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Australian Government advisory committee issues positive recommendation for funding of PSMA PET/CT for primary staging and biochemical recurrence. Great day for Aussie prostate cancer patients. Hopefully @GregHuntMP will enact soon! ProsTIC Michael Hofman msac.gov.au/internet/msac/…

Still sad of the loss of Christopher G. Wood I've scoured my various urology event albums and put together a highlight real. Follow the Flickr link. Any shot can be clicked to enlarge and the down arrow icon to download. flic.kr/s/aHsmX6evn8

Many of you asked if I could share the slide on reduced dose BCG and implications for patient care so here it is #BladderCancer #BCG #OncSurgery FDA Oncology IBCG @SITCCancer European Urology Oncology Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network UroToday.com

If a prostate tumor has these features on MRI, look for a ductal component on path! Ductal prostate cancers have a different biology to acinars and often require multimodal therapy. Diagnosis is key! Tharak Bathala Brian F. Chapin Andrea Kokorovic MD MD Anderson Cancer Center buff.ly/3GaleTM

Thrilled to have been involved in administering JELMYTO® (mitomycin) for pyelocalyceal solution to a patient with upper tract urothelial cancer for the first time in Australia! A Big Thank you to Monash Health, pharmacy & nursing staff, UroGen Pharma Surena F Matin MD Roger Li Kyle M Rose for all your help! Bladder Cancer Australia

PSMA PET/CT (Ga-68 and F-18) will be reimbursed in Australia from 01 Jul 22 for staging intermediate-to-high risk and biochemical recurrence. Direct result of Australian led research Peter Mac Cancer Centre ANZUP #ARTnet

The International Prostate Forum will be held on Sunday, May 15 at #AUA22 in New Orleans! Join chairs John W. Davis, MD & neal shore for this exciting ✨NEW✨ program!➡️ow.ly/gbFE50J415o

Nice in memoriam lectures provided by Kara Babaian and Daniel Shapiro, both former fellows MD Anderson Cancer Center and mentees of the late Christopher G. Wood He would be proud of the mark these two are making. His fellows were the most important thing to him. #AUA22 Chris Wood

📣 abstracts/registrations now open for the USANZ Victorian State Meeting 21 October. Keynote speaker ⁦Dr Samantha Pillay OAM⁩ with ⁦jeremy grummet⁩ ⁦Weranja Ranasinghe⁩ ⁦Briony Norris FRACS (Urol)⁩ ⁦Paul Anderson⁩ and more + great nurses program too surgeons.eventsair.com/usanz22/

#prostate #cancer is the MOST commonly diagnosed cancer in Australian men. We cannot remain complacent about awareness and tracking risk. ⁦PCFA⁩ Royal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) President⁩ ⁦RACGP⁩ ⁦RACSurgeons⁩ ⁦European Association of Urology (EAU)⁩ ⁦BAUS⁩ ⁦USANZ⁩ ⁦

Listen to ANZUP in Conversation - Ciara Conduit & Steve McCombie on the importance of Below the Belt grants. Congrats to the 2022 recipients: Louise Emmett Chun Loo Gan Weranja Ranasinghe & Shomik Sengupta & read more about their studies - ow.ly/BRUN50K8cfu ow.ly/iKoH50K8cft

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Thank you Brian F. Chapin. Thrilled to have our ductal prostate ca work funded by DOD! Testament to the amazing mentorship and support by Drs Brian F. Chapin, Gail Risbridger, Nora Navone, Tim Thompson, Patricia Troncoso, Renea Taylor, Mitch Lawrence & Mark Frydenberg AM. Monash University Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute

Renal Cancer Kidney Trial in the Media. An Australian patient has become the first person outside of the US to trial a ground-breaking treatment for kidney cancer. USANZ Member Weranja Ranasinghe Ranasinghe was recently interviewed by the ABC about this trial bit.ly/ABCKidneyTrial

Important edition from ⁦⁦RACGP⁩ journal with focus on #ProstateCancer ⁦USANZ⁩ ⁦Helen OConnell AO⁩ ⁦Mark Frydenberg AM⁩ ⁦Damien Bolton⁩ ⁩ ⁦The Daffodil Centre⁩ ⁦PCFA⁩ ⁦@PCFNZ⁩ ⁦Targeting Cancer⁩ www1.racgp.org.au/ajgp/2023/march

Current PSA guidelines aren't fit for purpose • The Medical Republic ⁦RACGP⁩ ⁦USANZ⁩ ⁦Weranja Ranasinghe⁩ ⁦Helen OConnell AO⁩ ⁦Kamran Zargar⁩ ⁦Damien Bolton⁩ ⁦Professor Henry Woo⁩ ⁦Mark Frydenberg AM⁩ medicalrepublic.com.au/current-psa-gu…

Any SIU-Urology attendees who want to meet in Istanbul to discuss the MD Anderson Cancer Center Society of Urologic Oncology fellowship please DM me and we can schedule a time We have a robust training program and open to international graduates who qualify Alberto Martini Wei Shen Tan Weranja Ranasinghe Saad Aldousari

Did the Lap nephrectomy for the first Napster trial patient post SABR for high risk ccRCC at Monash Health. Planes were not too bad- just over an hour operative time. Thanks Peter Mac Cancer Centre Shankar Siva and Mohammed Ali for the collaboration!

Special lecture from Karim Kader UCSD Urology The David Swanson MD Anderson Cancer Center distinguished alumnus The 4L’s; Life, Love, Learning, and Legacy Remembering Christopher G. Wood and his fellowship time. Focusing on mentorship, friendship + family Touching moments #oncsurgery

SPOTLIGHT: Bladder-sparing Therapy for Bacillus Calmette-Guérin–unresponsive Non–muscle-invasive Bladder Cancer: International Bladder Cancer Group Recommendations for Optimal Sequencing and Patient Selection by Roger Li et al Read the full article here: