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Emerging therapies for prostate cancer
Guest Editors
Arjun Pon Avudaiappan, MD, Miami Cancer Institute, USA
David J. Benjamin, MD, Hoag Family Cancer Institute, USA
Fabrizio Presicce, MD, PhD, San Filippo Neri Hospital, Italy
Submission Status: Open until 16 February 2026
Emerging role of biomarkers in urological conditions
Guest Editors
Murat Akand, MD, PhD, FEBU, UZ Leuven, Belgium
Amr Elsawy, MD, PhD, MSc, Mansoura University, Egypt
Juan Gómez Rivas, MD, PhD, San Carlos Clinical Hospital, Spain
Giuseppe Lucarelli, MD, PhD, University of Bari, Italy
Leonardo Oliveira Reis, MD, PhD, MSc, MBA, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Brazil
Submission Status: Open until 7 January 2026
Pediatric urology: challenges and innovations
Guest Editors
Sachit Anand, MBBS, MCh (Pediatric Surgery), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Mandy Rickard, MN, PNP, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Canada
Submission Status: Open until 15 December 2025
Biomaterials and tissue engineering in urology
Guest Editors
Gokhan Gundogdu, MD, University of California, USA
Naside Mangir, MD, PhD, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Türkiye
Submission Status: Open until 5 September 2025
Novel approaches in vaginal laser therapies
Guest Editors
Adrian Gaspar, MD, National University of Cuyo, Argentina Nobuo Okui, MD, PhD, Kanagawa Dental University, Japan
Submission Status: Open until 31 July 2025
Fertility preservation in testicular cancer
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Mehmet Serkan Özkent, MD, Konya City Hospital, Türkiye
Sarah Vij, MD, The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School, USA
Submission Status: Open until 23 June 2025
Innovations in phalloplasty and vaginoplasty
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Elizabeth R. Boskey, PhD, MPH, MSSW, Harvard Medical School, USA
Miroslav L. Djordjevic, MD, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Frances Grimstad, MD, MS, Boston Children’s Hospital, USA
Asa Radix, MD, PhD, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, USA
Borko Z. Stojanovic, MD, PhD, Belgrade Center for Urogenital Reconstructive Surgery, Serbia
Michael Zaliznyak, MD, University of California, USA
Submission Status: Open until 13 June 2025
Current insights into chronic pelvic pain
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Jane Chalmers, PhD, BPhysio (Hons), University of South Australia, Australia
Amelia Mardon, PhD, BMedSci (Hons), Western Sydney University, Australia
Submission Status: Open until 3 June 2025
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Artificial intelligence in prostate cancer diagnostics
Guest Editors
Haoru Wang, MD, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, China
Peng Xue, PhD, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, China
Ravishankar Jayadevappa, PhD, MS, University of Pennsylvania, USA
David-Dan Nguyen, MDCM, MPH, University of Toronto, Canada
Robotic reconstructive surgery in urology
Guest Editors
Sachit Anand, MD, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Niklas Pakkasjärvi, MD, PhD, FEAPU, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
Advances in prostate disease
Guest Editor
Ardalanejaz Ahmad, MD, FRCSC, University of Manitoba, Canada
Modern diagnostics and treatment modalities for urolithiasis
Guest Editor
Senol Tonyali, MD, FEBU, Department of Urology, Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Türkiye
Recent advances, opinions and management of hypospadias
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Sachit Anand: MD, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
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