Dear Friends and Colleagues,

We are honored and privileged to invite you to the 1st Congress of Asian Pacific Prostate Society, to be held in Seoul, Korea, March, 2011.

Currently, the profiles of prostatic diseases (including prostate cancer, BPH, prostatitis) among Asian Pacific population have been rapidly evolving. Meanwhile, the current guidelines for diagnosis and management of various prostatic diseases have been established from analyzing data from western patients as widely acknowledged. As prostatic diseases have become a major part of clinical practice for urologists around the Asian Pacific regions as well, the need for constructing appropriate guidelines for the diagnosis/management of various prostatic diseases for patients in Asian Pacific regions can no longer be ignored. Although there is a flux of international meetings in the field of urology, the opportunities for Asian Pacific urologists to get together and communicate specifically on the current trends in prostatic disease among Asian Pacific men have been rare.

The Asian Pacific Prostate Society has been established to provide opportunities to urologists around Asian Pacific regions for sharing state-of-the-art informations, having in-depth discussion/debates on key issues, and building bridges for cooperation regarding research and clinical activities on various prostatic diseases. The Society will make continuous efforts to support ways for communication and cooperation among Asian Pacific urologic specialists on prostatic diseases. We invite you to participate in the 1st Congress of Asian Pacific Prostate Society and to benefit from the experiences and opinions of world-renowned experts on various prostatic diseases.
We sincerely hope you can visit Seoul, a city with history of thousands of years, and make memories lasting a life time.