We are delighted to publish the inaugural issue through which announces the launch of the Asian Journal of Urology(AJU).AJU is an international peer-reviewed journal jointly founded by the Chinese Urological Associati...We are delighted to publish the inaugural issue through which announces the launch of the Asian Journal of Urology(AJU).AJU is an international peer-reviewed journal jointly founded by the Chinese Urological Association(CUA)and the Second Military Medical University(SMMU)in Shanghai,China.The journal will publish articles in urologic specialties both scientifically and clinically.展开更多
It has been almost four decades since we urologists intensively started to embrace the techniques of endoscopic surgery,and applied it into our daily clinical practice.Endourology has actually revolutionized the pract...It has been almost four decades since we urologists intensively started to embrace the techniques of endoscopic surgery,and applied it into our daily clinical practice.Endourology has actually revolutionized the practice pattern of not only academic but also practicing urologists worldwide.Since early 1990,the advent of laparoscopic surgery and later robotic assisted surgery truly witnessed the progress of the minimally invasive therapy in Urology.展开更多
The ensuing article by Donald S.Coffey[1]highlights some important questions that need to be considered by the scientific community.It is anticipated that the Asian Journal of Urology will address many of these questi...The ensuing article by Donald S.Coffey[1]highlights some important questions that need to be considered by the scientific community.It is anticipated that the Asian Journal of Urology will address many of these questions in the years to come.As a preface to this article,please allow me to provide some insights into its author,Professor Donald S.Coffey,PhD,whom I have known for more than 30 years.Don Coffey has been a giant in his field of research.展开更多
The discovery of prostate specific antigen(PSA)and the clinical application of the PSA blood test as a diagnostic tool for prostate cancer is an important chapter in the history of urology.Innumerable men have been cu...The discovery of prostate specific antigen(PSA)and the clinical application of the PSA blood test as a diagnostic tool for prostate cancer is an important chapter in the history of urology.Innumerable men have been cured of prostate cancer as a direct result of early detection by the PSA test.展开更多
From the early roots of modern urology to today,genitourinary(GU)cancers have been an important part of the fields of urology and cancer biology.As medical science has advanced,newer clinical and basic viewpoints have...From the early roots of modern urology to today,genitourinary(GU)cancers have been an important part of the fields of urology and cancer biology.As medical science has advanced,newer clinical and basic viewpoints have impacted the thinking and practice in this important field.As such,GU oncology has been consistently seen as an area of rapid evolution both in biological understanding and clinical care.GU cancers continue to rise in incidence worldwide.Moreover,they represent a significant portion of cancer mortality in Asia and the western world.These facts have been met with some of the boldest and most important advances in cancer biology and therapy that have reshaped this field.展开更多
文摘We are delighted to publish the inaugural issue through which announces the launch of the Asian Journal of Urology(AJU).AJU is an international peer-reviewed journal jointly founded by the Chinese Urological Association(CUA)and the Second Military Medical University(SMMU)in Shanghai,China.The journal will publish articles in urologic specialties both scientifically and clinically.
文摘It has been almost four decades since we urologists intensively started to embrace the techniques of endoscopic surgery,and applied it into our daily clinical practice.Endourology has actually revolutionized the practice pattern of not only academic but also practicing urologists worldwide.Since early 1990,the advent of laparoscopic surgery and later robotic assisted surgery truly witnessed the progress of the minimally invasive therapy in Urology.
文摘The ensuing article by Donald S.Coffey[1]highlights some important questions that need to be considered by the scientific community.It is anticipated that the Asian Journal of Urology will address many of these questions in the years to come.As a preface to this article,please allow me to provide some insights into its author,Professor Donald S.Coffey,PhD,whom I have known for more than 30 years.Don Coffey has been a giant in his field of research.
文摘The discovery of prostate specific antigen(PSA)and the clinical application of the PSA blood test as a diagnostic tool for prostate cancer is an important chapter in the history of urology.Innumerable men have been cured of prostate cancer as a direct result of early detection by the PSA test.
文摘From the early roots of modern urology to today,genitourinary(GU)cancers have been an important part of the fields of urology and cancer biology.As medical science has advanced,newer clinical and basic viewpoints have impacted the thinking and practice in this important field.As such,GU oncology has been consistently seen as an area of rapid evolution both in biological understanding and clinical care.GU cancers continue to rise in incidence worldwide.Moreover,they represent a significant portion of cancer mortality in Asia and the western world.These facts have been met with some of the boldest and most important advances in cancer biology and therapy that have reshaped this field.
