Giuseppe Banna, Consultant Medical Oncologist at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, shared on LinkedIn:
“What an amazing IUCS26!
My heart is filled with immense joy and deep gratitude following some incredible days in Guildford.
We are leaving this year’s summit with inspiring insights, fresh perspectives, and actionable ideas to push the boundaries of care and improve outcomes for patients with urological cancer worldwide.
A massive, heartfelt thank you to everyone who made this edition such a resounding success:
My fellow co-chair Ravindran Kanesvaran and Directors Akash Maniam, Pasquale Rescigno, Alison Tree and Aruni Ghose alongside our brilliant Scientific Committee (including Sebastiano Buti, Michele Maffezzoli, Giuseppe Neola, Emre Yekeduz) for their dedicated leadership.
Everyone who submitted one of the 73 accepted abstracts, special congratulations to those published in The Oncologist Journal and our 3 Best Poster award winners!
Our 1,275+ participants (both in-person in Guildford and joining virtually across 114 countries), your engagement, questions, and energy powered the entire summit!
Our organising secretariat, Planning Congressi, for seamless logistics and execution and the University of Surrey (Natalia).
Our partners Portable Medical Technology Ltd. (ONCOassist®), Prostate Cancer UK, Vumedi, The Oncologist and sponsors for their unwavering support in keeping this educational platform independent and accessible worldwide.
This isn’t just a conference; it’s a growing global community committed to fraternity, innovation, and better patient care.
Make sure to stay connected with us on our channels for post-event content and updates. And mark your calendars now…
Save the Date for IUCS27: 8–9 July 2027!
Beyond the lectures, data, and clinical debates, the true heart of our summit lies in the human connections we build.
Doctor Chef 2026 was an absolute highlight of IUCS26!
Bringing together faculty, attendees, and colleagues to share food, laughter, and informal conversations created the perfect atmosphere to foster genuine friendship and meaningful networking.
It reminded all of us that building a strong global urology oncology community starts with fraternity, shared experiences, and a welcoming spirit.
A huge thank you to everyone who joined, cooked, tasted, and contributed to making it such an unforgettable evening!
Here’s to science, community, and great food!
Congratulations to the Winner Chef, Xue-Yan Jiang (Xj) and her team, and to the other great chefs, Deborah Mukherji, Pasquale Rescigno and Michele Maffezzoli.
Many thanks to Irene Randazzo for making this possible!
Unlocking the full potential of Investigator-Initiated Trials (IITs) worldwide!
During IUCS26, we had the privilege of hosting a dedicated high-level workshop in partnership with MEDSIR, bringing together global clinical leaders and researchers to tackle a crucial challenge:
How can we overcome the barriers to international, academic-driven clinical trials?
While IITs are essential for addressing unmet clinical needs, generating real-world evidence, and driving patient-centred innovation, navigating regulatory hurdles, cross-border logistics, and funding constraints remains a complex hurdle.
Through an open, dynamic, and forward-thinking discussion, we explored these challenges head-on and identified actionable pathways to overcome them together.
Key Outcome:
We emerged from the workshop with 3 concrete initiatives that we will be actively developing over the coming months, marking a brand-new, high-impact opportunity within the International Urology Cancer Summit framework!
A sincere thank you to the MEDSIR team (Federica Turrisi, PharmD, Natacha Bonnet, Anna and Rosario) for their outstanding partnership and shared vision, and to all the ment
ors, Ravindran Kanesvaran, Deborah Mukherji, Stefanie Zschäbitz, Dr. María Natalia Gandur Quiroga, Pasquale Rescigno, Akash Maniam, trialists, and collaborators who contributed their insights.
Stay tuned as we turn these strategic proposals into impactful international research collaborations!
Stefanie Zschabitz is delivering an outstanding talk at IUCS26 on how leveraging novel biomarkers will reshape precision oncology in renal cell carcinoma in the near future!
Great presentation by Syed A Hussain at IUCS26 disentangling the complexity of biomarker targets in bladder cancer to move precision oncology forward in clinical practice.
Great session exploring the evolving treatment landscape of MIBC at IUCS26! Helpful insights shared by guests of honor Robert Jones and James Catto.
Congratulations to Nick Salgia and the City of Hope team led by Sumanta K. Pal on receiving the award at IUCS26! Outstanding work on proteomic profiling and refined prognostic classifications for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC).
New real-world evidence presented at IUCS26 by Tarek Taha highlights key sex-based differences in EV-Pembro women show distinct/worse survival outcomes compared to men related to different Nectin4 expression as hormone regulated.
Outstanding talk by Sumanta K. Pal moving from diagnostic drivers to targetable therapies in mRCC!
And Great update by Sumanta K. Pal on SWOG 2419 BIOFRONT! Modulating microbiome with CBM588 + IO in frontline mRCC.
Great presentation by Neeraj Agarwal, first from Dana Farber for the IUCS26! Precision diagnosis is shifting prostate cancer care to targeted Rx vs chemo.
Vanita Noronha: Age isn’t frailty! Objective tools guide shared decision-making, expanding IIT access and 30% Rx de-escalation.
Excited about this new IUCS26 Challenge! Pioneer panel paving the way: Ravindran Kanesvaran, Vanita Noronha, Sumanta K. Pal, Deborah Mukherji.
This is just the start, many more pioneers to follow in the coming years .
Spot on talk by Xue-Yan Jiang immunotherapy as a double-edged sword.
While IO revolutionises cancer care, managing irAEs remains key. We needed predictors, early clinical markers and dedicated clinical pathways.
Aruni Ghose delivering visionary talk on digital vulnerability in uro-oncology: a barrier to be systematically addressed for trial access and care!
IUCS26 hit 487 virtual attendees logged in live!
With over 1,300 virtual registrants spanning 114 countries, our global community is becoming stronger. Sharing a picture sent by one of our excellent attendee Emanuele Crupi from the US!
Best wrap-up for IUCS26! Community-voted clinical cases discussed by Akash Maniam, Maria and María Natalia Gandur Quiroga.
Unlocking the full potential of global Investigator-Initiated Trials!
At IUCS26, our workshop with MEDSIR tackled barriers to international academic trials with 3 concrete initiatives launched to drive global research collaboration!
Thanks MEDSIR team, mentors, triallists.
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