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A Banner Year for Guidelines!

Some of the new topics being covered in upcoming guidelines
Bobby Shayegan include:
Chair, Guidelines Committee • Nocturia
Hamilton, ON • Testicular germ cell cancer management
• Postoperative surveillance of upper tract urothelial cancer
• Azoospermic males
• Stress urinary incontinence in women
2021 was a banner year for the CUA Guidelines Committee: a • Incidentally detected adrenal mass
record 10 guidelines/best practice reports/consensus statements • Interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome
were either newly developed or updated! And 2022 is looking • Penile cancer
even more productive. At press time, we have published a new
guideline on small renal masses and an update of the 2017 • Screening for Lynch syndrome
prostate cancer screening guideline. Additionally, the Guidelines Committee recently welcomed
Additional updates on the following topics are forthcoming: a new member: Bimal Bhindi. With Dr. Bhindi’s appointment,
• Medical management of kidney stones we have ensured that the committee’s expertise spans most
major urological subspecialties — oncology (prostate, kidney,
• Vasectomy bladder), reconstruction, endourology, functional urology,
• Male lower urinary tract symptoms/benign prostatic pediatrics, and community practice.
hyperplasia Finally, we continue to offer value-added features associated
• Metastatic castration-naive and castration-sensitive with guidelines. Visit cua.org to view both English and French
prostate cancer versions of the guidelines, summary slide presentations, and the
• Castration-resistant prostate cancer opportunity to claim Section 3 MOC credits (via UROpedia).
• ADT: Adverse events and management strategies
Our goal is to ensure that guidelines are constructed for the
optimal use of CUA members and to benefit the patients
we care for. If you have any comments or suggestions,
please contact the CUA Guidelines Manager at
adriana.modica@cua.org.

Join the International

Urology Community

for the 42nd Congress of the
Société Internationale d’Urologie

Featuring the
7th SIU Global Nurses’ Educational Symposium

Abstract Deadline: April 17

In conjunction with the

Reviewed and endorsed by the
Canadian Urological Association
(December 2021)

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