Upcoming Events
Sep 28, 2010 • 6:00PM - 8:00PM
NYAM Section on Urology Presents PSA and Prostate Cancer Detection and ChemopreventionSpeakers: Robert Djavan, MD, PhD
Prostate Cancer detection and screening have been main sources of controversy for the past 2 decades. Voices pro and con were arguing whether PSA screening would or could reduce prostate cancer mortality. Recently 2 large randomized studies, the ERSPC and the PLCO, one in Europe and one in the U.S. addressed the matter in a scientific manner and answered some of the issues raised. In addition, the validity of PSA as a detection marker has been questioned, as much as its power as a screening tool. Thus, the major topics today remain whether PSA is to be used as it was before, and whether screening has an impact on prostate cancer overall. Finally, can we do something to influence the natural history? From environmental to new drug compounds, what can we do to prevent prostate cancer in 2010 and the years to come.
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Oct 7, 2010 • 6:00PM - 7:00PM
NYAM Section on the History of Medicine and Public Health and The Heberden Society, Weill Cornell Medical Center: Medical Chaos in 1890's New York: The Case of University Medical CollegeSpeakers: Paul Kligfield, MD, FACC, FAHA Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Division of Cardiology
