Controversies in Urology: Localized Kidney Cancer - Diagnostic and Treatment Dilemmas

Co-Chair(s)

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  Gonzalo Vitagliano

  Head of Uro-Oncology
  Hospital Alemán of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Presentations:

• 11:15 CET

  Module 1 – Imaging
• 11:15 - 11:25 CET

  Imaging in localized renal cancer where are we in 2026 ?
  

  Speaker: Ali Thwaini – Mediclinic
• 11:25 - 11:35 CET

  Surgical navigation, VR and AR
  
• 11:35 CET

  Module 2 – Crossfire – Current Role of biopsy
• 11:35 - 11:55 CET

  Case based crossfire / 3 cases regarding the role of kidney biopsy
  

  Speaker: Stephen Culp
• 11:55 CET

  Module 3 – Case presentation – 3 cm small renal mass on healthy young male
• 11:55 - 12:05 CET

  Active surveillance vs Partial nephrectomy
  

  Speaker: Ofer Yossepowitch – Tel Aviv Sourasky University Medical Center (Ichilov), Tel Aviv, Israel
• 12:05 CET

  Case presentation – 4 cm renal mass, multiple comorbidities, poor surgical candidate
• 12:05 - 12:15 CET

  SBRT vs ablative therapies vs AS
  
• 12:15 CET

  Module 4 – Surgical Arena – Commented videos
• 12:15 - 12:25 CET

  Minimally invasive PN in complex cases (lap and robotic)
  
• 12:25 - 12:35 CET

  Moving Forward by going Retro and single port
  

  Speaker: Steven L. Chang – Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
• 12:35 CET

  Module 5 – Training
• 12:35 - 12:45 CET

  Surgical training for minimally invasive partial nephrectomy
  

  Speaker: Gonzalo Vitagliano – Hospital Alemán of Buenos Aires