What urology is researching now
The topics gaining the most ground, ranked by the PubDaily Trend Score: new research, stronger evidence, new trials and new guidelines. 291 topics in 22 specialties, updated 18 Oct 2026.
Monthly reportThe fastest-rising topics in medicine: October 2026Read →Minimally invasive BPH treatments
Water vapour therapy, urethral lift, aquablation and prostatic artery embolisation.
Antibody-drug conjugates in bladder cancer
Enfortumab vedotin and other ADCs in urothelial cancer.
Key point: Enfortumab vedotin-related adverse events, particularly cutaneous toxicity, were associated with favorable clinical outcomes, but findings are hypothesis-generating and need prospective confirmation.
MRI in prostate cancer diagnosis
MRI before biopsy and in screening for prostate cancer.
Transperineal prostate biopsy
Biopsy through the perineum instead of the rectum.
Key point: Transperineal biopsy is the recommended approach when technically feasible.
Thulium fibre laser
Thulium fibre laser for stone lithotripsy and prostate surgery.
Key point: ThuFLEP and conventional HoLEP are clinically comparable, with no definitive superiority of either laser.
PSMA PET in prostate cancer
PSMA PET imaging for staging and recurrence of prostate cancer.
Key point: PSMA-PET/CT is recommended only when PSA exceeds 0.2 μg/L, reporting should follow PSMA-RADS, and it is preferred over lymph-node dissection for staging.
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How the Trend Score works
Four signals
Growth in new papers (35%), growth in randomised trials, meta-analyses and systematic reviews (25%), new clinical trials registered (20%), and new guidelines and consensus statements (20%), each over the last 12 months against the 12 before.
A score out of 100
Each signal is ranked against every topic we follow, so a score of 90 means the topic is ahead of about 90% of them. Rising fast: 80 and above. Rising: 55 to 79. Emerging: fewer than 100 papers the year before, too few to rank.
What it does not tell you
More research on a topic is not evidence that a treatment works. Open a topic to read the papers and guidelines themselves. Counts come from PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov.