Collaborating to Move Research Forward: Proceedings of the 10th Annual Bladder Cancer Think Tank

Ashish M Kamat; Piyush Agarwal; Trinity Bivalacqua; Stephanie Chisolm; Sia Daneshmand; James H Doroshow; Jason A Efstathiou; Matthew Galsky; Gopa Iyer; Wassim Kassouf; Jay Shah; John Taylor; Stephen B Williams; Diane Zipursky Quale; Jonathan E Rosenberg

doi:10.3233/BLC-169007

Collaborating to Move Research Forward: Proceedings of the 10th Annual Bladder Cancer Think Tank

Bladder Cancer. 2016 Apr 27;2(2):203-213. doi: 10.3233/BLC-169007.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, MD Anderson Cancer Center , Houston, TX, USA.
² Section of Urological Surgery, National Cancer Institute , Bethesda, MD, USA.
³ Brady Urological Institute , Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁴ Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network, Bethesda, MD, USA.
⁵ Institute of Urology, University of Southern California , Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁶ Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, MA, USA.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine , New York, NY, USA.
⁸ Department of Medicine, Genitourinary Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center , New York, NY, USA.
⁹ Department of Urology, McGill University , Montreal, QC, Canada.
¹⁰ Division of Urology, University of Connecticut Health , Farmington, CT, USA.

Abstract

The 10th Annual Bladder Cancer Think Tank was hosted by the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network and brought together a multidisciplinary group of clinicians, researchers, representatives and Industry to advance bladder cancer research efforts. Think Tank expert panels, group discussions, and networking opportunities helped generate ideas and strengthen collaborations between researchers and physicians across disciplines and between institutions. Interactive panel discussions addressed a variety of timely issues: 1) data sharing, privacy and social media; 2) improving patient navigation through therapy; 3) promising developments in immunotherapy; 4) and moving bladder cancer research from bench to bedside. Lastly, early career researchers presented their bladder cancer studies and had opportunities to network with leading experts.

Keywords: Bladder cancer; diagnosis; multidisciplinary; treatment.