Final Programme

Postgraduate Educational Programme
08:30 - 10:00 Room B
What I Should Know About Imaging for Staging Cancer
CC 916
Primary tumor staging (3): Urological cancers
Moderator: R. Pozzi-Mucelli; Verona/IT
A-203 08:30
A. Kidney
U.G. Müller-Lisse; Munich/DE
Learning Objectives:
1. To learn staging classifi cations for renal cell carcinoma and their respective implications for patient
management.
2. To learn staging classifi cations for primary renal transitional cell carcinoma and their respective
implications for patient management.
3. To understand the role of imaging in staging renal cell carcinoma and transitional cell carcinoma and
preferred imaging technique.
4. To understand pitfalls and limitations of imaging in staging renal cell carcinoma and transitional cell
carcinoma.
A-204 09:15
B. Prostate
H. Hricak; New York, NY/US
Learning Objectives:
1. To review the epidemiology and clinical relevance of imaging in prostate cancer.
2. To review MR imaging fi ndings in the staging of prostate cancer.
3. To learn the applications, advantages and limitations of spectroscopic imaging in prostate cancer.
4. To learn to combine MR imaging and spectroscopic imaging information in the evaluation of prostate
cancer.
08:30 - 10:00 Room C
New Horizons Session
NH 9
Imaging the kidneys: The future is function!
Moderator: S.O. Schönberg; Munich/DE
A-205 08:30
Imaging the kidneys: The future is function! (Introduction)
S.O. Schönberg; Munich/DE
Session Objectives:
1. To understand the strengths and weaknesses of the different imaging modalities for functional renal
imaging.
2. To learn about the different morphological and functional imaging techniques to characterise renovascular
and renoparenchymal disease.
3. To realise the current controversies for patient selection and response assessment after interventional
therapy.
4. To design a diagnostic algorithm for an optimised pre-interventional imaging.
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