We are constantly bombarded with startling news from the scientific world, especially from epidemiological studies that show how we can improve our health through the kind of food that we eat. Examples that come to mind include studies on how eating tomatoes can reduce your risk of prostate cancer and a recently published report that drinking milk could reduce your lifespan. The true impact often cannot be found without a rigorous prospective trial, such as the SELECT trial which showed that neither selenium nor vitamin E supplements prevented prostate cancer. This came after decades of positive small, mostly uncontrolled studies.
In this edition of Scandinavian Journal of Urology we look back over 50 years and have selected a number of articles that we think are valuable in the context of today’s urology. Good science has no expiry date and should not be unknown to young urologists.