The American School of Oncology™

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Targeted Audience
This e-learning activity is intended for urologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, surgeons, and other healthcare providers involved or interested in management of renal, bladder, and prostate cancer.

Overview
This online activity is the video representation of The US Perspectives in Urologic Oncology meeting that was held in September of this year. This meeting was developed with the endeavor of bridging significant gaps in physician knowledge regarding screening, imaging, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and management through surgical strategies and systemic therapies of malignant urologic conditions. The educational format is a combination of didactic sessions and highly interactive case presentations in bladder, renal, and prostate cancer management.

Objectives
After viewing this activity, the participant will be able to:

  1. Describe the newest trends in imaging and use of prognostic markers for renal, bladder, and
    prostate cancers
  2. Implement state-of-the-art surgical advancements in renal, bladder, and prostate cancers
  3. Evaluate novel treatment strategies and newly approved agents for renal, bladder, and prostate cancers
  4. Improve case management between the urologist and medical/radiation/surgical oncologist in renal, bladder, and prostate cancers
  5. Apply contemporary chemotherapy strategies for metastatic disease in renal, bladder, and prostate cancers
  6. Identify emerging therapies in a wide variety of urologic cancers

Faculty Disclosure
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ensure impartiality.

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The following indicates the faculty disclosure declaration information and the nature of those commercial relationships.

1=grant/research support  2=consultant  3=speaker’s bureau  4=stock shareholder  5=other support

William J. Catalona, MD Beckman Coulter, Inc.1
Robert Dreicer, MD, FACP Bayer Pharmaceuticals1; Celgene Corporation1; EMD Pharmaceuticals2; Eli Lilly and Company1; MERCK & CO., INC.2; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation 2; and sanofi-aventis, U.S.1,2

Raymond J. Leveillee, MD

LumaSense5,Tyco Valley Lab5
Michael A. O’Donnell, MD, FACS Anadys Pharmaceuticals2, IDM Pharma Inc.2,
Eli Lilly and Company1,2,3 Schering-Plough Corporation1,2, Viventia Biotech Inc.2
Mack Roach, III, MD AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP2, Siemens5, TAP Pharmaceuticals5
Arthur I. Sagalowsky, MD Bioniche Therapeutics2
Gary D. Steinberg, MD, FACS Vysis, Inc.1
Daniel P. Petrylak, MD Eli Lilly and Company2 and sanofi-aventis, U.S.1,2

The following speakers have reported an affiliation with the supporters of this conference:

Daniel P. Petrylak, MD Bristol-Myers Squibb1,2

The following speakers do not report any affiliation:

Inderbir S. Gill, MD

Ashish M. Kamat, MD

Charles Ryan, MD

Eric J. Small, MD

Mark S. Soloway, MD

Robert H. Weiss, MD

Laurence H. Klotz, MD

All materials are included with the permission of the authors.

All Imedex staff members who are in a position to control the content of this activity have no financial relationships with any commercial interests that are relevant to this activity.

Faculty

William J. Catalona, MD
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois

Daniel P. Petrylak, MD
Columbia University Medical
New York, New York

John J. Coen, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

Mack Roach, III, MD
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Robert Dreicer, MD, FACP
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Cleveland, Ohio

Charles Ryan, MD
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Inderbir S. Gill, MD
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio

Arthur I. Sagalowsky, MD
University of Texas, Southwestern Medical
Center of Dallas
Dallas, Texas

Ashish M. Kamat, MD
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas

Eric J. Small, MD
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California

Laurence H. Klotz, MD
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Mark S. Soloway, MD
University of Miami School of Medicine
Miami, Florida

Raymond J. Leveillee, MD
University of Miami School of Medicine
Miami, Florida

Gary D. Steinberg, MD, FACS
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Michael A. O’Donnell, MD, FACS
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

Robert H. Weiss, MD
University of California, Davis
Davis, California

Sponsorship Statement
This activity is sponsored by Imedex, LLC.

 

Accreditation Statement
Imedex, LLC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Imedex, LLC designates this educational activity for a maximum of 12.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

In order to receive credit, participants must successfully complete the post-test and complete the online evaluation form. You will receive an online CME statement of credit to print for your records.

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Unapproved and Investigational Uses of Drug and Devices
This activity may contain information about experimental and other uses of drugs or devices that are not currently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and/or other national regulatory agencies in the United States and other countries. Participants in the United States are encouraged to consult the FDA-approved product labeling for any drug or device mentioned in this program before use. Participants from other countries should consult with their respective regulatory authorities.

The opinions expressed in this activity are the opinions of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions
of Imedex.

Support
The following company has provided an unrestricted educational grant in support of this activity: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.

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  • Windows 98/NT/2000/XP or Mac OS 9/X
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The American School of Oncology™