Alejandro D Lopez, Isha Kalaga, Hilary L Copp, Nathan M Shaw, Lindsay A Hampson
{"title":"Transitional urology: a comprehensive review of the transitional care process.","authors":"Alejandro D Lopez, Isha Kalaga, Hilary L Copp, Nathan M Shaw, Lindsay A Hampson","doi":"10.1038/s41585-026-01152-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41585-026-01152-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>When patients with congenital genitourinary conditions transition to adult care, they encounter multiple challenges, including management of multiple complex medical needs, understanding and navigating the healthcare system, and reconciling their condition with their social and psychological development. These issues translate directly into inferior short-term and long-term health outcomes, including increased emergency room visits after 18 years of age, persistent bothersome urinary symptoms, reduced quality of life and lack of appropriate urological management into adulthood. Conversely, smooth care transition enables improved age-appropriate subspecialty care and eases the burden of care on paediatric care providers. Transitional urology aims to aid adolescents and young adults, particularly those with complex healthcare needs, in successfully transitioning from paediatric to adult care. Transitional urology is one of the top ten highest-priority research topics in urology, but the existing body of research regarding transitional care remains relatively small. Knowledge and understanding of this patient population, including models of care, quantitative assessment of transition, stakeholder perspectives, common clinical challenges and barriers to establishing and maintaining transitional care programmes, can inform transitional care. Avenues of future transitional urology research include outcomes-based studies for specific pathologies, comparisons of different care implementation models, creation and evaluation of training opportunities and validation of resources created for non-urologic care team members. An idealized transition schema is proposed as both an example and guide to ground recommendations and data.</p>","PeriodicalId":19088,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Urology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":14.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147942323","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}
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":"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":13.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13322141/pdf/","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":"OA","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":"10.1038/s41585-026-01144-9","url":null,"abstract":"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. This Review provides a comprehensive overview of oligometastatic prostate cancer, covering definition, diagnostic advances and optimal treatment sequence. Research gaps and future directions in the field — including molecular profiling to refine patient selection and the introduction of patient-centred end points — are also discussed.","PeriodicalId":19088,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Urology","volume":"23 10","pages":"654-671"},"PeriodicalIF":13.6,"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}
Riccardo Campi, Daniele Amparore, on behalf of the European Association of Urology (EAU) Young Academic Urologists (YAU) Renal Cancer working group
{"title":"Adjuvant immunotherapy for renal cell carcinoma: understanding complexity, embracing uncertainty, making a difference","authors":"Riccardo Campi, Daniele Amparore, on behalf of the European Association of Urology (EAU) Young Academic Urologists (YAU) Renal Cancer working group","doi":"10.1038/s41585-026-01146-7","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41585-026-01146-7","url":null,"abstract":"The approval of pembrolizumab as adjuvant immunotherapy for patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma meeting the KEYNOTE-564 criteria set new standards and recalibrated future research and clinical needs. Yet, clinical decisions are becoming increasingly nuanced. Achieving clarity in this setting requires a cultural shift aimed at balancing evidence and uncertainty. As a community we should consider this tension as an opportunity to improve on value for patients.","PeriodicalId":19088,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Urology","volume":"23 10","pages":"635-637"},"PeriodicalIF":13.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147776901","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":"10.1038/s41585-026-01154-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19088,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Urology","volume":"23 6","pages":"355-355"},"PeriodicalIF":14.6,"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":"10.1038/s41585-026-01145-8","url":null,"abstract":"Women with bladder cancer face differences in diagnosis and treatment and have worse outcomes than men despite lower incidence. This disparity cannot be univocally ascribed to bias or biology but reflects a convergence between these two aspects across diagnostic pathways, treatment delivery and tumour biology. Addressing these issues demands a coordinated, multi-pronged action across research, clinical practice and health policy.","PeriodicalId":19088,"journal":{"name":"Nature Reviews Urology","volume":"23 10","pages":"633-634"},"PeriodicalIF":13.6,"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}