CONSUMER INFORMATION

Please note that the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand is an administrative body for urological surgeons. The Society's staff are not medically trained and cannot provide medical advice or referrals. For medical advice, you should consult your general practitioner (GP) in the first instance.

All Society members are qualified urological surgeons (urologists). Click on the 'Find a Urologist' pages for a list of urologists in your area. 'Find a Urologist' is a listing of Society members who have opted to be on the list. If you are referred to a urologist and would like to confirm their membership of the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand, please email: communication@usanz.org.au or call: +61 2 9362 8644.

Focal Therapy Position Statement

Please click here to review the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand's position statement on Focal Therapy.


Circumcision of infant males – policy

The Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand supports The Royal Australasian College of Physicians' (RACP) policy on the circumcision of infant males: 
Circumcision – RACP Position Statement (PDF: 448KB) 


FACT SHEETS

Prostate health:

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) - The Enlarged Prostate 

Continence and Prostate: A guide for men undergoing prostate surgery 
This guide was produced by the Urological Society of Australia, the Continence Foundation of Australia, Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia, Australian Nurses for Continence, Victorian Continence Resource Centre, Australia and New Zealand Urological Nurses Society (ANZUNS) and the Australian Physiotherapy Association.

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Prostate cancer:

USANZ 2009 PSA Testing Policy - September 2009

Active Surveillance as a treatment option for Prostate Cancer
USANZ promotes Active Surveillance as a treatment option for the management of low-risk prostate cancers and has joined an important international study on the practice. Data on Australian and New Zealand men being managed by Active Surveillance is added to a major international database called PRIAS (Prostate Cancer Research International: Active Surveillance) which evaluates outcomes of men with prostate cancer who are conservatively managed without initial treatment.

“Not all prostate cancer tumours are the same – we know there are some that are very aggressive that require immediate treatment, but others can be very slow growing and can be safely watched for years without any need for intervention”, says USANZ’s spokesperson on urological cancers, Associate Professor Mark Frydenberg.  Associate Professor Frydenberg  says many thousands of Australian and New Zealand men with prostate cancer are being managed without having an operation or other aggressive forms of treatment such as radiation. Read more

Early Detection of Prostate Cancer - PSA Decision Card
This resource card is designed to support the general practitioner in assisting a patient making a choice about prostate cancer testing. This card is a joint collaboration between the Cancer Council Australia, Australian Prostate Cancer Collaboration, the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand, Andrology Australia and the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia.

The Prostate & Prostate Cancer | Prostate Cancer Fact Sheet | Brachytherapy for Prostate Cancer

 

Status of mp-MRI Prostate 2012: Report from the MRI Prostate Working Party

 

Bladder health:

Bladder Cancer transitional cell carcinoma | Interstitial cystitis or Painful Bladder Syndrome

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 Andrology (men's reproductive health):

More helpful links and resources

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