GU Cast | Urology Podcast
A urology podcast, focussing on all things prostate, kidney, bladder, testis and penile cancer. Join Professor Declan Murphy and Dr Renu Eapen from Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne for this regular dive into the world of genitourinary (GU) Oncology and Urology. Regular guests from all over the world, from every walk of life. Find out more gucast.org
Episodes
176 episodes
#EAU25 Conference Highlights | Part 2
More great highlights from the recent EAU Annual Meeting in Madrid. Declan and Renu chat with Christian Gratzke, Sima Pore]ten, Yinjie Zhu, Rod Dunn, and have a most entertaining "pit lane walk" with Ben Challacombe around the various robots in...
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#EAU25 Conference Highlights | Part 1
Declan and Renu bring you some great highlights from the recent EAU Annual Meeting in Madrid. Hear from Laurie Klotz and Adam Kinnaird about the OPTIMUM RCT, Sarah Psutka and Laura Bukavina discuss their bladder cancer highlights, Riccardo Camp...
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Neurosaving erectile function - a new dawn for nerve-sparing prostatectomy
Really big prostate cancer news today with the release of very interesting results from the Neurosafe Proof trial at the EAU Annual Meeting in Madrid. Also simultaneously published in Lancet Oncology so this is a big deal!! In summary, this mul...
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The end of the road for TRUS biopsy? Translate trial reads out
We are delighted to drop this pod just as the landmark TRANSLATE trial reads out at the EAU Annual Meeting in Madrid, with a simultaneous publication in Lancet Oncology. This is the world's largest trial of transrectal vs transperineal (TP) pro...
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GU Cast in Shanghai | Prostate Cancer in China in 2025
Declan Murphy is in the GU Cast studio in Shanghai with GU Cast China Editor, Prof Yao Zhu. We sit down with Prof Hao Zeng (West China Hospital) and Dr Ye Yan to discuss their experiences and perspectives on advancements in diagnostics like MRI...
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Meet the Quokkas!! #USANZ25 Conference Highlights
This week we had the great pleasure of attending the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ), which took place in the beautiful city of Perth, far out on the West Coast of Australia. Not just tha...
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Biochemical recurrence | With Steve Freedland
A fantastic episode for urologists, radiation oncologists, and anyone interested in localised prostate cancer. Biochemical recurrence (BCR) is unfortunately all too common after surgery or radiation for prostate cancer, and today we talk with s...
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Fellowship fun in Australia (and some prostate cancer chat)!
Two great international visitors recently led to two great sets of podcast chats!! Dr Kim Chi (Vancouver), and Dr Carmen Mir (Valencia) were in Melbourne to speak at the PROSPECT Meeting (see links below). We grabbed Kim along with Prof Arun Az...
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ENZA-P Big news Update: LuPSMA and enza improves overall survival
A breaking news podcast from ASCO GU in San Francisco! Prof Louise Emmett (St Vincent's, Sydney), has just read out the latest update from the ENZA-P trial (and simultaneous publication in Lancet Oncology), reporting that the combination of LuP...
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Future-gazing radioligand therapy in prostate cancer | With Oliver Sartor and Michael Hofman
Look who popped into the GU Cast studio this week for a chat about where we are going next with radioligand therapy (RLT) for prostate cancer! Professors Oliver Sartor (Mayo Clinic, Rochester) and Michael Hofman (Peter Mac, Melbourne), are two ...
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Toni's Legendary Top 10 Papers List!
Dr Toni Choueiri, Chief of GU Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, USA) returns to GU Cast with members of his team at Dana Farber Cancer Institute to discuss our favourite lists of top GU Oncology papers for 2024. Toni has posted ...
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Shanghai GU Oncology Highlights Part 2
Part 2 of our GU Cast Conference Highlights from Shanghai including discussions with Dr Stephen Freedland (Los Angeles), Dr Liang Liang (Shaanxi), Dr Andrea Necchi (Milano), Dr Xiaojie Bian (Shanghai), and Dr Hongkai Wang (Shanghai). Decl...
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Shanghai GU Oncology Highlights Part 1
Declan Murphy travels to Shanghai for the 14th GU Oncology Academic Meeting hosted by Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Centre, and to meet up with our GU Cast China Editor, Dr Yao Zhu. This is an excellent meeting in one of our very favourite c...
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Stories of single-port surgery (and cricket)
Our final episode of the year! And we end with a very seasonal celebration of single-port surgery and the Boxing Day Test with Australia playing India in one of the world's most famous cricket matches. We coaxed Dr Mihir Desai (University of So...
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A Dummy's Guide to Metastatic Renal Cancer!!
Have you ever found the choice of agents in metastatic kidney cancer just a bit perplexing??! Well then this is the podcast for you! To celebrate a fantastic review paper recently published in European Urology, we chat with first author Dr Regi...
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The Sir Chris Hoy Effect | Why family history matters
Legendary British cyclist Sir Chris Hoy (48) recently shocked the world by announcing that he has progressive metastatic prostate cancer. His specialists have given him a 2-4 year life expectancy. The dreadful news that no prostate cancer patie...
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PLND, ARPI Switch & De-Escalation | PROSPECT Podcast part 2
Part 2 Highlights from a GU Cast Live Event! Dr Kim Chi (Medical Oncologist, Vancouver) and Dr Carmen Mir (Urologist, Valencia) joined the PROSPECT meeting in Melbourne to discuss high-risk prostate cancer and mHSPC, along with many experts fro...
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The MSKCC PLND RCT | Please explain!!!
What are we to make of this large RCT of extended vs standard pelvic lymph node dissection (PLND) for prostate cancer?? Despite it not meeting its primary endpoint of improving biochemical recurrence, the authors now report in European Urology ...
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PSMA Conundrums & Triplet vs Doublet | PROSPECT Podcast part 1
Highlights from a GU Cast Live Event! Dr Kim Chi (Medical Oncologist, Vancouver) and Dr Carmen Mir (Urologist, Valencia) joined the PROSPECT meeting in Melbourne to discuss high-risk prostate cancer and mHSPC, along with many experts from aroun...
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Treatment intensification in mHSPC | The Who, When, and How? Live webinar replay
A GU Cast Live Event!! Everything you need to know about treatment intensification in mHSPC!! Doublet vs Triplet. Who should have radiotherapy? PSMA PET/CT conundrums, e-escalation, case discussions and more. Featuring GU Cast Hosts Declan Murp...
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ESMO24# Prostate Cancer Highlights | Reaction from China
In the third of our special episodes focussing on GU Oncology in China, we are delighted to welcome back our GU Cast China Editor, Professor Yao Zhu, who has selected three huge prostate cancer highlights from the recent #ESMO24 meeting in Barc...
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Ten Years of ENZAMET | the gift that keeps on giving!
Today we celebrate one of our favourite clinical trials - ENZAMET! It is 10 years since ENZAMET opened and beyond its pivotal data establishing that adding enzalutamide to ADT improves survival for mHSPC patients, it continues to produce a very...
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All your GU Highlights from #ESMO24!
Ask anyone which big oncology meeting gave us the best GU oncology highlights this year and the answer is easy! ESMO24 in Barcelona! Jammed full of key papers and so many highlights, Declan and Renu bring you a great overview in this GU Cast Co...
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GU Cast vs The Penis Project! With Melissa Hadley-Barrett
Penis Project is one of our favourite podcasts (and certainly popular with our patients), so we were delighted to welcome Host and Sexologist, Melissa Hadley-Barrett to join us for a chat. What is the Penis Project? Who is it for? (anyone with ...
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Spectacular live robotic surgery at #ERUS24 in Bordeaux
The world's longest running live robotic surgery meeting took place in Bordeaux last week and Declan and Renu were there to bring you all the highlights! The 21st Meeting of the EAU Robotic Urology Section (ERUS) was their biggest ever with mor...
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