Urologists, scientists and other professionals in the urology field converged in San Antonio, Texas, to attend the 119th edition of the American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting. An intense and variegated programme was put together to cover the latest advances in different areas of urology, with an eye to the future of the field.

Providing an equitable health care for Black men, who experience a disproportionate incidence of prostate cancer and a higher probability of dying from this disease than white men, was one of the most covered topics throughout the meeting, starting from a panel discussion during day 1 about the necessity to increase prostate cancer screening in Black and Brown communities. In this panel, moderated by Samuel L. Washington from UCSF, panellists discussed increasing screening in these high-risk populations as a way to reduce cancer disparities. Increasing education and patients’ awareness were identified as the first necessary steps to achieve this ambitious result. Health equity was also the topic of the Journal of Urology Lecture held on day 2 by Quoc-Dien Trinh from Brigham & Women’s Faulkner Hospital. Dr Trinh highlighted the importance of community outreach initiatives to engage with patients and overcome racial disparities in access to prostate cancer treatment.

泌尿科医师、科学家和泌尿外科领域的其他专业人士齐聚德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥，参加第 119 届美国泌尿外科协会 (AUA) 年会。一个紧张而丰富多彩的节目汇集在一起​​，涵盖泌尿外科不同领域的最新进展，着眼于该领域的未来。

为黑人男性提供公平的医疗保健是整个会议中讨论最多的主题之一，从第一天的小组讨论开始，黑人男性的前列腺癌发病率不成比例，并且死于这种疾病的可能性更高。增加黑人和棕色人种社区前列腺癌筛查的必要性。在这个由加州大学旧金山分校的塞缪尔·华盛顿主持的小组讨论中，小组成员讨论了增加对这些高危人群的筛查，以此作为减少癌症差异的一种方法。加强教育和提高患者意识被认为是实现这一宏伟成果的首要必要步骤。健康公平也是布莱根妇女福克纳医院的 Quoc-Dien Trinh 在第二天举办的泌尿学杂志讲座的主题。 Trinh 博士强调了社区外展活动对于与患者互动并克服在获得前列腺癌治疗方面的种族差异的重要性。