Meeting Report The 18th International Symposium: Controversies in Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Dr Kakizoe chaired the session and expressed his sincere concerns about the ongoing big snow storm in the United States. Professor T. Sugimura opened the Eighteenth International Symposium. Since 1988, 578 speakers from 24 nations around the world have been invited to discuss various cancers comprehensively, usually one cancer at a time. This was the second time where prostate cancer (PC) was discussed. Dr Sugimura pointed out that prostate-specific antigen (PSA) has made a huge progress possible since late 1970s. Dr Sugimura then used himself as an example to explain the notion of cancer survivor. The Japanese Emperor is also a cancer survivor who had PC which has been surgically removed by Chairman Dr Kakizoe. Survivors from PC may be sensitive to follow-up PSA reports, which represents a new issue of care.