Ben Challacombe

Cons Urologist & Hon Professor Guy's & St Thomas NHS. prostate/renal Single/multi port Robotics/HoLEP @TUF_tweets/🐧 vs 🦀 trustee. PGHRFC Own views. 🇬🇧4🇺🇦

[Ben Challacombe @benchallacombe]

3 Robots 1 course. ROBOstart: a new course for robotic beginners. Immersive labs with biodegradable hydrogel models @GSTTnhs @IMRASurgical Huge thanks to @IntuitiveSurg @TouchSurgery @medtroniceu @CMRSurgical future dates tba @ProfessorTonyC1

[Ben Challacombe @benchallacombe]

@ShaunLintern What’s difficult to balance is most men we treat in the NHS with significant prostate cancer have been identified by ad hoc testing. Ie individual level screening. Symptoms come late so men are falsely reassured. And we see so many with advanced disease who could have been found

[Rishi Sunak @RishiSunak]

Today’s decision on prostate cancer screening will be hugely disappointing to the thousands of brave men who have campaigned for a targeted screening programme to prevent more families from losing a father, a son or a brother before their time.

For just 0.01% of the NHS budget, we could've had a targeted screening programme that would have saved lives.

Screening is now more effective than it has ever been, but the model guiding the Committee’s decision does not reflect these developments.

We must take this opportunity to save lives, reduce inequalities and bring prostate cancer screening into line with how the disease is diagnosed and treated today.

[Rob Calvert @RobCalvert18]

Day 1 of the Bike4TUF challenge completed along the beautiful Northumberland coast. Next stop Scotland. Please consider supporting @TUF_tweets

@benchallacombe @tbivala1 @FolkardSam @benstarmer

https://t.co/KCznlTlQ6q

[Alastair Lamb @LambAlastair]

Are you an ambitious #ANP?
Passionate about #EvidenceBased patient-care?
Keen to work @GuysUrology, Europe's 🥇 @Newsweek #WorldsBestHospitals?
Skilled in #LATP for #Prostate diagnostics?

Apply below ⬇️:
•Band 8a
•£66 -£73k pa
•Ddln 9/6; Intrvw 17/6

https://t.co/GNAHMEJdOI

[Fernando GomezSancha @fgomsan]

HOPE trial just out in World J Urology: PAE vs HoLEP for prostates 80–250 cc.
Marketed as: equivalent IPSS, similar QoL, PAE a "reasonable alternative."
Read past the abstract and the trial tells a different story. Short thread.

[Alastair Lamb @LambAlastair]

Awesome programme for @RSMUrology #PresidentsDay2026
On "AI in Urology"
https://t.co/o8q7xPDn3Z

•Super clear expl from Luis Ribeiro on principles of AI

• @prokarurol Wickham Medal

•Loved statement from @matea_deliu "The determining factor is the interface not the algorithm"

[BAUS @BAUSurology]

🚨 🗣️New BAUS President-Elect announced

We are pleased to announce that @mobelal3 has secured a majority vote and will become BAUS President-Elect from June 2026.

We'd like to extend our thanks to the other two outstanding candidates @ajdcaseytown and @vishhanchanale.

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

A big thank you to all the brilliant doctors, nurses and healthcare staff who work to save lives and support wellbeing, as we celebrate the 300th anniversary of Guy’s Hospital. 👏

At the hospital’s Cancer Centre, The King spent time with chemotherapy patients, nurses and doctors. This year marks six decades of oncology at Guy’s, and the centre consolidates services once spread across 13 sites.

At the King’s College Innovation Hub, His Majesty, who is Patron of King’s College London, heard how professors and students are using AI and robotics to treat patients, and to train the next generation of specialists who are shaping the future of cancer research.

[Ben Challacombe @benchallacombe]

Big day for @GSTTnhs congratulations to all.

[Lee Zhao @lee_c_zhao]

1890, Kyiv: Sapezhko takes lining from inside a patient’s cheek and uses it to reconstruct a damaged urethra.
It works. Then the idea vanishes for decades.
Why?
The “adjacent possible” wasn’t ready.
Today buccal mucosa grafts + robotic allows complex ureteral reconstruction with no bowel harvest, no lifelong stents, excellent results.
I was lucky to help pioneer the robotic version @nyulangone w @mdstifelman. & link with @md_eun @ZLeeGU to validate the technique.
This is how real surgical innovation works: not leaps of faith, but just walking through doors as they slowly open.
The full story 👇
https://t.co/W6kviL3ilD

[Ben Challacombe @benchallacombe]

@GuysUrology @celivarol @PopertRick @oussama_elhage @UroNoel @gudaruk This is a trans-perineal delivered laser which can be accurately targeted to destroy prostate cancer as a day-case treatment.

https://t.co/nzqr7YvvaA

[Guy's Urology News @GuysUrology]

A new paradigm in #focaltherapy We’ve successfully completed our first 9 pro-focal prostate cancer treatments. Hugo thanks to @celivarol for mentoring us & RPs patients who helped us buy the machine. @PopertRick. Paul Cathcart. @oussama_elhage @UroNoel @benchallacombe @gudaruk

[ACE (formerly HSRU) @ace_aberdeen]

ELIPSE has reached 50% of recruitment target - 540 participants! Thanks to everyone who has helped us reach this momentous milestone! @Krish_Narahari, @jonathananing, @Heer_Lab, @vishhanchanale, @benchallacombe, @BURSTurology

[Ben Challacombe @benchallacombe]

We still have a couple of places available for these courses so please sign up.

[Ben Challacombe @benchallacombe]

Back to where it all started!
Our next ROBOstart and RoboReady Prostate courses 10-11th April. Only multi-Platform courses. Top faculty. Amazing New @IMRASurgical prostate models. Kindly supported by @IntuitiveSurg @TouchSurgery @CMRSurgical @Proximie @GuysUrology

[Ben Challacombe @benchallacombe]

@DrAsifQasim @Cambridge_Uni Such a legend of British Surgery. Proud to have been taught by him. Here are his firm rules! Hardcore doesn’t come close.

[Dr Asif Qasim MA PhD FRCP @DrAsifQasim]

Professor Harold Ellis died yesterday aged 100.

Fond memories of undergraduate anatomy at @Cambridge_Uni an inspiration and mentor to generations of doctors

May he rest in peace

[TheUrologyFoundation @TUF_tweets]

“From Girth Vader to John Thomas, the nicknames go on… but awareness shouldn’t stop there.”

Our ambassador, Sir Stephen Fry, is backing our campaign to raise awareness of penile cancer.

👀Find out more: https://t.co/nhSx3JTA5J

#PenileCancerAwareness #NameIt #PeckerChecker

[TheUrologyFoundation @TUF_tweets]

Have you spotted our #NameIt campaign yet?👀

It’s been amazing to see our penile cancer awareness campaign across London, turning heads and starting important conversations.

If you see one, snap a photo & #NameIt.

https://t.co/nhSx3JTA5J

Image credits: BUILDHOLLYWOOD

[Kathryn Chatterton @chats69]

Incredible evening - BJN Awards ✨ Shortlisted Urology Nurse of the Year 🥳
Being recognised alongside such inspiring nurses is an honour in itself @GuysUrology @GSTTnhs @BAUNnurses @EAUNurses

[Guy's Urology News @GuysUrology]

How to build a department over 30 years. 1996-2026. Friends, mentors, colleagues. @GuysUrology 26/28 present! sorry to miss @rhz59 @UroNoel