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NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Prostate Cancer: Radical Prostatectomy – Zachary Klaassen

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In this UroToday Journal Club, Zachary Klaassen discusses the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology, specifically looking at radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer. The NCCN guideline panel states radical prostatectomy is an appropriate choice for any patient whose cancer appears to be clinically localized to the prostate. However, it is known tha...

NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Prostate Cancer 177-Lutetium PSMA (LuPSMA) Radioligand Therapy - Zachary Klaassen

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Zachary Klaassen discusses the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology, specifically focusing on the utilization of Lutetium PSMA in metastatic castration–resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients. Biographies: Zachary Klaassen, MD, MSc, Urologic Oncologist, Assistant Professor Surgery/Urology at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, G...

NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Prostate Cancer Radiation Therapy: Brachytherapy, Proton Therapy, and Radiation for Distant Metastasis - Zachary Klaassen

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In this UroToday Journal Club, Christopher Wallis and Zachary Klaassen discuss the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology, specifically looking at radiation therapy and focusing on an overview of brachytherapy, proton therapy, and radiation for distant metastasis. The NCCN Guideline Panel recommends radium-223 as a Category 1 treatment option in men w...

NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Prostate Cancer Radiation Therapy: External Beam Radiation Therapy - Zachary Klaassen

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In this UroToday Journal Club, Zachary Klaassen discusses the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology, specifically looking at radiation therapy and focusing on an overview of the role of radiotherapy, a discussion of external beam radiotherapy, and a brief discussion of stereotactic body radiation therapy. The NCCN guidelines emphasize that SBRT and I...

NCCN Guidelines 2022 - Prostate Cancer on Comparison of Treatment Options for Localized Disease + Local Therapies + Disease Monitoring - Zachary Klaassen and Chris Wallis

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This UroToday journal presented by Zachary Klaassen and Christopher J.D. Wallis discusses Version 1 2022 Prostate Cancer guidelines discussing the comparison of treatment options for localized disease followed by a discussion on local therapies and finally disease monitoring. Biographies: Christopher J.D. Wallis, MD, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Division of Urology at the University of Toront...

NCCN Guideline Review on Prostate Cancer - Epidemiology, Initial Diagnosis, and Life Expectancy of Men With Prostate Cancer: Journal Club – Christopher Wallis & Zachary Klaassen

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Christopher Wallis and Zachary Klaassen review the 2022 NCCN Clinical Practice Guideline in Oncology Prostate Cancer reviewing the epidemiology, initial diagnosis, and life expectancy of men with prostate cancer. Dr. Klaassen provides an overview of prostate cancer epidemiology, details the initial prostate cancer diagnosis, and highlights the importance of estimating life expectancy in these pati...

NCCN Guidelines on Prostate Cancer Reviewing Advanced Prostate Cancer Neuroendocrine Disease, Bone and Visceral Metastases, and Treatment Sequencing – Christopher Wallis & Zachary Klaassen

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Christopher Wallis and Zachary Klaassen review the NCCN Clinical Practice Guideline in Oncology Prostate Cancer and in this conversation the pair focuses on nuances in advanced prostate cancer, including neuroendocrine disease, bone, and visceral metastases, and treatment sequencing. In the context of bone metastases, Dr. Wallis highlights a variety of data that has been published over the last fe...

NCCN Prostate Cancer Clinical Practice Guidelines on Risk Stratification for Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer – Christopher Wallis & Zachary Klaassen

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In this UroToday Journal Club presentation Christopher Wallis and Zachary Klaassen, continue their in-depth review of the NCCN clinical practice guidelines in prostate cancer focusing on risk stratification for clinically localized disease. They focus on risk stratification for patients with prostate cancer. Dr. Christopher Wallis discusses the use of nomograms and the use of Tumor Multigene Molec...

Observation and Active Surveillance in the NCCN Prostate Cancer Guidelines- Christopher Wallis and Zachary Klaassen

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In this UroToday presentation Christopher Wallis and Zachary Klaassen, continue their discussion on the NCCN prostate cancer clinical practice guidelines in oncology focusing on observation and Active Surveillance (AS). The AS section of the NCCN Guidelines includes an introduction, the rationale, patient selection, confirmatory testing by discussion of an Active Surveillance program, as well as r...

NCCN Guidelines - Staging Evaluation and Imaging Approaches in Prostate Cancer – Christopher Wallis and Zachary Klaassen

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Christopher Wallis and Zachary Klaassen, continue their discussion on the NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology focusing on prostate cancer and the recently released and published update of these guidelines from September 2021. In this conversation the pair focus on questions relating to the initial clinical assessments, staging evaluation, and imaging approaches in prostate cancer. Biogra...