Intrigued by reduction in local symptoms with RT in PEACE-1. will be interesting to see how prostatectomy impacts this in #S1802 and of course whether OS could be improved with cytoreductive surgery though RT did not #ASCO23 - please support SWOG trial

Congrats Fed Ghali on graduation from UW Urology SUO Urologic Oncology Fellowship! Wishing you the best in your next chapter as faculty Yale School of Medicine Urology. Sarah P. Psutka MD MS Yaw Nyame George R Schade Betsy Koehne Atreya Dash John Gore, Jonathan Wright, Bill Ellis

At fantastic PCF Science meeting, hearing pearls of wisdom on wellness from Todd 〽️ Morgan, MD Phil Kantoff Alicia Morgans, MD, MPH Zach Klaassen and Elizabeth Heath.

Seeking applicants to join faculty UW Urology urologic oncology division. University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center has multidisciplinary team of clinicians and investigators with team science approach! Interested? See apply.interfolio.com/128787 Sarah P. Psutka MD MS Yaw Nyame George R Schade Claire de la Calle Institute for Prostate Cancer Research

BACPAC Symposium is happening now

In my opinion, an important but often overlooked recommendation is to inform patients BEFORE a prostate biopsy is even done, there is a good chance that if cancer is found, it may be followed with Active Surveillance—it is not a death sentence! #WSAUA23 Western Section AUA

We're pleased to announce the hiring of Lawrence Fong MD as the scientific director of our Immunotherapy Integrated Research Center (IIRC). Starting in July 2024, Fong will lead efforts to scale up Fred Hutch's solid tumor #immunotherapy research. bit.ly/3rRgzFm

📣Society of Urologic Oncology applicants attending the Winter meeting in DC - you are invited to join the UW Urology Uro Onc team for a happy hour on Tuesday 11/28! 🍻 📩 DM me for details! Sarah P. Psutka MD MS Daniel Lin Yaw Nyame Jonathan L Wright George R Schade Claire de la Calle Meera Chappidi Alex Zhu Fed Ghali @DrPFili

Congratulations to the early-career investigators who were chosen by the Urology Care Foundation (UCF) and the Amer. Urol. Assn. (AUA) to receive funding for the 2023 Research Scholar Award, sponsored by SUO! Full details here: acrobat.adobe.com/link/track?uri…

So proud of my colleagues Heather H. Cheng Daniel Lin et al. for the important PATROL study of prostate Ca screening for people with germline mutation! Claire de la Calle Yaw Nyame Sarah P. Psutka MD MS Alexandra Sokolova Jonathan L Wright OncoAlert UW Urology Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Dr. Tom Lynch Ramesh Rengan Dr. Bishoy M. Faltas

S2210 is a study for people with #prostatecancer who have an inherited BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation. It tests treatment before surgery using the #chemo drug carboplatin. Learn more at SWOG.org/S2210. Or call 1-800-4-CANCER. Ask about S2210. #pcsm #urology

Fantastic to work with Jonathan L Wright Sarah P. Psutka MD MS Hsieh Lab Gavin Ha Jessica Hawley MD MS Hiba Khan MD MPH Ruben Raychaudhuri Daniel Lin Yaw Nyame George R Schade Claire de la Calle Dr. Tom Lynch Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Rahul Banerjee, MD, FACP Shailender Bhatia, MD Mazyar Shadman, MD MPH Namrata Singh et al. We did this video for Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network

National Cancer Institute is excited to announce & congratulate the 2024 cohort of awardees for the Early-Stage Surgeon Scientist Program (ESSP)! ESSP is designed to train surgeon scientists & retain them in cancer research: go.nih.gov/ckRsJh1 Martha Zeiger MD Lindsay Demblowski Oliver Bogler Nastaran Zahir, PhD

Yay Claire de la Calle !!! Amazing news for such an incredible surgeon-scientist and mentor! 🤩💕

We're thrilled to congratulate Claire de la Calle on securing the NCI Early-Stage Surgeon Scientist Program (ESSP) grant! Your dedication to advancing cancer research is inspiring, and we look forward to seeing the impactful contributions you'll continue to make!

Just out in JAMA: Long-term outcomes of prostate cancer AS in PASS. Since 2008: ➡️2,155 patients with median 7.2 year f/u. ➡️21 patients have developed metastatic disease ➡️3 prostate cancer-related deaths jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/… Track each patient 👇

Congrats to amazing Steven Blinka Meera Chappidi for ASCO YIA & their amazing mentors Hsieh Lab Daniel Lin We are proud UW Urology Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Dr. Tom Lynch Steve & Meera: brilliant, kind, hard working! OncoAlert Jessica Hawley MD MS Sarah P. Psutka MD MS Yaw Nyame Claire de la Calle Rahul Banerjee, MD, FACP

We are beyond thrilled to welcome Tiwa Akinsola, MD MS to UW Urology for our Society of Urologic Oncology fellowship! Daniel Lin Jonathan L Wright Yaw Nyame Claire de la Calle #JohnGore George R Schade #BillEllis Betsy Koehne Meera Chappidi

Amazing GU program retreat Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center UW Urology with stellar colleagues, rapid growth to meet needs for exceptional patient care, research, education, DEI, outreach! Daniel Lin Sarah P. Psutka MD MS Jessica Hawley MD MS Hiba Khan MD MPH Hsieh Lab Emily S Weg Jonathan L Wright Dr. Tom Lynch Yaw Nyame

The 5k Team Institute for Prostate Cancer Research brought their A game today - spirit, teamwork, and hope for cures! Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Obliteride 🏆🎉🫶🏻 Daniel Lin Yaw Nyame Ruben Raychaudhuri Hiba Khan MD MPH also Drs. Cheng, Schweizer, and Yu! Missed Petros Grivas last night!