This month, the Article of the Month comes from the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, and the University of Toronto,
The cover image shows that city’s skyline including the famous CN Tower, the third tallest tower in the world.
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This issue’s Article of the Month comes from The James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute, Baltimore, MD, established over 100 years ago by “Diamond Jim” Brady.
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The authors of this issue’s Article of the Month are primarily based in Nara, Japan. The cover shows the Tōdai-ji Temple in Nara, houses the world’s largest bronze statue of the Buddha, and one of the many sika deer that roam through the city.
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Many of the authors of this issue’s Article of the Month are based in Boston, MA and the cover image shows the statue of Paul Revere, one of Boston’s most famous landmarks
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Historians report that Paul Revere never said these famous words; as Colonial Americans at the time still considered themselves British. Indeed, Americans still consider themselves European. The United States Census reports that 73% of Americans are of European descent, and 62% of these are of English, Scottish, Welsh or Irish ancestry.
These links to our heritage remain strong. With >1100 European members (close to 200 from the UK) and >300 members from Australia and New Zealand, our bonds of friendship and collaboration are tightly intertwined. So if Paul Revere won’t say it, I will!
The British are coming! Each year >2000 Europeans attend our Annual meeting (200 from the UK) and >100 from Australia and New Zealand. They are represented not only in quantity but also in quality. Of the 1700 scientific abstracts submitted from Europe to the 2017 Annual meeting, the acceptance rate was 38% for the UK, compared to an overall acceptance rate of 34%. Important science comes from the UK and Australia, and raises the quality of our meeting.
The BAUS–BJUI–USANZ Joint Session on Sunday 14 May in Boston is a clear example of how the BJUI family, as the official journal of the USANZ and the BAUS ‘raises the bar’ at the AUA Annual Meeting. With focuses on personalised medicine, genomics, systems biology, immunotherapy, and ‘training the brain’, it promises to stimulate and educate. Following this we look forward to toasting our transatlantic brothers and sisters with a Boston Lager at the BJUI reception.
The British are coming! We look forward to welcoming you in Boston in May.
The Article of the Month in this issue comes from Baltimore, Maryland. The cover image shows the local delicacy, Maryland crab cakes.
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The Article of the Month authors in this issue are from Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK.
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Later this month, the EAU comes to London for the 32nd Annual Congress and to mark the occasion Prof. Chris Chapple, EAU Secretary General, has written the issue’s lead editorial looking forward to the event.
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Neurogenic urinary tract, sexual and bowel dysfunction is highly prevalent and affects the lives of millions of people worldwide. It has a major impact on quality of life and, besides the debilitating manifestations for patients, it also imposes a substantial economic burden on every healthcare system.
It was a great honour and pleasure to organize the 5th International Neuro-Urology Meeting (INUM), which took place from 25-28 January 2017, in Zürich, Switzerland. We are proud to announce that the International Neuro-Urology Meeting, organized under the umbrella of the Swiss Continence Foundation (www.swisscontinencefoundation.ch), has become the official annual congress of the International Neuro-Urology Society (INUS, www.neuro-uro.org), a charitable, non-profit organization aiming to promote all areas of Neuro-Urology at a global level and whose inauguration was inspired during the last INUMs.
The world’s leading experts in Neuro-Urology provided an overview on the latest advances in research and clinical practice of this rapidly developing and exciting discipline. This unique meeting combined state-of-the-art lectures, lively panel discussions, and hands-on workshops with emphasis placed on interactive components. There were many opportunities to exchange thoughts, experiences and ideas and also to make new friendship.
The Swiss Continence Foundation Award: To promote the next generation of outstanding young researchers and clinicians who represent the future of Neuro-Urology, the prestigious Swiss Continence Foundation Award of 10’000 Swiss francs was awarded to the best contribution from a young Neuro-Urology talent: Marc Schneider from Zürich, Switzerland, convinced the international jury with the presentation of his PhD project “Anti-Nogo-A antibodies as a potential causal treatment for neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction after spinal cord injury”. He demonstrated in an animal model that intrathecally applied antibodies against the central nervous system protein Nogo-A which inhibits nerve fibre growth had beneficial effects on lower urinary tract dysfunction in rats with incomplete spinal cord injury by re-establishing a physiological micturition and preventing detrusor sphincter dyssynergia. This effect presumably occurs due to neuronal re-wiring of descending micturition circuits facilitated by the anti-Nogo-A antibodies. Anti-Nogo-A immunotherapy enters currently clinical trials in humans and could become a unique causal treatment option for lower urinary tract dysfunction in patients with incomplete spinal cord injury.
One of many other highlights was the joint presentation of the EAU Secretary General Christopher R. Chapple and the BJUI Editor-in-Chief Prokar Dasgupta on the challenging topic “What should the neuro-urologist learn from the onco-urologist and vice-versa?”
Finally, we are delighted to announce the 6th International Neuro-Urology Meeting to be held in Zürich, 25 to 28 January 2018. Save the date! For details please visit: www.swisscontinencefoundation.ch. We are looking forward to seeing you in Zürich!
Thomas M. Kessler, SCF Chairman and INUS Vice-President
Ulrich Mehnert, SCF Vice-Chairman and INUS Treasurer
February’s Article of the Month, assessing the accuracy of 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT for lymph node staging in intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer, comes from institutions in Sydney and Darlinghurst, Australia. The cover image shows the iconic Sydney Opera House, one of World’s most recognisable buildings, and Sydney Harbour Bridge
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