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    Fracture after androgen deprivation therapy among men with a high baseline risk of skeletal complications Yu-Hsuan Shao*†, Dirk F. Moore*‡, Weichung Shih*‡, Yong Lin*‡, Thomas L. Jang* and Grace L. Lu-Yao*† *The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, †Department of Medicine, The Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, and ‡Department of Biostatistics, UMDNJ School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ, USA OBJECTIVE • To quantify the impact of androgen…

Bipolar plasma enucleation of the prostate vs open prostatectomy in large benign prostatic hyperplasia cases – a medium term, prospective, randomized comparison Bogdan Geavlete, Florin Stanescu, Catalin Iacoboaie and Petrisor Geavlete Department of Urology, ‘Saint John’ Emergency Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania OBJECTIVES • To evaluate the viability of bipolar plasma enucleation of the prostate (BPEP) by comparison with open transvesical prostatectomy (OP) in cases…

        John Davis, BJUI Associate Editor for urological oncology, talks about why authors should submit to the BJUI. The aim of the Journal is to publish high-quality papers with high-impact statements. Along with rapid reviews and publication, BJUI is supporting the impact of papers through social media, such as Twitter and Facebook. The journal will still be printed monthly, but additionally have an exciting web interface.

        The New England Research Institutes, Inc. (NERI) Nocturia Advisory Conference 2012: focus on outcomes of therapy Jeffrey P. Weiss1,2, Jerry G. Blaivas1,2, Marco H. Blanker9, Donald L. Bliwise3, Roger R. Dmochowski4, Marcus Drake11, Catherine E. DuBeau5, Adonis Hijaz7, Raymond C. Rosen6, Philip E.V. Van Kerrebroeck10 and Alan J. Wein8 1Department of Urology, SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn, 2Weill Medical College of Cornell University,…

        Does androgen-ablation therapy (AAT) associated autophagy have a pro-survival effect in LNCaP human prostate cancer cells? Haley L. Bennett, Jacqueline Stockley†, Janis T. Fleming, Ranadip Mandal, Jim O'Prey*, Kevin M. Ryan*, Craig N. Robson† and Hing Y. Leung Urology Research Laboratory and *Tumour Cell Death Research Laboratory, Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow, and †Solid Tumour Target Discovery Group, Northern Institute…

The Simon Foundation for Continence was founded in 1982 by Cheryle Gartley to bring the subject into the open, remove the stigma surrounding incontinence and provide help and hope to the individuals. their families and their healthcare professionals. As President, Cheryle invited Roger Feneley, Calvin Kunin and David Stickler to the Foundations’ third conference in the series entitled Innovating  for Continence: The Engineering Challenge in 2011, to talk about catheter drainage of the bladder. …

     Genetic predisposition to early recurrence in clinically localized prostate cancer Ángel Borque, Jokin del Amo†, Luis M. Esteban*, Elisabet Ars§, Carlos Hernández**, Jacques Planas¶, Antonio Arruza††, Roberto Llarena‡, Joan Palou§, Felipe Herranz**, Carles X. Raventós¶, Diego Tejedor†, Marta Artieda†, Laureano Simon†, Antonio Martínez†, Elena Carceller, Miguel Suárez, Marta Allué¶, Gerardo Sanz* and Juan Morote¶ ‘Miguel Servet’ University…

 Salvage robot-assisted radical prostatectomy Haidar Abdul-Muhsin, Srinivas Samavedi, Claudio Pereira, Kenneth Palmer and Vipul Patel Global Robotics Institute, Celebration Health, Florida, USA

Ben Challacombe, BJUI Associate Editor for Technology and Innovation, talks about his role within the journal and the exciting BJUI changes towards the web and social media.