NEWS IN BRIEF The Advanced Prostate Best of GU Oncology Symposium Cancer Consensus 2018 – Brisbane Conference (APCCC) Food for thought was on the menu at the Best of GU Evening Symposium, held in Brisbane on the 14th November. Brisbane’s GU oncology 29 – 31 August 2019 community dined out on the latest in uro-oncology, radiation oncology, medical oncology, nuclear medicine and exercise physiology from experts Basel, Switzerland in the field.
Topics for APCCC 2019 include: • Locally advanced prostate cancer • B iochemical recurrence of prostate cancer after local therapy • M anagement of primary tumour in the metastatic situation • S ystemic treatment castration-sensitive/ naive prostate cancer • M anagement of M0 castration-resistant prostate cancer • M anagement of M1 castration-resistant prostate cancer
Symposium Chair Henry Woo hosted a line-up as engaging as it was diverse, covering the latest in GU treatment, research results through to patient physiology and psychology. The evening commenced with analysis of the latest research in kidney cancer with Craig Gedye before moving to the benefits of resistance training for men with prostate cancer with Tim Hartwig. Michael Hofman took the symposium through a visual exploration of theranostics and results seen in the TheraP trial before Venu Chalasani took us on a virtual journey of treatment and clinical trials through the patient’s eyes. Thank you to the presenters, all who attended the Best of GU symposium in person, or virtually via the webinar, and to sponsors Astellas and AstraZeneca.
• Bone and bone metastases • Molecular characterisation: tissue and blood • H eterogeneity of men with prostate cancer (ethnicity, elderly, organ dysfunction) • S ide effects of hormonal treatments and their management APCCC is the conference to attend to hear the latest in current standards of advanced prostate cancer management, global discussion on questions relevant to daily clinical practice, consensus voting and interaction with experts.
Late Breaking News Congratulations to Kath Schubach, winner of 2018 Janssen ANZUP Nursing /Allied Health Scholarship Award for her proposal to develop and implement an online sexual health education resource for nurses caring for men post-diagnosis. Congratulations Kath, we look forward to an update in the new year.
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Thank you to our 2018 Corporate Partners and Supporters We are very grateful for the infrastructure support we receive from Cancer Australia; however the funds are not sufficient to support ANZUP’s increasing research activities. In 2017/18 many of our events, grants and activities required significant help. Fortunately our Corporate Supporter program has continued to grow. For an extraordinary year of partnerships we thank Active Display Group, AFI Branding and The Saturday Paper as well as our fantastic corporate partners:
