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Highlights of the Post-ASCO Genitourinary regional tour 2019

BJMO - volume 13, issue 3, may 2019

T. Feys MBA, MSc, J. Beekwilder PhD

SUMMARY

The 2019 annual American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Genitourinary Cancers Symposium was held from February 14-16 in San Francisco. The Belgian Multidisciplinary Meeting on Urological Cancers (BMUC) organised a post-ASCO GU regional tour during which the highlights of the 2019 ASCO GU meeting were discussed. This tour featured four different meetings in four locations in Belgium: Namur, Ghent, Nivelles and Paal. This summary will specifically report on the meeting held in Ghent during which prof. dr Piet Ost (Ghent University Hospital) and prof. dr Sylvie Rottey (Ghent University Hospital) gave a summary of the most important advances in the treatment of prostate, bladder and renal cancer.

(BELG J MED ONCOL 2019;13(3):109–114)

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