":"European urology","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":23.4,"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}
European urologyPub Date : 2025-04-25DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2025.04.011
Bhaskar K. Somani, Evangelos Liatsikos
{"title":"Unmet Needs in Urological Education: The Role of the European School of Urology in Addressing and Advancing Global Knowledge","authors":"Bhaskar K. Somani, Evangelos Liatsikos","doi":"10.1016/j.eururo.2025.04.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2025.04.011","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":12223,"journal":{"name":"European urology","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":23.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143875996","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 : 2025-04-24DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2025.03.022
Valeria Panebianco, Alberto Briganti, Jason Efstathiou, Samuel Galgano, Lyndon Luk, Valdair Francisco Muglia, Bernadette Redd, Maarten de Rooij, Mitsuru Takeuchi, Sungmin Woo, J. Alfred Witjes, Hebert Alberto Vargas
{"title":"Reply to Francesco Montorsi, Giuseppe Rosiello, Pietro Scilipoti, Marco Moschini, and Andrea Salonia’s Letter to the Editor re: Valeria Panebianco, Alberto Briganti, Jason Efstathiou, et al. The Role of Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging and the Vesical Imaging-Reporting and Data System (VI-RADS) in the Management of Patients with Bladder Cancer: Vision of the American College of Radiology VI-RADS Steering Committee. Eur Urol 2024;86:485–7","authors":"Valeria Panebianco, Alberto Briganti, Jason Efstathiou, Samuel Galgano, Lyndon Luk, Valdair Francisco Muglia, Bernadette Redd, Maarten de Rooij, Mitsuru Takeuchi, Sungmin Woo, J. Alfred Witjes, Hebert Alberto Vargas","doi":"10.1016/j.eururo.2025.03.022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2025.03.022","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":12223,"journal":{"name":"European urology","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":23.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143866822","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 : 2025-04-23DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2025.04.007
Juan Gómez Rivas, Jesús Moreno Sierra
{"title":"Re: Darolutamide in Combination with Androgen-deprivation Therapy in Patients with Metastatic Hormone-sensitive Prostate Cancer from the Phase III ARANOTE Trial","authors":"Juan Gómez Rivas, Jesús Moreno Sierra","doi":"10.1016/j.eururo.2025.04.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2025.04.007","url":null,"abstract":"No Abstract","PeriodicalId":12223,"journal":{"name":"European urology","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":23.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143862262","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 : 2025-04-23DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2025.03.002
W. Marston Linehan, Cathy Anne Pinto, Yanfang Liu, Kristin Choo, Rabindra Gautam, Claire Fox, Ananya Roy, Mengying Li, Rafia Bosan, Deborah Nielsen, Beth Ryan, Zoe Blake, Krista Reynolds, Alexis Rompre-Brodeur, Peter A. Pinto, Cathy Vocke, Sandeep Gurram, Mark W. Ball, Rodolfo Perini, Ramaprasad Srinivasan
{"title":"Longitudinal Evaluation of Clear-cell Renal Cell Carcinoma in von Hippel-Lindau Disease","authors":"W. Marston Linehan, Cathy Anne Pinto, Yanfang Liu, Kristin Choo, Rabindra Gautam, Claire Fox, Ananya Roy, Mengying Li, Rafia Bosan, Deborah Nielsen, Beth Ryan, Zoe Blake, Krista Reynolds, Alexis Rompre-Brodeur, Peter A. Pinto, Cathy Vocke, Sandeep Gurram, Mark W. Ball, Rodolfo Perini, Ramaprasad Srinivasan","doi":"10.1016/j.eururo.2025.03.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2025.03.002","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Background and objective</h3>An understanding the natural history of von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease–associated renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is critical to the development of optimal clinical management approaches and interpretation of trial results for comparable populations and endpoints. Our aim was to describe the natural progression of disease in patients with VHL RCC.<h3>Methods</h3>This was a natural history study involving 244 patients with VHL with ≥10-mm renal tumor(s) who were evaluated and managed at the US National Cancer Institute between 2004 and 2020. We analyzed radiographic outcomes, renal surgeries, metastasis, sequalae of surgery, including chronic kidney disease (CKD), and mortality. Radiographic outcomes were assessed according to Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours v1.1. The primary analyses were descriptive in nature.<h3>Key findings and limitations</h3>Among 178 patients with at least three serial tumor assessments and up to 5 yr of follow-up, the rate of spontaneous tumor regression (≥30% decrease) was 1.8% (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.4–5.2%). The probability of not having disease progression in the presence of competing risks at 5 yr was 37% (95% CI 30–44%). During follow-up, 186/244 patients had one or more renal surgeries, and 108/244 had two or more. RCC metastasis was reported for 12 patients. Among patients who underwent surgery, 41% developed postprocedure CKD. Potential limitations include selection bias and misclassification of outcomes.<h3>Conclusions and clinical implications</h3>Our study demonstrates that RCC is a significant burden for VHL patients, with high rates of disease progression, surgery, and metastasis development, even in a closely monitored, multidisciplinary clinical environment, and identifies CKD as an underappreciated aspect of VHL. These findings can provide a context for the antitumor activity of new treatments for RCC.","PeriodicalId":12223,"journal":{"name":"European urology","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":23.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143866815","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}