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Being a non-native English speaker in science and medicine

In this Viewpoint, six non-Native English speakers share their experience as academics, clinicians, researchers and editors who carry out the core tasks of their jobs in a second language.

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  • Centralization of care for penile cancer has been underscored in the 2023 updated EAU–ASCO guidelines. Expertise consolidation enhances patient care, addressing penile cancer complexities from diagnosis to treatment. Centralization initiatives, like the European Reference Networks, and dedicated scientific societies have crucial roles in guiding centralized care pathways to ultimately improve patient outcomes.

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  • Autonomous surgical robots have the potential to transform surgery and increase access to quality health care. Advances in artificial intelligence have produced robots mimicking human demonstrations. This application might be feasible for surgical robots but is associated with obstacles in creating robots that emulate surgeon demonstrations.

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  • The growing global burden of genitourinary cancers is disproportionately shouldered by low- and middle-income countries. Medical journals offer an avenue for discourse among different stakeholders to strategize and identify solutions. Thus, achieving diversity in this context is crucial to put together a heterogeneous group of stakeholders with diverse personal and cultural experiences as well as distinct problem-solving approaches.

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