Uro-Onco 2025 Programme

Please see the Uro-Onco 2025 programme below, a PDF copy is also available for download

Programme

02 - 03 August

Saturday - Uro-Onco 2025

Saturday, 2 Aug

Day 1

08:00 - 09:30 Registration & Breakfast Banter

Session 1: Prostate Cancer

Chairs: Dr Sheynaz Bassa & Dr Lance Coetzee

09:30 - 11:10

09:30 - 09:55 When Surgery is Recommended vs Radiation Therapy

Prof Christian Schwentner
09:55 - 10:20 Prostate Pathology Prognosticators: From Morphology to Molecular

Dr Simon Nayler
10:20 - 10:45 Genetic Testing in Prostate Cancer - Who, When & Why?

Dr Chantelle Scott
10:45 - 11:10 Systemic Sequencing: How do we Choose Therapies?

Dr Jill Harris
11:10 - 11:40 Refreshments

Session 2: Bladder Cancer - Primary

Chairs: Dr James Urry & Dr Devan Moodley

11:40 - 13:20

11:40 - 12:05 Surgery vs Neo-Adjuvant Systemic Therapy - How do we Decide?

Prof Shingai Mutambirwa
12:05 - 12:30 Bladder Conservation Strategies

Dr Stephen Cornish
12:30 - 12:55 Systemic Therapy in Bladder Cancer

Dr Devan Moodley
12:55 - 13:20 Radio Diagnostics within Bladder Cancer

Prof Mike Sathekge
13:20 - 14:20 Lunch

Session 3: MDT

Chairs: Prof Georgia Demetriou & Dr Ingo De Meulenaere

14:20 - 17:00

14:20 - 17:00 Case Study's: Benefits of an MDT

Dr Trevino Ridgard
Dr Kadima Tshimanga
Dr Sohan Pinto
Dr Nick Brits
17:00 - 20:00 Casual networking dinner

Sunday - Uro-Onco 2025

Sunday 3 Aug

Day 2

08:00 - 09:30 Arrival - Grab & Go

Session 4: Renal Cancer

Chair: Dr Wilhelm van Zijl & Dr Sean Doherty

09:30 - 11:15

09:30 -09:55 Local Therapies for Renal Carcinoma

Prof Lisa Kaestner
09:55 -10:20 Open vs Laprascopic vs Robotic Surgery

Dr James Urry
10:20 - 10:45 Advances in Systemic Renal Carcinoma Management

Prof Manuela Schmidinger
10:45 - 11:10 Liquid Biopsies in renal Carcinomas

Dr Chris Maske
11:10 - 11:40 Refreshments

Session 5:

Chair: Dr Stephen Cornish & Dr Prinitha Pillay

11:45 - 12:10

11:45 - 12:10 Future of Uro - Onco in the Next 25 Years

Dr Patrick Soon-Shiong

Session 6: Ethics

Chairs: Dr Stephen Cornish & Dr Prinitha Pillay

12:10 - 13:30

12:10 - 13:10 Ethical Considerations Within an MDT

Dr Diana Pillay
13:10 - 13:30 Closing - The JAUC and the vision for the academic practice

Dr Stephen Cornish & Dr James Urry

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Get to Know

The Speakers

Headshot of Prof Shingai Mutambirwa

Prof Shingai Mutambirwa

Specialist Urologist
Headshot of Dr Jill Harris

Dr Jill Harris

Specialist Oncologist
Headshot of Dr Chantelle Scott

Dr Chantelle Scott

Genetic Councellor
Headshot of Dr James Urry

Dr James Urry

Specialist Urologist and Robotic Surgeon

Venue

NH Johannesburg

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Johannesburg

The 2025 Uro-Onco Congress will be held at the upmarket business resort situated in Sandton, NH Johannesburg.

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