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Already March and Easter are staring down the barrel at us all, a mere eight months after the first sighting of the seasonal chocolate egg! A warm welcome to this issue of the Journal of Clinical Urology (JCU). You will see that movement and change has been at a pace with respect to the Editorial Board which has seen a significant expansion in recent weeks. I am delighted and privileged to welcome our new Board members who I am sure will continue the established Editorial Board ethos of continual progression and development of the JCU.
Once again, I am pleased to be able to publish abstracts from the BAUS section of the Endourology meeting at Queen's College Cambridge, UK. The JCU is very proud to be associated, yet again, with this meeting and we look forward to further collaboration.
The CME article in this issue of the JCU, whilst reminiscent of the 1987 Steve Martin film, is far from comedic. Zaki Almallah presents ‘Cuffs, slings, pills and electric shocks: an update on male urinary incontinence’ and, given the rampant increase in prostatectomy for malignancy worldwide, I think this is a subject that will increasingly feature in the journal. I know colleagues from all subspecialties will receive this article well and recognise its quality from a true expert in the field.
Our original articles continue to increase both in numbers and in quality. We are receiving more and more articles as time progresses and it is of no surprise, therefore, that the standard remains extremely high not only in impact and relevance but also in readability.
In this issue we have an article addressing the impact of falling bladder cancer incidence over two decades along with articles commenting on the changing trend in antibiotic therapy for recurrent UTI, an assessment of the efficiency of one stop urological clinics and a cautionary tale surrounding active surveillance. Added to all this is the article comparing laparoscopic and open nephrectomy which, given recent media and political attention, is extremely timely.
The JCU now finds itself in the enviable position of receiving far more case reports than it can feasibly publish and it will not surprise anyone to know that the rejection rate for case reports is substantially higher than for any other class of manuscript. There are two main knock-on effects of this, firstly some excellent case reports inevitably will fall by the way side and be deemed unsuitable for inclusion, but I hope this is compensated for by the second effect, namely the resultant very high quality and standard of those that do progress through the peer review system to publication.
I hope you enjoy this issue of your journal as much as I have enjoyed putting it together and working on it and, of course, my thanks go to all involved in its production, and to you for reading.
Enjoy the journal, enjoy Easter and please do let me have any comments you may wish to make about the journal.
Best wishes