FRCS Viva Revision

Prostate Cancer · Station 15:00

You are asked to see a 66-year-old man referred by his GP with a raised PSA of 12 ng/mL. He is otherwise fit and well.

QHow would you initially assess and manage this patient?

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"How would you initially assess this patient?"

Candidate

Model answer coverage

✓ History✓ MRI✗ Biopsy

Viva questions built to simulate real stations

Curated, moderated scenarios that mirror real FRCS stations — built from the ground up by former and current FRCS candidates, not AI.

Prostate Cancer

4 scenariosOpen

Urothelial Cancer

6 scenariosOpen

Stones

7 scenariosOpen

Emergency Urology

3 scenariosOpen

Paediatrics

2 scenariosOpen

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Quick Review ▴2 / 3 marked correct

✓Take a full history including LUTS and family history

✓Perform abdominal exam and digital rectal examination

○Arrange multiparametric MRI prior to biopsy

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Scenarios12 / 18

Average score74%

Repeat themes5

Needs work52%

Urothelial cancer52.3%

Kidney cancer54.1%

Common feedback3 themes

Mention non-contrast phase purpose

State surveillance schedule clearly

Clarify red-flag symptoms

Prostate cancer

Last attempted: 23 Mar 2026

6 / 9 scenarios24 / 31 questions

81%Average score

Common feedback themes

Key papers — the evidence that comes up in vivas

Curated summaries of landmark urology papers, each with a key message, clinical example, and PICO breakdown. Review the evidence examiners expect you to know — organised by viva topic so you can revise efficiently.

Practice Changing

ProtecT — Active Monitoring, Radical Prostatectomy, or Radiotherapy for Localised Prostate Cancer

Hamdy et al. NEJM. 2023

At 15 years, prostate-cancer-specific mortality was low and did not differ significantly between active monitoring, surgery, and radiotherapy.

🏥A 62-year-old with Gleason 3+3 localised prostate cancer can be counselled that all three options carry similar long-term survival, allowing a truly shared decision based on side-effect profile and patient preference.

115-year prostate-cancer-specific mortality ~3% across all three arms

2Active monitoring had higher rates of metastasis and clinical progression

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Urology Viva · Station 2

A 54-year-old woman presents with recurrent UTIs and haematuria…

QWhat investigations would you order?