GU Cast | Urology Podcast
A urology podcast, focussing on prostate cancer, kidney cancer, bladder cancer, 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
191 episodes
China today | mHSPC what's going on?
Another in our series of Themed Podcasts focussing on GU Oncology in China. We are joined by our China Editor, Dr Yao Zhu (Fudan University, Shanghai), and Prof Xuedong Wei (Soochow University, Jiangsu). to find out what the current treatment l...
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UPDATED - The definitive PSMA systematic reviews!
Those two gigantic PSMA review papers in European Urology - Perera et al 2016 and Perera et al 2020 - have been cited more than 2000 times and have been the definitive reference for anyone writing about PSMA PET/CT in the past ten years. And th...
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Hofman's #ASCO25 PSMA Highlights
A beachside interview with Michael Hofman to hear all the PSMA theranostic highlights at ASCO this year! Yes we left our suburban studio in Melbourne and wandered down to St Kilda beach to track down Michael for a beer and a chat. Even in mid-W...
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Beyond Neurosafe | Histolog intra-op margin assessment
What is Histolog?? Well, now that intra operative margin assessment is a such a hot topic in prostate cancer surgery after the Neurosafe RCT read-out, we thought we would dive into one of the other new technologies for doing something similar, ...
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Joe Biden, Koalas, Red wine and EMR Delinquency | With Ketan Badani
A wonderful meandering chat with Ketan Badani (Urologist, Mt Sinai, NYC)! We took him for a wine tour in the Yarra Valley, stopping for a pod chat at Rochford Winery about screening for prostate cancer in older men, plus a great tour around Hea...
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Advanced kidney cancer for Dummies! With Danny Heng & Lewis Au
A Masterclass in advanced kidney cancer today with the great Danny Heng (University of Calgary, Canada), and our own Lewis Au (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne). Both popped into the GU Cast studio while Danny was in Australia doing som...
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En-COMPASSing collaborative research | With Veeru Kasi & team
Meet the young new faces of collaborative urological research!! GU Cast host Declan Murphy discusses the latest in international collaborative trials with A/Prof Veeru Kasivisvanathan, Dr Alexander Ng, and highly ambitious medical student...
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The ABC of mHSPC | With Fred Saad & Andrew Weickhardt
When Fred Saad (Urologist, University of Montreal, Montreal) and Andrew Weickhardt (Medical Oncologist, Austin Health, Melbourne) popped into our studio recently we decided to pick their brains on a few hot topics in mHSPC - we called it the AB...
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What's new in this year's EAU Prostate Cancer Guideline Update?
A big welcome back to EAU Guideline gurus, Dr Derya Tilki (Martini-Klinik, Hamburg, Germany), and Dr Gianluca Giannarini (Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital, Udine, Italy), for an overview of the major headlines from this year's...
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Unravelling PSMA Biology | ProsTIC/PCF Global Webinar
For serious PSMA theranostics enthusiasts!!! We bring you the ninth of our collaborative PSMA webinars over the past five years, in collaboration with our team at ProsTIC and at the Prostate Cancer Foundation in the US. A truly outstanding facu...
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In the OR with the da Vinci SP robot at London Bridge Hospital
What is the da Vinci Single Port (SP) robot and is it any good? Is it easy to transition from the multiport robot to a single port robot? What about Retzius-sparing prostatectomy using the SP robot? GU Cast hosts Declan Murphy and Renu Eapen le...
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China reaction to EAU Prostate Cancer Guideline Update
Like very many countries around the world our friends in China are big fans of the EAU Guidelines, and are always tuned in when the updated Prostate Cancer Guidelines is released every year. So as part of our China Themed Episode Series, suppor...
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Is there a Doctor on board??!
A bit of a break from the usual GU Oncology routine today folks! Declan was back at Guy's Hospital recently doing a talk and heard a remarkable story told by one of the Urology Fellows, Dr Joachim Jimie. A quite spectacular mid-air crisis, and ...
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GU Cast is Five Years Old!!
180 episodes later and Declan and Renu have cracked out the champagne in the GU Cast studio! Tune in for this quick pod with some reminiscing and some thank you's, especially to you our global audience!
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Radiation cystitis!!! Help!!
Radiation cystitis! Now this can be a really challenging condition for urologists, and especially for patients, to manage and to live with. And we frequently struggle to get good results. It is often years and years after radiation to the p...
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#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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