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Extra Credit Educational Sessions & Hands-on Course

Educational Sessions & Hands on Course

Time: 07:00 – 07:45

Location: TCU Place | Gallery CD (Main Level)

Hot breakfast: 06:45

Moderator & Speakers:

Objectives:

By participating in this learning program, health care providers can expect to:

  • Understand the current advanced RCC treatment landscape in Canada,including evolving treatment guidelines and gaps in patient care.
  • Better understand evolving treatment sequencing patterns in mRCC, with a focus on optimizing first-line therapy selection based on individual patient and disease characteristics.

Sponsor:

Time: 08:00 – 08:50

Location: TCU Place | Gallery CD (Main Level)

Hot Breakfast: 07:45

Speakers:

Objectives:

By participating in this learning program, health care providers can expect to:

  • Evaluate and incorporate the latest clinical evidence in the diagnosis, staging, and perioperative management of muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC).
  • Identify, monitor, and manage treatment-related adverse events associated with contemporary MIBC therapies to improve patient outcomes and quality of life.
  • Describe the roles and coordination of the multidisciplinary team in optimizing the MIBC patient journey, from diagnosis through treatment.
Sponsor:

Time: 16:15 – 17:05

Location: TCU Place | Gallery CD (Main Level)

Speakers:

Objectives:

By participating in this learning program, health care providers can expect to:

  • Understand why timing matters in referral
    Describe how delays in patient identification, imaging planning, and referral in mCRPC can limit access to radioligand therapy and reduce future treatment options.
  • Identify which patients should be referred
    Differentiate between patients requiring immediate referral and those who benefit from early referral planning based on disease stage, prior therapies, and anticipated progression.
  • Apply a practical referral approach
    Implement a structured, proactive referral strategy that supports coordination with specialized centers, timely imaging, and multidisciplinary alignment.
Sponsor:
Novartis Logo

Time: 11:50 – 12:40

Location: TCU Place | Gallery CD (Main Level)

Lunch will be served

Speakers:

Objectives:

By participating in this learning program, health care providers can expect to:

  • Identify clinical considerations to optimize outcomes for patients with high-risk, BCG-unresponsive NMIBC in routine practice.
  • Balance data-driven decision-making with patient preferences in an evolving treatment landscape.
    Understand the gap between real-world practice and guideline recommendations, and the impact of this gap on patient outcomes.
Sponsor:
Novartis Logo
 

Time: 7:00 – 7:40

Location: TCU Place | Salon AB (Upper Level)

15:25 – 16:15

Speakers:

Objectives:

By participating in this learning program, health care providers can expect to:

  • Apply real-world evidence to optimize systemic therapy for mCSPC, including timely treatment intensification, appropriate referrals and testing, and routine safety and adherence management.
  • Recognize the importance of proactive treatment approaches in reducing therapeutic inertia and supporting coordinated care across urology and oncology.
  • Describe how clinical guidelines inform the management of mCSPC, including treatment
    intensification strategies.
Sponsor:

Time: 18:00 – 19:30

Location: TCU Place | Centennial Hall A (Lower Level)

Hot dinner will be served

Speakers:

 

Objectives:

By participating in this learning program, health care providers can expect to:

  • Re-evaluate advanced diagnostic and risk stratification modalities in NMIBC
  • Discuss patient selection criteria for bladder-sparing therapies in high-risk NMIBC
  • Apply best practices for the administration and follow-up of approved intravesical bladder-sparing treatments in Canada
Sponsor:
Novartis Logo
 
Saturday, June 28, 2024 || 7:40 – 10:40 ET || GOVERNOR GENERAL 1-2 | LEVEL 4 | The Westin Ottawa

Bayer – CUASF – CUOG Prostate Pitch Research Award in Prostate Cancer – Presentations will be made after the educational session from 11:30 am – 12:00 pm

Earn extra Section 1 Group Learning Credits by participating in the following educational sessions.  Attendance is complimentary, but RSVP is required!

You must be registered to the CUA2026 Meeting to attend these sessions. To add them to your profile, SIGN IN to the registration portal, click on the button “Register for CUA Annual Meeting 2026” to proceed to the Products page → Add the free sessions to your cart → Add a dot [.] under billing details and check out.

Questions? Contact registration@cua.org.