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Fifth Conference of the World Urologic Oncology Federation
Urologic Oncology in the Aging Population
Chair: Laurence Klotz, Canada

Saturday October 15

8:00Chairman's Welcome and Introduction
 Laurence Klotz, MD, Canada
 
8:15SESSION ONE | Prostate Cancer Prevention
 Moderator: Hideyuki Akaza, MD, Japan
 
8:205ARIs and Prostate Cancer Prevention Following the FDA Decision
 Neil Fleshner, MD, Canada
 
8:35Diet, Statins, Cholesterol
 Hanjong Ahn, MD, South Korea
 
8:50Curcumin and Other Micronutrients
 Shigeo Horie, MD, Japan
 
9:05DISCUSSION
 
9:20Exercise in Prostate Cancer
 Arturo Mendoza Valdes, MD, Mexico
 
9:35Pre-clinical Models of Prostate Cancer Prevention
 Hirotsugu Uemura, MD, Japan
 
9:50DISCUSSION
 
10:00BREAK
 
10:15SESSION TWO | Town Hall Forum
 Moderator: Laurence Klotz, MD, Canada
 
10:20Screening in Men Over Age 65 | Introduction
 Laurence Klotz, MD, Canada
 
10:25Overdiagnosis and How to Avoid This
 Monique Roobol, PhD, The Netherlands
 
10:35An Epidemiologic Perspective
 Peter Albertsen, MD, USA
 
10:45Pros and Cons of Screening Over Age 65
 Franz Recker, MD, Switzerland
 
11:05GROUP DISCUSSION: Healthy Men - The Case for Continuing to Screen Over Age 65
 Albertsen, Roobol, Recker, Evans
 
11:25SESSION THREE
 Update on Biomarkers
 Moderator: Peter Albers, MD, Germany
 
11:30PCA3
 Inge Van Oort, MD, The Netherlands
 
11:40Seminal Fluid Markers
 Frank Gardiner, MD, Australia
 
11:50Serum Biomarkers
 John Davis, MD, USA
 
12:00DISCUSSION
 
12:15Angiogenesis and Lymphangiogenesis in Prostate Cancer
 Derya Tilki, MD, Germany
 
12:25MRI as a Prostate Cancer Detection Tool. Where are We Right Now?
 Mark Emberton, MD, UK
 
12:35DISCUSSION
 
12:4540 MINUTE LUNCH BREAK
 Lunch Available for Purchase
 
1:30SESSION FOUR
 Mechanisms of Castrate Resistance
 Moderator: David Gillatt, MD, UK
 
1:35Intermittent vs Continuous Androgen Deprivation Therapy and Biological Implications
 Laurence Klotz, MD, Canada
 
1:50Autophagy and Prostate Cancer
 Christopher Evans, MD, USA
 
2:05Immune Escape and Prostate Cancer
 Rob Siemens, MD, Canada
 
2:20DISCUSSION
 
2:35Adapting Treatment Strategies for CRPCa in the Elderly
 Fred Saad, MD, Canada
 
2:50Focal MR-Guided Thermotherapy - An Update
 John Trachtenberg, MD, Canada
 
3:05DISCUSSION
 
3:20BREAK
 
3:30SESSION FIVE | Kidney
 Moderator: Marcelo Bendhack, MD, Brazil
 
3:45Small Renal Masses: Indications for Intervention in Elderly Patients
 Antonio Finelli, MD, Canada
 
3:50Partial Nephrectomy in the Elderly
 Thomas Schwaab, MD, USA
 
4:05Role of Biopsy in Management of Renal Masses
 Michael Jewett, MD, Canada
 
4:20CASE DISCUSSION
 
4:35Incorporation of TKIs into Surgical Management
 Anil Kapoor, MD, Canada
 
4:50Lessons Learned from Partial vs Radical Nephrectomy Studies
 Hein van Poppel, MD, Belgium
 
5:05CASE DISCUSSION
 
5:20CONCLUDE
 
 

Sunday October 16

8:00SESSION SIX | Bladder Cancer Biology
 Moderator: Michael Droller, MD, USA
 
8:05Update on New Diagnostic Methods
 Fred Witjes, MD, The Netherlands
 
8:20Tissue Markers
 Peter Black, MD, Canada
 
8:35DISCUSSION
 
8:45Management of Invasive Bladder Cancer in the Elderly
 Shahrokh Shariat, MD, USA
 
9:00Management of Non-muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer in China
 Ningchen Li, MD, China
 
9:15Considerations for Treatment Decisions in Bladder Cancer
 Michael Droller, MD, USA
 
9:30DISCUSSION
 
9:45BREAK
 
10:05SESSION SEVEN | Surgical Management of Invasive Bladder Cancer
 Moderator: Urs Studer, MD, Switzerland
 
10:10Role of Extended Node Dissection
 Wassim Kassouf, MD, Canada
 
10:25Quality of Care in the Management of Bladder Cancer
 Badrinath Konety, MD, USA
 
10:40Orthotopic Bladder in Elderly Patients: Limits and Results
 Richard Hautmann, MD, Germany
 
10:55DISCUSSION
 
11:10SESSION EIGHT
 Moderator: Christopher Cheng, MD, Singapore
 
11:15Why and How to do a Nerve Sparing Cystectomy
 Urs Studer, MD, Switzerland
 
11:30Upper Tract TCC - Role of Neoadjuvant Therapy
 Surena Matin, MD, USA
 
11:45Neo Adjuvant vs Adjuvant Chemotherapy - Which is Preferable?
 Peter Albers, MD, Germany
 
12:00DISCUSSION
 
12:15WRAP UP
 Laurence Klotz, MD, Canada
 
12:20ADJOURN
 
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