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2012 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium Merit Award Winners

Nathan Sheets, MD
University of North Carolina
Comparative effectiveness of intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), proton therapy (PT), and conformal radiation therapy (CRT) in the treatment of localized prostate cancer. (Abstract #3)
Eugene Cha, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College, Department of Urology
Predicting clinical outcomes after radical nephroureterectomy for upper tract urothelial carcinoma. (Abstract #267)
Petros Grivas, MD, PhD
University of Michigan
Randomized phase II trial of maintenance sunitinib versus placebo following response to chemotherapy (CT) for patients (pts) with advanced urothelial carcinoma (UC). (Abstract #265)
Phillip Palmbos, MD, PhD
University of Michigan
ATDC as a novel oncogene in bladder cancer. (Abstract #269)
Michael Rink, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
Influence of preoperatively detected circulating tumor cells on the outcome of patients with urothelial carcinoma of the bladder treated with radical cystectomy. (Abstract #268)
Xueying Mao, MS
Queen Mary University of London
The different genetic alterations between Western and Chinese prostate cancers and the underlying mechanisms. (Abstract #184).
Phillip Gray, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Bowel and bladder toxicity patterns in patients with prostate cancer treated with proton beam versus intensity-modulated radiation therapy. (Abstract #22)
Mark Jesus Magbanua, PhD
University of California San Francisco
Physical activity and prostate gene expression in men with low-risk prostate cancer. (Abstract #189)
Christopher Hallemeier, MD
Mayo Clinic
Long-term outcomes of radiotherapy for stage II testicular seminoma: The Mayo Clinic experience. (Abstract #327)
Kenneth Nepple, MD
Washington University School of Medicine
Impact of different definitions of high-risk prostate cancer on survival after radical prostatectomy. (Abstract #113)
David Margel, MD
University of Toronto
Impact of multiparametric endorectal coil prostate MRI on disease reclassification among active surveillance candidates: A prospective cohort study. (Abstract #30)
Che-Kai Tsao, MD
Tisch Cancer Institute, Mount Sinai Medical Center
Cytoreductive nephrectomy in the United States: Patterns of care and patient characteristics. (Abstract #366)
Adrian Fairey, MD, MS
University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
Association between cancer stem-like cell gene expression and clinical outcome in localized prostate cancer: A nested case-control study. (Abstract #31)
Thai Ho, MD, PhD
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Regulation of SETD2, a histone methyltransferase, in advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). (Abstract #368)
Monica Shukla, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Identifying patients with node-positive prostate cancer who may benefit from adjuvant pelvic radiation following prostatectomy. (Abstract #195)
Ben Tran, MBBS
Princess Margaret Hospital
Impact of renal impairment and granulocyte colony stimulating factor (GCSF) on bleomycin-induced pneumonitis (bleo lung), febrile neutropenia (FN), and survival in patients (pts) with germ cell tumor (GCT) treated with chemotherapy (chemo). (Abstract #328)
Erin Richman, ScD
University of California San Francisco
Genetic variants in antioxidant genes, Gleason grade, and prostate cancer recurrence after radical prostatectomy. (Abstract #33)
Arjun Balar, MD
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Alterations in the PI3K/Αkt signaling pathway and association with outcome in invasive high-grade urothelial cancer (UC). (Abstract #277)
James Chen, MD
The University of Chicago
Role of homeobox pathway in prostate carcinogenesis. (Abstract #126)
Brian Shuch, MD
National Cancer Institute
Metabolic evaluation of sporadic papillary kidney cancer. (Abstract #377)
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