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Scientific Program                                            Last update May 17, 2012 

                                            

Wednesday, June 6, 2012
10:00 - 18:00
Registration
Hall Presidents I & II
13:30 - 15:30
  
Moderators:  Rajan Gupta - John Kurhanewicz - Alex Kirkham
  
Poster No P1-P19
    
Hall Presidents III
13:30 - 15:30
  
Moderators: Thomas Polascik - Jurgen Futterer - Ed Rampesaud

Poster No P20-P37
 
 Hall Presidents IV
13:30 - 15:30
 
Moderators: Steven Joniau - Bruce Shingleton - James Meler
  
Poster No K1-K8
  
15:30 - 15:45
COFFEE BREAK
   
Hall Presidents I & II
15:45 - 16:30

Lecture
XGEVA (denosumab) and Prostae Cancer: Identifying Bone Metastases and Preventing Skeletal - Related Events
Judd Moul, Durham - USA

  
Cordialy supported by AMGEN
Not Duke - sponsored nor CME credit source

   

16:30 - 18:00
Video session: "This is how I do it"
Not Duke - sponsored nor CME credit source
  
Moderator: Thomas Polascik
(6 video presentation x 12 minutes + 3 minutes discussion)
    
18:00 - 18:30
Opening Ceremony
    
18:30
Welcome Reception

Thursday, June 7, 2012
 
Hall Presidents I & II

07:30 - 09:45

Session 1: Imaging and New Concepts

Moderators: James Meler - Raymond Leveillee - Christoph Klingler

Welcome & renal program overview
Thomas Polascik, Durham - USA

Quantitative Characterization of renal tumors on CT
Mihir Desai, Los Angeles - USA

The Endourology Society Lecture: Role of active surveillance
Jaime Landman, Irvine - USA

Should biopsy of the small renal mass be a standard of care?
Pilar Laguna, Amsterdam - The Netherlands

Fusion ultrasound: the future of image-guided renal therapy?
Bruce Shingleton, Augusta - USA

The EAU Section fo Urological Imaging (ESUI) Lecture:
Monitoring the effect of renal ablation and antiangiogenic with CEUS
Hessel Wijkstra, Amsterdam - The Netherlands

The Society of Urologic Oncology (SUO) Lecture:
Neoadjuvant cancer ablation to enhance active immunotherapy
 
Arie Belldegrun, Los Angeles - USA

Panel Discussion

  

09:45 - 10:15

COFFEE BREAK

  

10:15 - 12:00

Session 2: Technologies: efficacy, morbidity, costs

Moderators: Jaime Landman -  Benjamin Lee - David Sopko

Percutaneous and laparoscopic cryoablation: 10 year data
Monish Aron, Los Angeles - USA

Update on utility of renal HIFU
Christoph Klingler, Vienna - Austria

Percutaneous low energy direct current (IRE)
James D. Meler, Houston - USA

Alternative energy sources: What's on the horizon
Raymond Leveillee, Miami - USA

Advances in partial nephrectomy: Zero-ischemia technique
Inderbir Gill, Los Angeles-USA

Round table discussion: Patient selection - AS, ablate, resect?

 

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch Symposium

Cordialy supported by GALIL MEDICAL
Not Duke - sponsored nor CME credit source
  

13:00 - 14:30

Session 3: Post treatment surveillance

Moderators: Monish Aron - Michael Marberger - Rendon Nelson

Post ablation enhancement: Definitions, implications, role of biopsy
Charles Kim, Durham - USA

Post ablation surveillance: Managing radiation exposure
Michael Ferrandino, Durham - USA

The EAU Section of Uro-Technology (ESUT) Lecture:
Interpreting EAU and AUA guidelines for the small renal mass

Steven Joniau, Leuven - Belgium

How to start a focal renal program
Benjamin Lee, New Orleans - USA

Panel Discussion

Close of kidney program
Pilar Laguna, Amsterdam - The Netherlands

14:30 -16:25

Session 4: Foundation for Focal Therapy

Moderators: Arnauld Villers - Aaron Katz - Angelo DeMarzo

Welcome
Jean De La Rosette, Amsterdam - The Netherlands

Biological characterization of the Index lesion
Hashim Uddin Ahmed, London - United Kingdom

Nanomedicines for diagnosis and treatment of PCa
Omid Farokhzad, Boston - USA

Role of focal therapy in the treatment armamentarium
Cary Robertson, Durham - USA

Patient Selection
J. Stephen Jones, Cleveland - USA

A rational sampling strategy for focal therapy
Hashim Uddin Ahmed, London - United Kingdom

Panel Discussion

16:25-16:45

Coffee Break

16:45-18:15

Session 5: New Concepts in FT

Moderators: Judd Moul - Peter Pinto - James Donovan

The American College of Cryosurgery (ACC) Lecture:
Hallmarks of cancer and thermal ablative therapies

John Baust, Binghamton - USA

Biomarkers to improve risk assessment
Angelo DeMarzo, Baltimore - USA

Chemoprevention and adjuncts
Daniel George, Durham - USA

Panel Discussion

 

                                        

Friday, June 8, 2012

  
Hall Presidents I & II

07:30 - 10:00

Session 6: Role of Ultrasound in diagnosis and targeting

Moderator:  Peter Choyke

Targeted ultrasound bubbles for targeted therapies
Hessel Wijkstra, Amsterdam - The Netherlands

Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) Elasticity imaging of prostate
Kathy Nightingale, Durham - USA

Targeted US-MRI fusion
Peter Pinto, Bethesda - USA

Elastic (non-rigid) MR-US fusion targeted biopsy
Inderbir Gill, Los Angeles - USA

Real time ultrasound monitoring of tissue changes
Michael Marberger, Vienna - Austria

RF spectral analysis of prostate ultrasound
Ernest J. Feleppa, New York - USA

Update on Histoscanning
Ananthakrishnan Sivaraman, Orlando - USA

Real-time TRUS based 3D mapping
Osamu Ukimura, Los Angeles - USA   

Panel Discussion

 

10:00 - 10:30

In Vivo Lecture
Not Duke - sponsored nor CME credit source
        

10:30 - 10:45

COFFEE BREAK

10:45-13:15

Session 7: Role of MRI

Moderators: John Trachtenberg - John Feller - Daniel Boll

How I use MRI in prostate cancer practice
Peter Choyke, Bethesda - USA

What MRI can see and what it cannot
Arnauld Villers, Lille - France

Image-guided diagnosis and followup
Alex Kirkham, London - United Kingdom

MRI spect
John Kurhanewicz, San Fransisco - USA

What does MRI need to do to become standard of care?
Jurgen Futterer, Nijmegen-The Netherlands

Starting a MRI program in focal therapy
Rajan Gupta, Durham - USA

Endourethral MRI guided ablation with MRI thermometry
Laurence Klotz, Toronto - Canada

Robotic image - guded focal laser therapy
John Trachtenberg, Toronto - Canada

Panel discussion

   

13:15 - 14:15

Lunch Session

Renal Cryoablation: Freeze it and forget it
Michael Fabrizio, Norfolk - USA

Cordialy supported by HEALTHTRONICS
Not Duke - sponsored nor CME credit source

  

14:15 - 16:45

Session 8: Targeted therapy

Moderators: Michael Marberger - Thomas Polascik - Jason Donovan

Summary of Consensus Group II report on MRI
Jean de la Rosette, Amsterdam - The Netherlands

MRI-guided biopsy: ready for prime time?
Sadhna Verma, Cincinnati - USA

Transrectal MRI guided laser ablation
John Feller, USA

Focal Cryoablation
J. Stephen Jones, Cleveland - USA

How does Focal compare to whole gland cryotherapy in the salvage setting?
Aaron Katz, New York - USA

Focal Low Energy Direct Current (IRE)
Jaime Wong, Goergia - USA

Focal HIFU update on phase I/II studies
Hashim Uddin Ahmed, London - United Kingdom

Photodynamic therapy (TOOKAD® Soluble VTP). From bench to bedside
Jonathan Coleman, New York - USA

Panel Discussion

16:45

Closing remarks and announcement of the 6th Focal Therapy Symposium
Jean de la Rosette, Amsterdam - The Netherlands

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