Session 6:#

Next Generation Therapeutic Layering and Sequencing#

1. The current status of health care economics is unsustainable for the nation and a transition to value-based care is both desirable and inevitable. During this transition, it is imperative that we as urologists remain actively engaged with regulatory and legislative bodies to both educate ourselves and advocate for our patients so that the resources necessary to diagnose, treat, and research new therapies for patients with genitourinary disease are appropriately allocated.
2. We need to continue to find ways to utilize advanced practice providers (APPs) and provide a team-based approach to urological care, especially to extend access to care and improve efficiency.
3. Next Generation Imaging (NGI) using positron-emission tomography (PET) for the detection of metastatic disease undoubtedly performs better than conventional imaging. Future directions need to focus on multidisciplinary investigation of the impact on outcomes in order to identify the appropriate test in a specific clinical situation that will lead to the greatest clinical value.
4. Future clinical studies should strive to incorporate advanced image and data analytic tools in various clinical settings, including treatment response.
5. Therapeutic radio-pharmaceuticals, such as radium-223 and prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) targeted agents, will serve an important role in the treatment of advanced prostate cancer patients.