AUA 2006 - Prostate Cancer Localized III
Monday, 05 June 2006
Interesting topics in this section included investigations to evaluate the appropriateness of focal therapy, the natural history of treated disease and the outcomes of some significant clinical trials. Barber et al [ABST 1573] evaluated the characteristics of patients with a single positive core with regard to contralateral disease. The single core was defined as 40 percent or less, or 5mm or less, of one core among 6-12 cores of tissue. These were collected from 1999 to 2004. 129 cases were identified and 46 (35.6%) underwent a radical prostatectomy. The average tumor volume was 1.15 cc's and the largest tumor focus was on the ipsilateral side of biopsy. However 89% of cases demonstrated tumor on the contralateral side and one forth of these had high grade disease. These data suggested that a 6-12 core biopsy may be insufficient to rule out contralateral disease. Another perspective is that greater stringency in defining a single core (smaller percentage of core positive or absence of high grade tumor) as informative for ipsilateral disease is needed.
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AUA 2006 - Prostate Cancer Detection and Screening III
Monday, 05 June 2006
The role of PSA in the contemporary era and the impact of premalignant conditions on future diagnosis were some of the issues discussed in this section. Figler et al, [ABST 1473] investigated the value of PSA in detecting significant tumors. A cohort of 2067 patients spanning 1993 to 2004 were divided in two epochs [1993-98 and 1999-2004] and evaluated with respect to prostate volume, percent Gleason grade 4/5, overall estimated tumor volume. The preoperative PSA value was positively correlated to tumor volume, volume of high grade disease and tumor gleason grade in both epochs suggesting that there is still contemporary predictive power in a PSA value. A family history of prostate cancer has classically been demonstrated in 15% of younger patients. Hood and associates, [ABST 1483] reviewed a cohort of 724 patients and identified 66 patients under the age of 50. Overall the entire cohort had a family history of prostate cancer in 33.8% of patients. In the younger cohort 28/66 [42.2%] patients had a family history defined as a first or second degree relative. 88% of patients had pathologic stage T2 disease and the majority of patients 44/66 [67%] had Gleason score 6 disease. These data suggest that the early evaluation of younger patients with a family history is clearly warranted.
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AUA 2006 - Mitochondrial Activity in Patients with Asthenozoospermia
Monday, 05 June 2006
A. B. Victorino et al
Poster 1619
The authors address an important and perplexing problem - asthospermia or low motility.
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AUA 2006 - Neurodegenerative Disease Microsatellite expansions in infertile men undertaking assisted reproductive treatment
Friday, 26 May 2006
Poster 1620
G. Gordon et al
This is a significant international study by an important investigative group.
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AUA 2006 - Technetium-99M sulfur Colloid Seminal Vesicle Scintigraphy; A Novel Approach for the Diagnosis of Ejaculatory Duct Obstruction
Thursday, 01 June 2006
ABSTRACT 1624
I Orhan et al
The authors present an intriguing approach for diagnosing ejaculatory duct obstruction.
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AUA 2006 - Anxiety, depression and perceived strain on marital relationships in couples undergoing male factor infertility evaluation
Thursday, 01 June 2006
Abstract 1627 Anxiety, depression and perceived strain on marital relationships in couples undergoing male factor infertility evaluation
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AUA 2006 - Prostate Cancer Staging II
Thursday, 01 June 2006
This session on staging addressed several areas of interest. With the growing stage shift in prostate tumors during the PSA era, concerns for overdetection of insignificant have grown. Several nomograms have been developed to contend with this issue and Currlin et al [ABST 1645] compared 10 available nomograms for there operational characteristics against a cohort of 646 patients with available clinical and histological data. The best fit to the clinical data was the Kattan (medium) nomogram with an area under the curve of 0.766. In general these tools were constrained by the limited specificity in the majority of cases.
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AUA 2006 - Separation Of Chromphobe Renal Cell Carcinoma From Oncocytoma And Clear Cell Carcinoma: An Otimal Immunohistochemical
Thursday, 01 June 2006
Liu, L, et al, Glen Allen, VA
Abstract 1088
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AUA 2006 - Prostate Cancer, Robotic Surgery and BPH (Video Session)
Thursday, 01 June 2006
By James Borin, MD,
May 23, 2006 1-3pm
The first prize winning video (V1397) by a multi-institutional collaboration primarily between Cornell and Innsbruck described the evolution of their technique of athermal nerve sparing during robot assisted radical prostatectomy.
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AUA 2006 - Stone Disease: Research and New Technology (II)
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
The definitive management of patients with a stone bearing calyceal diverticulum should include both management of the diverticulum and a metabolic workup.
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AUA 2006 - Renal Cryoablation: 5 Year Outcomes
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
Hegarty, NJ, et al., Cleveland, OH.
Abstract 1091
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AUA 2006 - Stone Disease: Research and New Technology (I)
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
Medical management of renal stone disease may be simpler than you thought.
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AUA 2006 - Trauma And Reconstructive Podium Session
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
The Trauma and Reconstruction podium session consisted of 12 abstracts that focused on topics including buccal mucosa urethroplasty, flap urethroplasty, posterior urethral reconstruction, and urethral stents.
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AUA 2006 - Trauma And Reconstructive Moderated Poster Session
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
The Trauma and Reconstruction moderated poster session consisted of 20 abstracts that focused on topics including management of the devastated bladder outlet, penetrating external genital trauma, surgical management of incontinence, renal trauma, and buccal mucosa urethroplasty.
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AUA 2006 - Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology Meeting
Friday, 26 May 2006
The annual Society for Urodynamics and Female Urology meeting was held on Saturday May 20 at the Omni Hotel adjacent to the Georgia World Congress Center.
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AUA 2006 - New Insights Into LUTS/BPH
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
Dr. Claus Roehrborn moderated a panel discussion session on "Case Studies of New Insights into LUTS/BPH" at the Plenary Session of the AUA on Wednesday May 24, 2006.
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AUA 2006 - Surgical Treatments Of BPH
Friday, 26 May 2006
By David Lee, MD,This session focused on the surgical treatments of BPH. One of the very interesting presentations was from Albertson et al (ABST 1425) focusing on practice patterns of urologists certifying or recertifying with the American Board of Urology.
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AUA 2006 - Point-Counterpoint Debate On “Should A Small Renal Lesion Be Monitored Or Ablated”
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
Dr. S. Larry Goldenberg, University of British Columbia moderated a debate on "Should a Small Renal Lesion be Monitored or Ablated" at the plenary session of the AUA on Tuesday May 23, 2006.
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AUA 2006 - SIU Lecture on Management of Invasive Bladder Cancer given by Dr. Ghoneim
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
Dr. Mohamed Ghoneim presented the SIU lecture at the plenary session of the AUA meeting on Wednesday, May 24 2006.
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AUA 2006 - EAU Lecture on Bladder Markers Given by Dr. Teillac
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
Dr. Pierre Teillac, Secretary General of the EAU, Paris France presented the EAU lecture at the plenary session of the AUA meeting on Tuesday, May 23 2006. His topic was prognostic markers in bladder cancer.
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AUA 2006 - Prostate PIN, Atypia And Atrophy Presented by Dr. Epstein
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
Dr. Jonathan Epstein, Johns Hopkins University gave a State-of-the Art Lecture on "Significance of PIN, Atypia and Atrophy on Prostate Biopsy" at the plenary session of the AUA on Tuesday May 23, 2006.
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AUA 2006 - Point-Counterpoint Debate on “PSA is a Valid Marker for Prostate Cancer”
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
Dr. Peter Scardino, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center moderated a debate on "PSA is a Valid Marker for Prostate Cancer" at the plenary session of the AUA on Tuesday May 23, 2006.
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AUA 2006 - Prostate Cancer; Staging Session I
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
A Podium Session on Prostate Cancer Staging took place on Tuesday May 23, 2006 at the annual AUA meeting in Atlanta. A couple of presentation highlights are as follows.
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AUA 2006 - Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer Presented by Dr. Raghavan
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
Dr. Derick Raghavan, Cleveland Clinic Foundation gave a State-of-the Art Lecture on "Rationale Approach to Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer" at the plenary session of the AUA on Tuesday May 23, 2006.
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AUA 2006 - High-Risk Prostate Cancer Presented by Dr. Benson
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
Dr. Mitchell Benson, Columbia University, gave a State-of-the Art Lecture on "Management of High Risk Localized Prostate Cancer" at the plenary session of the AUA on Tuesday May 23, 2006.
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AUA 2006 - AUA Update: Guidelines for Prostate Cancer
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
AUA Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer (CaP) were presented by Dr. Michael Cookson, Vanderbilt University at the plenary session of the AUA meeting on Tuesday, May 23 2006.
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AUA 2006 - Association Of Abnormal Preoperative Laboratory Values With Survival Following Radical Nephrectomy For Clinically Confined
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
Magera, JS, Rochester, MN.
Abstract 1095
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AUA 2006 - Metachronous Contralateral Renal Cell Carcinoma: Influence Of Race And Tumor Histology
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
Kwon, EO, et al., New York, NY
Abstract 1097
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AUA 2006 - Prognostic Factors And Long-Term Outcome Following Resection Of Renal Cell Carcinoma With Right Atrial Extension:Impact On Survival And Benefits Of Immunotherapy
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
Lam, JS et al., Los Angeles, CA
Abstract 1099
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AUA 2006 - Stage Migration In Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients Demonstrated By Analysis Of The National Cancer Database
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
1993-2003. Kane CJ, et al., San Francisco, CA.
Abstract 1105
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AUA 2006 - A Comparison Of Nephron-Sparing Techniques: Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) VS. Open And Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
Feldman AS, et al., Boston, MA
Abstract 1114
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AUA 2006 - The Impact Of Lymphadenectomy At The Time Of Nephrectomy For Metastatic RCC
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
Leibovich, BC et al., Rochester, MN
Abstract 1115
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AUA 2006 - Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy For Multiple Renal Tumors
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
Vira, MA et al., Bethesda, MD
V1213
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AUA 2006 - BIOGLUE®: Moving Toward A Surtureless Partial Nephrectomy
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
Berger, AD et al., New York, NY
V1214
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AUA 2006 - Laparoscopic Management Of Renal Cell Carcinoma With Complete Renal Vein Tumor Thrombus
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
Jabren, GW et al., New Orleans, LA
V1222
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AUA 2006 - Androgen Decline of Non-Obstructive Azoospermic Patients After Microdissection Testicular Sperm Extraction
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
Abstract 1409
Shingo Takada et al
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AUA 2006 - Fresh versus Cryopreserved Sperm in Same couples undergoing IVF/ICSI
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
Abstract 1405
Makhlouf et al
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AUA 2006 - Testicular Sperm Extraction Combined with Intracytolplasmic Sperm injection in men with post-chemotherapy azoospermia
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
Abstract 1406
Okada, Hiroshi et al
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AUA 2006 - Transplantation Of Spermatogonial Stem Cells Isolated From Leukemic Mice Restores Fertility Without Inducing Leukemia
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
Abstract 1418
Kazutoshi Fukita, Akira Tsujimura, Suita, Osaka, Japan; Hiroshi Ohta, Kobe, Japan; Toshiaki Hirai, Tomohiro Ueda, Hiroshi Kiuchi, Kazuhiko Komori, Yasuhiro Matsuoka, Tetsuya Takao, Yasushi Miyagawa, Shingo Takada, Suita, Osaka, Japan; Kiyomi Matsumiya, Osaka, Japan; Teruhiko Wakayama, Kobe, Japan; Akihiko Okuyama, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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AUA 2006 - Men In Their 40s With An Increased Risk Of Prostate Cancer: What Is Their Risk Of Developing Prostate Cancer If Their Initial PSA Is Below The Median (0.7 NG/ML)?
Wednesday, 24 May 2006
Abstract 134
African American patients or those with a positive family history are at a significantly increased risk of prostate cancer.
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