Prof. Dr. Shahrokh F. Shariat, Chair of the Department of Urology at the Medical University of Vienna, cordially invites you to the event Controversies in Genitourinary Oncology.
The meeting will address controversially discussed issues in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate, kidney, and bladder cancers. Leading international experts will present the latest scientific evidence, current guideline developments, and practical treatment strategies.
The event provides a platform for interdisciplinary exchange and high-level scientific dialogue.
- Shahrokh Shariat, Vienna
Best of GU ASCO/EAU/AUA 2026
Chairs: Veeru Kasivisvanathan (London), Tom Powles (London), Mesut Remzi (Vienna)
- 12:45 – 13:00 Prostate Cancer
Pawel Rajwa, London - 13:00 – 13:15 Bladder Cancer
Stephan Brönimann, Vienna - 13:15 – 13:30 Kidney Cancer
Irene Hübner-Resch, Vienna - 13:30 – 13:45 Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma (UTUC)
Mohammad Abufaraj, Amman - 13:45 – 14:00 Penile & Testis Cancer
Renate Pichler, Innsbruck
Chairs: Harun Fajkovic (St. Pölten), Tom Powles (London), Eva Comperat (Vienna)
- 14:00 – 14:20 Curing bladder cancer: next steps
Tom Powles, London
Case 1:
- 14:20 – 14:25 High-risk NMIBC T1e CIS 10% micropapillary LVI + with reTURBT CIS
Ekaterina Laukhtina, Vienna - 14:25 – 14:30 BCG + maintenance + CPI
Dora Niedersüss-Beke, Vienna - 14:30 – 14:35 BCG + maintenance
David D'Andrea, Vienna - 14:35 – 14:40 Discussion & Re-voting
Ekaterina Laukhtina, Vienna
Case 2:
- 14:40 – 14:45 Clinical complete response after neoadjuvant EV/P (MRI, cystoscopy, CT & cytology normal)
Katharina Oberneder, Vienna - 14:45 – 14:50 Radical cystectomy
Johannes Breyer, Regensburg - 14:50 – 14:55 Bladder-sparing
Angelika Terbuch, Graz - 14:55 – 15:00 Discussion & Re-voting
Katharina Oberneder, Vienna
Chairs: Jongi Chun (Frankfurt), Veeru Kasivisvanathan (London),
Lukas Lusuardi (Salzburg)
- 15:30 – 15:50 Keynote lecture
Veeru Kasivisvanathan, London
Case 1:
- 15:50 – 15:55 Best imaging for abnormal PSA in a PCa screening program
Stephan Korn, Vienna - 15:55 – 16:00 BI-parametric MRI
Nicolai Hübner, Vienna - 16:00 – 16:05 Micro-ultrasound
Ferdinand Luger, Linz - 16:05 – 16:10 Discussion & Re-voting
Stephan Korn, Vienna
Case 2:
- 16:10 – 16:15 de novo mHSPC with intermediate metastatic tumor burden
Heidemarie Ofner, Vienna - 16:15 – 16:20 ADT ARPI
Thomas Höfner, Linz - 16:20 – 16:25 Triple therapy
Gero Kramer, Vienna - 16:25 – 16:30 Discussion & Re-voting
Heidemarie Ofner, Vienna
Potpourri
Chairs: Walter Berger (Vienna), Tom Powles (London), Sascha Ahyai (Graz)
- 17:00 – 17:15 “Aiming at the heart - but having hit the prostate“ how robotic prostate cancer surgery started- a medical milestone
Jongi Chun, Frankfurt - 17:15 – 17:30 Therapy response prediction using imaging (e.g.)
Philipp Seeböck, Vienna - 17:30 – 17:45 Nectin-4 in Urothelial Carcinoma, Resistance Mechanisms, and Translational Perspectives
Bernhard Englinger, Vienna - 17:45 – 18:00 State of art liquid biopsy analysis (e.g.)
Ellen Heitzer, Graz - 18:00 – 18:15 TBA
Tanja Stamm, Vienna - 18:15 – 18:30 Chemical screening for target-specific modulators and ex vivo phenotypic responses
Stefan Kubicek, Vienna
- Lectures in English
Registration
Attendance: free of charge
This event will be accredited with DFP points by the Austrian Medical Chamber.
Site Map
How to Get There
Only a 5-minute walk from AKH Vienna, the University Campus, and Schottentor.
Public Transportation
(information and route planner: Wiener Linien)
Subway: U2, U6
Tram: D, 1, 5, 33, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 71
Contact
Gabriele SlabyUniversitätsklinik für Urologie
Währinger Gürtel 18-20
1090 Wien
E-Mail: gabriele.slaby@meduniwien.ac.at
T: +43 (0)1 40400-54785