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Friday, June 8th 2018

Use of Conservative Management for Low-Risk Prostate Cancer

https://www.urotoday.com/video-lectures/prostate-cancer/video/970-embedded-media2018-06-14-16-15-42.html


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Tuesday, June 5th 2018

Loeb S, Byrne N, Makarov DV, Lepor H, Walter D. “Use of Conservative Management for Low-Risk Prostate Cancer in the Veterans Affairs Integrated Health Care System From 2005-2015.” JAMA. 2018 Jun 5; 319(21):2231-2233. PMID: 29800017 Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29800017 In the U.S. Veterans Affairs healthcare system, we found a substantial increase in the use of conservative management… Read More


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Tuesday, May 22nd 2018

Loeb S, Taneja S, Walter D, Zweifach S, Byrne N. “Crowd-Funding for Prostate Cancer and Breast Cancer. “ BJU International. 2018 May 22. PMID: 29786946 Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29786946


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Friday, May 18th 2018

American Urological Association 2018 Meeting

San Francisco, CA.  May 18-22, 2018 Lecture topic: Optimizing Technique and Selection for Prostate Biopsy, Prostate Cancer Press Conferences, Prostate Cancer Updates Course Category: Prostate Cancer


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Wednesday, May 16th 2018

LA Live Advanced Robotic & Open Surgery Symposium

Los Angeles, CA.  May 16-17, 2018 Lecture topic: Active surveillance for prostate cancer, Live surgery panel Category: Prostate Cancer


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Sunday, April 15th 2018

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Loeb S, Curnyn C, Walter D, Fagerlin A, Siebert U, Mühlberger N, Braithwaite RS, Schwartz MD, Lepor H, Sedlander E.  “Health state utilities among contemporary prostate cancer patients on active surveillance.” Translational Andrology and Urology. 2018 Apr; 7(2):197-202. PMID: 29732277. Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29732277


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Thursday, April 12th 2018

Surgery in the 3rd Millenium: The Future is Female

Milan, Italy  . April 12-13, 2018 Lecture Topic: Active surveillance for prostate cancer Category: Prostate Cancer


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Wednesday, April 11th 2018

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Loeb S, Katz MS, Langford A, Byrne N, Ciprut S. “Prostate Cancer and Social Media.” Nature Reviews Urology 2018 Apr 11. PMID: 29643501. Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29643501  


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Sunday, April 8th 2018

Loeb S, Curnyn C, Walter D, Fagerlin A, Siebert U, Mühlberger N, Braithwaite RS, Schwartz MD, Lepor H, Sedlander E. “Health state utilities among contemporary prostate cancer patients on active surveillance.” Translational Andrology and Urology. 2018 Apr; 7(2):197-202. PMID: 29732277. Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29732277


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Sunday, April 8th 2018

Loeb S, Katz MS, Langford A, Byrne N, Ciprut S.  “Prostate Cancer and Social Media.” Nature Reviews Urology 2018 Apr 11. PMID: 29643501.     Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29643501


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Wednesday, February 28th 2018

Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award

12/16-12/19 #ProstateCancer Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluation of Digital Media and Other Communications to Improve Prostate Cancer Advocacy, Research and Management The goal of this study is to examine prostate cancer digital media and communications.


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Wednesday, February 28th 2018

Other awards and honors

2021 American Urological Association Gold Cystoscope Award 2020 British Journal of Urology International Star Reviewer Bronze Award 2020 Honorary Doctorate (PhD h.c.), Uppsala University (Sweden) 2019 British Journal of Urology International Award, Best Social Media Paper 2019 European Urology Twitter Prize: Top Influencer at European Association of Urology Meeting 2018 Social Media Impact Award from… Read More


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Wednesday, February 28th 2018

National Institutes of Health K07 Career Development Award

9/13-9/18 Optimal Strategy for Conservative Management of Prostate Cancer The goal of this Career Development Award is to compare alternative approaches to active surveillance using a Markov model and to design tools to improve active surveillance.


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Wednesday, February 28th 2018

New York State Department of Health

11/15-10/17 Prostate Cancer Treatment: Trends and Outcomes Among US Veterans The goal of this project is to examine prostate cancer treatment trends and outcomes in the US veteran population.


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Friday, February 16th 2018

USANZ New Zealand Section

Tauranga, New Zealand . October 11-13, 2017 Lecture Topic: Localized prostate cancer update, active surveillance, prostate cancer markers, social media Category: prostate cancer, social media


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Friday, February 16th 2018

Association of Academic European Urologists (AAEU)

Dresden, Germany . December 15-16, 2017 Lecture Topic: Active surveillance for prostate cancer Category: Prostate Cancer


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Friday, February 16th 2018

3rd Annual USC L.A. Live Practical Urology Conference

Los Angeles, California . February 1-3, 2018 Lecture Topic:Using markers to improve selection for prostate biopsy, prostate biopsy complications Category: Prostate Cancer


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Thursday, February 15th 2018

Dr. Loeb on Determining Beneficial Test Options for Prostate Cancer (published July 2017)

OncLive: Dr. Loeb on Determining Beneficial Test Options for Prostate Cancer (published July 2017)


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Thursday, February 15th 2018

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Loeb S, Tosoian JJ.  “Biomarkers in Active Surveillance.”  Translational Andrology and Urology 2018 Feb; 7(1):155-159. PMID: 29594029. Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29594029


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Thursday, February 8th 2018

Loeb S, Tosoian JJ.  “Biomarkers in Active Surveillance.” Translational Andrology and Urology 2018 Feb; 7(1):155-159. PMID: 29594029.     Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29594029


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Saturday, January 20th 2018

Society of Women in Urology

Las Vegas, Nevada. January 19-21, 2018 Lecture Topic: Genomic markers for prostate cancer, social media Category: Prostate Cancer, Social Media


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Monday, January 15th 2018

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Loeb S.  “Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer.”  Reviews in Urology 2018; 20: 101-103. PMID: 30288148. Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30288148


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Sunday, January 7th 2018

FELDSTEIN MEDICAL FOUNDATION GRANT

9/18-9/19 Educational Intervention on Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer The goal of this project is to create educational modules for physicians on active surveillance for prostate cancer.


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Wednesday, December 6th 2017

Punnen S, Freedland SJ, Polascik TJ, Loeb S, Risk MC, Savage S, Mathur SC, Uchio E, Dong Y, Silberstein JL. ” A Multi-institutional Prospective Trial in the Veterans Affairs Health System confirms the 4Kscore maintains its Predictive value among African American Men.” Journal of Urology 2017, epub Dec 6. PMID: 29223389 Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29223389


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Wednesday, November 29th 2017

Spratt DE, Zhang J, Santiago-Jiménez M, Dess RT, Davis JW, Den RB, Dicker AP, Kane CJ, Pollack A, Stoyanova R, Abdollah F, Ross AE, Cole A, Uchio E, Randall JM, Nguyen H, Zhao SG, Mehra R, Glass AG, Lam LLC, Chelliserry J, du Plessis M, Choeurng V, Aranes M, Kolisnik T, Margrave J, Alter J,… Read More


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Friday, November 17th 2017

Loeb S.  ” Active Surveillance Offers Functional Advantages Without Impacting Survival for Low-risk Prostate Cancer.” European Urology. 2017 Nov 20. PMID: 29169932 Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29169932


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Friday, November 17th 2017

Spratt DE, Zhang J, Santiago-Jiménez M, Dess RT, Davis JW, Den RB, Dicker AP, Kane CJ, Pollack A, Stoyanova R, Abdollah F, Ross AE, Cole A, Uchio E, Randall JM, Nguyen H, Zhao SG, Mehra R, Glass AG, Lam LLC, Chelliserry J, du Plessis M, Choeurng V, Aranes M, Kolisnik T, Margrave J, Alter J,… Read More


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Friday, November 17th 2017

Chairman’s Rounds at Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, Maryland. November 16, 2017 Lecture Topic: Update on active surveillance and dissemination of knowledge in urology Category: prostate cancer, social media, dissemination and implementation science (D&I)


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Wednesday, November 15th 2017

Loeb S. “Educational intervention in prostate cancer.” BJU International 2017 Nov; 120(5B):E3. PMID: 29105995 Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29105995


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Wednesday, November 15th 2017

Loeb S, Dani H.  “Whom to Biopsy: Prediagnostic Risk Stratification with Biomarkers, Nomograms, and Risk Calculators.” Urol Clin North Am. 2017 Nov; 44(4):517-524. PMID: 29107268     Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29107268


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Saturday, November 4th 2017

World Congress of Endourology 2016

Capetown, South Africa. November 8-12, 2016 Lecture topic: Social media in urology Category: Social Media


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Saturday, November 4th 2017

European Association of Urology 2017 Congress

London, England. 2017 Lecture topic: Social Media Category: Social Media


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Saturday, November 4th 2017

PROSCA 2017

Lisbon, Portugal. June 28-30, 2017 Lecture topics: Screening for prostate cancer: where do we stand? Category: Prostate Cancer


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Saturday, November 4th 2017

Astellas Prostate Cancer Meeting

Hobart, Australia. April 8, 2017 Lecture topic: Markers and Prostate Cancer Screening Category: Prostate Cancer


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Saturday, November 4th 2017

Astellas Prostate Cancer Meeting

Melbourne, Australia. April 7, 2017 Topic: Markers and Prostate Cancer Screening Category: Prostate Cancer


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Saturday, November 4th 2017

Astellas Prostate Cancer Meeting

Sydney, Australia. April 5-6, 2017 Topic: Markers and Prostate Cancer Screening Category: Prostate Cancer


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Saturday, November 4th 2017

Astellas Prostate Cancer Meeting

Adelaide, Australia. April 4, 2017 Topic: Markers and Prostate Cancer Screening Category: Prostate Cancer


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Saturday, November 4th 2017

Astellas Prostate Cancer Meeting

Brisbane, Australia. April 3, 2017 Topic: Markers and Prostate Cancer Screening Category: Prostate Cancer


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Saturday, November 4th 2017

Heinrich Warner Symposium

Hamburgo, Germany. June 23-24, 2017 Lecture Topic: Clinical Use of Markers in Localized Prostate Cancer Category: Prostate Cancer


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Saturday, November 4th 2017

Canadian Urological Association 2017 Meeting

Toronto, Canada- June 24-27, 2017 Lecture topics: Optimizing Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer, Serum and Urine Markers to Select Patient for Initial and Repeat Prostate Biopsy Category: Prostate cancer


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