Guidelines & Publications

NICE has produced guidance regarding the referral and management of urological cancers by multidisciplinary teams. This includes guidance about centralisation of complex services for urological cancers.

Download the IOG document

In May 2009, BAUS and NICE published a joint statement on the implementation of the NICE prostate cancer guidelines.

Download the joint statement

Following publication of this guideline, the Oncology Section and the British Uro-Oncology Group (BUG) sought members' opinions by means of a questionnaire.  In January 2014, following consultation with BAUS and other interested groups, guideline CG175 - Prostate cancer: diagnosis & treatment was published on the NICE website; this was updated in 2019 (see below) to reflect recent changes in diagnosing prostate cancer.

The EAU produces evidence-based guidelines for the management of both benign and malignant urological conditions. Being guidelines (and not protocols), they are advisory rather than proscriptive.

How to access the full EAU guidelines.

In addition, the EAU has released an app containing a "pocket" version of its guidelines; to obtain this app, go to your provider's App Store and search for "EAU Pocket Guidelines".

Individual guidelines relevant to the Section can be downloaded using the links in the table below:

The BAUS Section of Oncology Executive Committee were approached by GIRFT in 2021 to promote an SoC-based streamlining to urological cancer MDT working. 

Following consultation with Section members, the article (currently in proof form) has been accepted for JCU publication under the title of "BAUS Oncology Guidance for Implementing Streamlining in Cancer MDT meetings: Selecting  Standards of Care and Operational Considerations" and was published on 2 May 2-3

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In March 2018, the Journal of Clinical Urology (JCU) published a series of commisioned articles by British urologists in which the current UK and European Association of Urology guidelines were compared. Comparisons relevant to this Section are listed below.  

Click an item to view a PDF of the full article published in the Journal of Clinical Urology Vol 11(2); 81-153. Individual articles have a facility to check for updates by clicking on the appropriate button in the top left corner of the text:

• Non-muscle invasive bladder cancer
• Prostate cancer
• Renal cancer
• Upper tract urothelial cance