Another great day at EAU26! 🇬🇧

L. Elst (@ElstLaura) moderated “Advancements in Male Fertility: From Global Burden to Innovative Treatments” with talks on sperm decline, varicocele management, male infertility, germ cell survival in autotransplanted testicular tissue, and osthesis length.

P. Pongratanakul presented exciting research on circulating biomarkers in therapy-resistant testicular germ cell tumors.

Proud of our members! 👏 #EAU26 #Urology #yau

The #EAU26 conference in London has kicked off at full speed! 🚀

Our representatives started strong yesterday with excellent contributions:

• S. Yan – Grafting in penile cancer patients
• G. Fallara – course leader: Andrological emergencies for the general urologist
• M. ator of the Meeting of Young Academic Urologists session
• L. Elst – presentation on node-positive penile carcinoma

Congratulations to everyone for the great start! 👏
Make sure to check out more materials and updates on the #EAU26 website. 📚✨

Another wonderful day at #EMUC25.
Members of our group presented their work:

• J. Lobo - miRNAs for testis cancer: From diagnosis to monitoring of disease
• L. Elst - cN+ in penile cancer: Is it all about surgery?
• W. Cazzaniga - Multidisciplinary debate: Stage 2A-B - . de Vries - Genetics of testicular cancer

Warm congratulations to all presenters for their excellent contributions! 👏🌟

You can watch the session recordings via the EMUC webcast — we highly encourage it!

@ElstLaura @JoaoPedroLobo89 @WalterCazzaniga
#Urology #Oncology #TestisCancer #EAU #YAU #Research #CancerResearch #EMUC25

It's out 🚀 Our multicentric collaboration just got published in @BJUIjournal. Huge thanks to all our incredible co-authors and the @YAUpenile_tesCa who made this work possible.
Read it here: bjui-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bj…
@MaartenAlbersen, @Brouwer_MD_PhD, @BE_Ayres, @CDFankhauser

Today is rare cancers awareness day. Grateful that @Stkstichting is supporting us to research some of these rare (genito-urinary) tumours in order to improve and expand therapeutic options for our patients @UZLeuven .

September 2025 issue of @yoursexmedjour is dedicated to #PenileCancer and #Sexuality . Thanks to our guest editors @KaatVandermaes1 & @MaartenAlbersen

To read the special issue for FREE 👉 nature.com/collections/ii…

Defended my PhD last Friday. It was an intense, exciting and unforgettable journey.

Hoge thanks to my excellent promotor @MaartenAlbersen, and my co-promotors @LambrechtsDlab, @TRACE_PDTX, the jury and everyone who supported me.

Very excited for what the future holds 🧑🏻‍🎓

The prognostic role of #HPV status in penile squamous cell carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis👉 rdcu.be/ezBwO

@KaatVandermaes1 @ElstLaura @UZLeuven @ClaireDefraigne @MaartenAlbersen

Fantastic meeting with the penile cancer team at The Christie and MCRC on how to advance care for this rare disease by collaborative research🔬. Thanks for the warm welcome Arie, Vijay and team!

Have you checked out the May Podcast? In the newest episode of the podcast @declangmurphy and @NikitaB0709 highlight two key papers from this month's journal, including interviews with key authors. They also catch up with one of our recent Award Winners, Dr Laura Elst (Leuven, est Translational Paper Award 2024.

Watch the full episode on our YouTube page or listen on Spotify, Apple Podcast or Amazon Music!

buff.ly/3ysGn7Z

Podcast Priority Papers

1 . Effects of Enzalutamide on the Sexual Activity of Patients with Biochemically Recurrent Prostate Cancer: A Post Hoc Analysis of Patient-reported Outcomes in the EMBARK Study. buff.ly/c6LIb6D
Featured author - @SFreedlandMD (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, USA)

2. Abdominal Noncontrast Computed Tomography Scanning to Screen for Kidney Cancer and Other Abdominal Pathology Within Community-based Computed Tomography Screening for Lung Cancer: Results of the Yorkshire Kidney Screening Trial. buff.ly/4AqtjLp
Featured author - Prof Grant Stewart (Cambridge)

Best Translational Paper Award 2024 - Dr Laura Elst (Leuven, BEL); Single-cell Atlas of Penile Cancer Reveals TP53 Mutations as a Driver of an Aggressive Phenotype, Irrespective of Human Papillomavirus Status, and Provides Clues for Treatment Personalization. buff.ly/V01drrK

#UroSoMe #EurUrolPodcast #EurUrol #MedTwitter

Great #EAU25 meeting with the colleagues of the Urology Department of @az_delta!! Congratulations to our resident Eef Adriaensen presenting her research of urethroplasty performed @UZLeuven @joniau, awarded best abstract of her session!!

The lights are out, but the buzz lives on!
#EAU25 wraps after 4 amazing days of science, smiles, and serendipitous hallway chats.
Big love to scientific & central office dream teams-you made it all happen.
Next stop: London for #EAU26. Bigger, bolder, and even better. Promised!

@Uroweb Special congratulations to @MaartenAlbersen on his first organised #EAU25—an outstanding success.
Engaging, relevant, and exceptionally well curated.
A strong step forward from the next generation of leaders.
#EAU25 #NextGenLeadership

At #EAU25, John Osborne shared updates on the penile cancer patient survey.
🗣️ Penile cancer patient? Share your voice: bit.ly/41WGtFN
Key needs: faster diagnosis, better post-op support.
#PenileCancer #EU4Health #UroOnc #EUCancerPlan @orchidcancer

Huge congratulations to @RobinDolgos and @ClemLeMagnen on winning Best Oncology Abstract at #EAU25!
A brilliant example of rigorous lab work with real potential for clinical impact. Well deserved 👏

Congratulations Isabel Heidegger for the @Uroweb Crystal Matula and @F_Montorsi for the Willy Gregoir award! #EAU25

Excellent talk from @Sandy_Figiel in @Uroweb #EAUlab session at #EAU25 presenting our cool data (I'm bias!) on #SpatialTranscriptomics & #ClonalAnalysis to detect unique features of metastasing clones in #ProstateCancer.

@OxPCaBiol #SPACE_Study #3DLightsheet

Honored to receive the Best Paper in Translational Research Award from @EUplatinum. 🥂This is a great recognition for the field of penile cancer! Very grateful to the journal, the editors and my promotors for their support. 🙏🏼 @Albert0Briganti @MaartenAlbersen @LambrechtsDlab

Pretty well attended Penile Cancer oral abstracts session with packed room #EAU25 @Uroweb @SpiessPhilippe @GTumors let’s keep this orphan disease into our family!

I learned from the best, very grateful for all the guidance 🙏🏼 @MaartenAlbersen