On May 2, the American Urological Association (AUA) released a new clinical guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of early-stage testicular cancer, the most common cancer among men aged 20 to 40. The new clinical guideline makes 45 recommendations, including recommendations for scrotal ultrasound, obtaining serum tumor markers, and sperm banking prior to orchiectomy.
Read the AUA press release.
Read Diagnosis and Treatment of Early State Testicular Cancer: AUA Guideline (2019).
On April 30, AUA and the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) announced updates to their joint clinical guideline on adjuvant and salvage radiotherapy after prostatectomy in patients with and without evidence of prostate cancer recurrence to include new published research related to adjuvant radiotherapy.
Read the AUA press release.
Read Adjuvant and Radiotherapy after Prostatectomy: ASTRO/AUA Guideline.
Posted 5/2/2019
At the 2026 ASCO Annual Meeting, the Louisiana Oncology Society received the ASCO Jeffrey C Ward Affiliate Advocacy Award for advancing critical advocacy priorities that have translated into meaningful legislative victories. The Iowa Oncology Society and Washington State Medical Oncology Society were also recognized for their advocacy efforts in 2025 at the meeting, receiving second place awards.
