Ludovica Cella, Jasmine Lin, Mitchell G Goldenberg, Andrew J Hung
{"title":"The future of robotic surgery in the age of artificial intelligence.","authors":"Ludovica Cella, Jasmine Lin, Mitchell G Goldenberg, Andrew J Hung","doi":"10.1038/s41585-026-01153-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41585-026-01153-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Patient outcomes after robotic surgery vary widely, often reflecting differences in surgical performance. Artificial intelligence (AI) offers new ways to address this variability, with applications spanning automated skills assessment and feedback, intraoperative guidance and autonomous surgery. The most credible short-range advances of AI in this space consist in generating assistive systems that enhance perception, anticipate risks and standardize feedback while remaining under surgeon control. Results from early studies suggest that AI can influence decision-making, reduce errors and shorten learning curves, particularly in areas such as augmented navigation, anatomy recognition, error detection and telesurgery support. Long-term directions include emerging vision-language-action interfaces capable of programming task-specific support through natural language. In addition to technical performance, translation of AI into clinical practice will require robust datasets, systems designed around human users, regulatory alignment and clear accountability. Ultimately, the measure of surgical AI will be patient outcomes, including reduced complications, fast proficiency acquisition and improved outcome consistency across diverse settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":19088,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Urology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":14.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147856845","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}
Alexander Giesen, Julie den Hartog, Jasper Van Goubergen, Kato Rans, Marcella Baldewijns, Thomas Gevaert, Karolien Goffin, Wouter Everaerts, Frank Claessens, Gert De Meerleer, Steven Joniau
{"title":"Oligometastatic prostate cancer - bridging the gap between localized and metastatic disease.","authors":"Alexander Giesen, Julie den Hartog, Jasper Van Goubergen, Kato Rans, Marcella Baldewijns, Thomas Gevaert, Karolien Goffin, Wouter Everaerts, Frank Claessens, Gert De Meerleer, Steven Joniau","doi":"10.1038/s41585-026-01144-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41585-026-01144-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The understanding of oligometastatic prostate cancer has advanced substantially in the past two decades, reshaping both diagnostic and therapeutic paradigms. The advent of next-generation imaging, particularly prostate-specific membrane antigen PET-CT, has improved staging accuracy, enabling patients with limited metastatic burden who might benefit from intensified local and metastasis-directed approaches to be identified. Results from randomized phase II trials support the use of metastasis-directed therapy in patients with metachronous oligometastatic prostate cancer. However, evidence for metastasis-directed therapy in de novo presentations remains preliminary but encouraging. In parallel, prostate-directed treatments such as radiotherapy and cytoreductive radical prostatectomy are under active investigation, although the role of these approaches in the era of intensified systemic therapy is yet to be fully defined. Although interest around oligometastatic prostate cancer is growing, several issues are currently unsettled, including a unified definition of oligometastatic prostate cancer; the inclusion of biological information in patient selection; optimal treatment sequencing, including the integration and duration of systemic therapy; and appropriate clinical end points.</p>","PeriodicalId":19088,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Urology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":14.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147840761","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}
{"title":"Managing patients with recurrent prostate cancer who refuse ADT.","authors":"Kerry R Schaffer, Mark C Markowski","doi":"10.1038/s41585-026-01150-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41585-026-01150-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19088,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Urology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":14.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147840763","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}
{"title":"Hot flushes during ADT for prostate cancer - a clinical rationale for a neurokinin 3 receptor antagonist.","authors":"Martino Pedrani,Bertrand Tombal,Pierre Blanchard,Silke Gillessen","doi":"10.1038/s41585-026-01147-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41585-026-01147-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19088,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Urology","volume":"63 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.3,"publicationDate":"2026-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147754543","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}
{"title":"Bladder cancer research is blossoming in Birmingham.","authors":"Louise Lloyd","doi":"10.1038/s41585-026-01154-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41585-026-01154-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19088,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Urology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.3,"publicationDate":"2026-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147739074","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}
Niyati Lobo,Tahlita C M Zuiverloon,Laura S Mertens
{"title":"Worse bladder cancer outcomes in women than in men - bias, biology or both?","authors":"Niyati Lobo,Tahlita C M Zuiverloon,Laura S Mertens","doi":"10.1038/s41585-026-01145-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41585-026-01145-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19088,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Urology","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.3,"publicationDate":"2026-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147733786","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}
{"title":"EAU26: innovation, patient care and a touch of mythology","authors":"Maria Chiara Masone","doi":"10.1038/s41585-026-01148-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41585-026-01148-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19088,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Urology","volume":"23 5","pages":"287-287"},"PeriodicalIF":14.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147726032","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}
{"title":"Key lessons from AI in other endoscopic disciplines to guide the future in cystoscopy.","authors":"Kristoffer Mazanti Cold,Juan Luis Vásquez","doi":"10.1038/s41585-026-01141-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41585-026-01141-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19088,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Urology","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":15.3,"publicationDate":"2026-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147680330","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}