746 Views

Instructional Course

Instructional Course - Available with the Platinum and Silver packages or Individual Course Ticket

025IC - 2022 Localized Prostate Cancer

Saturday, May 14, 2022

7:30 AM – 9:30 AM

Location: Room 207

Instructional Course Director(s)

James A. Eastham, MD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Instructional Course Faculty(s)

Stephen A. Boorjian, MD

Professor of Urology
Mayo Clinic
DB

Daniel Ari Barocas, Dr.

Professor of Urology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Alicia Morgans, MD, MPH

Faculty in Medicine
Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
SM

Sean McBride, MD

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Learning Objectives:

Analyze the latest evidence on the medical and surgical management of localized prostate cancer n as outlined in the AUA guidelines
Improve the diagnostic and therapeutic decision making processes by illustrating the application of these guidelines in urological practice
Describe the process by which evidence is used to develop scientifically rigorous, yet actionable guidelines

This course will review the new AUA guidelines on Localized Prostate Cancer. The faculty will explore the rigorous process used in the development of these evidence-based guidelines, as well as discuss future research needs. The course will provide a clinical framework for the diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, and follow-up of patients with localized prostate cancer based on the best available published literature. The course will showcase clinical scenarios in urological practice and the correct application of the new AUA guidelines in those instances. This course will be a benefit to practicing urologists, primary care providers, other non-physician providers, residents preparing for their re-certification exam and physicians preparing for their re-certification exam.