Urology Awareness Month - September 2024

 Urology Awareness Month takes place every year in September and is run by The Urology Foundation with the aim of raising awareness of urological diseases.  This year’s theme is “Men’s Urology Health: Myths and Legends” and is aimed at highlighting prostate and testicular cancers as well as bladder issues, erectile dysfunction and kidney stones and encouraging men to speak out about these issues.

 RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES  

The Health Libraries, both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, offer numerous resources related to this topic. In the lists below you’ll find a small selection of items from our collection. To locate these items, simply go to our online catalogue or ask at the counter. This document covers the following resources – books, journals, journal articles and patient information.

 

BOOKS   

• Minimally invasive urology: an essential clinical guide to endourology, laparoscopy, LESS and robotics; Best, Sara L; Nakada, Stephen Y; 2020 (Springer); 2^nd edition.

• Urological surgery; Biers, Suzanne; Reynard, John; 2020 (Oxford University Press); 2^nd edition – [Also available online for NHS users].

• Oxford handbook of urology; Reynard, John; Brewster, S; Biers, Suzanne; et al; 2019 (Oxford University Press); 4^th edition – [also available online for NHS users].

• Disease-Specific Survival in Prostate Cancer Patients: Results from the Scandinavian Prostate Cancer Group (SPCG) Trial No. 5 and Regional Cancer Register Data; Klaff, Rami; 2016 (Linkopings Universitet); 1st edition – [available as an OpenAccess e-book].

• Prostate cancer; Kirby, Roger S; Patel, Manish I; 2014 (Health Press); 8th edition. [Later editions available as a Keele only e-book – ‘Fast Facts: Prostate Cancer’.]

• Man alive: the health problems men face and how to fix them; Foster, Jeff; 2021 (Piatkus).

• Fast Facts: Erectile Dysfunction; Carson, Culley; McMahon, Chris G; 2008 (Health Press Ltd); 4^th edition – [Available as a Keele e-book only].

• Fast Facts: Bladder disorders; Slack, Alex; Newman, Diane Kaschak; Wein, Alan J; 2011 (Health Press Ltd); 2^nd edition.

• Men's health: all you need to know in one concise manual; Jim Pollard; 2020 (Sparkford Haynes).

JOURNALS   

• Advances in urology (online); (Hindawi Pub. Corp.) – [Available as an Open Access e-journal from 2007 onwards].

• Therapeutic advances in urology (online) – [Available as an Open Access e-journal from 2009 onwards].

• European medical journal. Urology; (European Medical Journal) – [Available as an Open Access e-journal from 2013 onwards].

• Research and reports in urology; (Dove Medical Press) – [Available as an Open Access e-journal from 2009 onwards].

• Prostate Cancer; (Hindawi Pub. Corp.) – [Available as an Open Access e-journal from 2010 onwards];

• Prostate international; (Asian Pacific Prostate Society, issuing body) – [Available as an Open Access e-journal from 2013 onwards].

Access more journals via our Journals webpage: http://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/journals/  

JOURNAL ARTICLES  

• “Tackling health inequalities in prostate cancer: the Man Van project;” Simson, Nick; Trends in urology & men's health, 2023-03, Vol.14 (2), p.2-4; DOI: 10.1002/tre.901.

• “Bladder pain syndrome in men;” Derbyshire, Laura ; Pearce, Ian; Trends in urology & men's health, 2022-11, Vol.13 (6), p.20-23; DOI: 10.1002/tre.885.

• “'Prehabilitation' checklist for men with prostate cancer starting androgen deprivation therapy”; Payne, Heather; Bahl, Amit; et al; Trends in urology & men's health, 2024-05, Vol.15 (3), p.2-8; DOI: 10.1002/tre.962.

• “Heteronormative biases and distinctive experiences with prostate cancer among men who have sex with men: a qualitative focus group study;” Panken, Evan; Frydenlund, Noah; Mistry, Neil; et al; BMC urology, 2024-01, Vol.24 (1), p.10-10, Article 10; DOI: 10.1186/s12894-023-01398-0.

• “Multivariate logistic regression analysis of the clinical factors influencing locally advanced prostate cancer;” Ke, Zongpan; Xu, Yan; et al; Translational cancer research, 2024-02, Vol.13 (2), p.676-685; DOI: 10.21037/tcr-23-1680.

• “Anatomical changes in the male pelvis between the supine and upright positions-A feasibility study for prostate treatments in the upright position;” Schreuder, Andries Niek; Hsi, Wen-Chien; et al; Journal of applied clinical medical physics, 2023-11, Vol.24 (11), p.e14099-e14099; DOI: 10.1002/acm2.14099.

• “A rude awakening: management of nocturia in men”; Kovacic, James; Dhar, Ankur; Shepherd, Andrew; Chung, Amanda; Trends in urology & men's health, 2022-11, Vol.13 (6), p.24-28.

• “New Insights of Target Therapy: Effects of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors on Male Gonadal Function: A Systematic Review”; Marino, Marta; Cannarella, Rossella; et al; Clinical genitourinary cancer, 2024-10, Vol.22 (5), p.102131, Article 102131; DOI: 10.1016/j.clgc.2024.102131.

N.B. All the above articles are Open Access so are available online to both Keele & NHS users.

PATIENT INFORMATION / PATIENT ADVICE  

• NHS website:
• Prostate cancer - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/prostate-cancer/
  
• Testicular cancer - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/testicular-cancer/
  
• Kidney stones - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/kidney-stones/
  
• Prostrate problems - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/prostate-problems/
  
• Erectile dysfunction - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/erection-problems-erectile-dysfunction/
  

•  Charities / Further information:
  
• The Urology Foundation - https://www.theurologyfoundation.org/
  
• Prostate Cancer UK - https://prostatecanceruk.org/
  
• Testicular Cancer UK - https://www.testicularcanceruk.com/
  

•  Clinical Key – Patient Education Leaflets [Available to UHNM only with OpenAthens log-in]:
  
• Prostate cancer - https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_AAFP_prostate-cancer_en
  
• Risks & benefits of common prostate cancer treatments - https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_AAFP_risks-benefits-common-prostate-cancer-treatments_en
  
• Testicular cancer - https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_AAFP_testicular-cancer_en
  
• Erectile dysfunction - https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_AAFP_erectile-dysfunction_en

KnowledgeShare CURRENT AWARENESS   

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