TGH: MGR: “Prostate Cancer: Who to Treat, When to Treat and How to Treat?”

          Wednesday, December 7, 2011

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Toronto General Hospital 

Eaton Wing, Ground Floor, Room #025/026

 

Videoconferenced to:

 

Toronto Western Hospital – Main Auditorium, 2 West Wing, Room #401

Mount Sinai Hospital – Auditorium, 18^th Floor

 

 “Prostate Cancer:  Who to Treat, When to Treat

and How to Treat?”

 

       SPEAKERS:         Dr. Girish Kulkarni  

                                           Division of Urology, UHN

         Dr. Theo Van Der Kwast

         Department of Pathology, UHN/MSH

         Dr. Peter W. Chung

         Department of Radiation Oncology, UHN

         Dr. Kala Sridhar

         Division of Medical Oncology, UHN   

 

       LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 

       1. To understand issues around PSA screening and role of surgery in the management of localized

           prostate cancer.

       2. To understand pathology of prostate cancer including Gleason score, Margins.

       3. To understand the role of radiation therapy in the management of prostate cancer in the

           postoperative setting.

       4. To understand the current management of advanced prostate cancer and future directions.