Navigating from Cancer to Urolithiasis and Urinary Tract Infections: Updates in Diagnosis and Emerging Treatment Strategies in Modern Urology
A special issue of Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144). This special issue belongs to the section "Urology & Nephrology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 9
Special Issue Editor
Interests: kidney stone; prostate cancer; renal cancer; bladder cancer; chronic kidney disease; urinary tract infections; laparoscopy and endourology
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Dear Colleagues,
Recent technological advances in modern urology offer increasingly personalized and effective solutions for a wide range of pathologies. For instance, we are no longer referring to a general treatment of a pathology but to a personalized scheme tailored to each individual. Regarding tumor diseases, surgical techniques combined with oncological therapies offer personalized solutions that increase survival rates while maintaining quality of life. The miniaturization of equipment and the development of lasers and ureteral access sheaths have strengthened the preference for the retrograde approach to renal lithiasis, often replacing the percutaneous approach. Yet, despite these advances, urinary tract infections remain the “silent enemy”, posing ongoing challenges for both surgeons and patients. Until new antibiotic classes and therapeutic solutions are discovered, clinical practice must continue to adapt innovative strategies based on available resources.
This Special Issue aims to highlight studies that expand both the teaching and clinical application of these recent advances in urology. In addition to research addressing long-standing challenges, we particularly papers that present novel opportunities.
We invite you to submit a manuscript to this Special Issue and would greatly appreciate it if you could also share this invitation with your colleagues. If you are interested in contributing, please provide a tentative title and a brief abstract in advance for a suitability check. The final submission deadline is 20 May 2026.
Dr. Razvan-Ionut Popescu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- urolithiasis
- urinary tract infections
- prostate cancer
- bladder cancer
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