
Wesley Verla
@wesley_verla
MD, PhD - Dept. of Urology, Ghent University Hospital 🇧🇪 | Reconstructive Urology | YAU recon member | EAU Stricture Panel Ass. | views my own
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18-05-2018 14:25:02
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A 🧵 on our recent study on surveillance for IR-NMIBC European Urology Oncology authors.elsevier.com/c/1l7pU_wtP00L… There is limited evidence on follow-up for IR-NMIBC. We used data from >2000 primary Ta–T1 NMIBC to stratify IR-NMIBC by recurrence risk and propose a risk-adapted follow-up approach.


ESGURS-ESAU25 will be hosted in Turin this year! We spoke to local organisers Marco Falcone and Paolo Gontero about how their department is preparing and some highlights from the scientific programme. Abstract submission is open until 10 July! ow.ly/nkkr50Wbnzv



In the latest video in our partnership with Dr. Glaucomflecken, the BALANCE trial comparing 7 days of antibiotic treatment with 14 days of treatment in patients with bloodstream infection is explained. Access the article for free: nej.md/DrG19


🔵 NEW #WoW in European Urology by Daniele Raggi Does extended lymphadenectomy (eLND) improve outcomes in MIBC? 📉 No DFS or OS benefit vs standard LND ⚠️ More severe AEs & perioperative deaths 🚫 Time to shift focus: better systemic therapy, not bigger surgery. 🧠



New study on Valrubicin + Docetaxel as salvage for BCG unresponsive/exposed NMIBC Eur Urol Focus Vignesh Packiam, MD 🚨 1 in 3 patients progression within 5 years. ⚠️ prostatic involvement = 2x risk of progression (p=0.02) 💢 53% adverse event rate 👎 41% recurrence-free at 3 yrs




Investigating PARP expression as a biomarker for targeted therapy in #ProstateCancer. Emmanuel Antonarakis Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota sits down with Neeraj Agarwal Huntsman Cancer Institute to unpack how PARP1 expression could redefine PARP inhibitor use in prostate cancer. In BRCA2+ patients, high PARP1 = 100%






Important work! Congrats to the group Khurshid Ghani . In absence of any contraindications, all patients get it. From 👶 to 👴. Cheap, well tolerated, .... Ask yourself: why not? (Apart from off-label use 😅). Hurray for Alpha blockers 🥳 (nuance: Careful of low BP in some)

Breaking News from ph3 Embark trial👉Enzalutamide+ADT improve overall survival (OS) vs. ADT alone in Non-Metastatic HSPC #Prostatecancer Congrats to Stephen Freedland, MD neal shore & team! Earlier enza works better! Link👉 rb.gy/iyc3f2 OncoAlert UroToday.com Prostate Cancer Foundation
