conference reports
Intrinsic bladder wall mechanisms
Sunday, 30 March 2008 - The concept of modularity in the bladder is derived from the observation of migrating areas of localised movement. This was suggested to result from the co-operation of interstitial cells and neurones...
Chemoradiation for patients with T2 recurrence after BCG failed T1 bladder cancer
Friday, 21 March 2008 - Dr. Jennifer Wo et al. presented their study titled ‘Data to justify evaluating definitive chemoradiotherapy for Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) failed T1 bladder cancer,’ at the First Genitourinary Cancers...
Risk assessment model for developing bladder cancer among Caucasians
Thursday, 20 March 2008 - Dr. Xifeng Wu and co-workers reported a risk assessment model for developing bladder cancer among Caucasians at the First Genitourinary Cancers Symposium held in San Francisco, USA. “There has been no...
Analysis of Cystatin B, a new biomarker in bladder cancer
Thursday, 20 March 2008 - Dr. Adam Feldman presented the use of proteomic techniques and analysed Cystatin B as a new urinary and tissue biomarker for transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) at the First Genitourinary Cancers Symposium...
Comparing gemcitabine and radiotherapy as a bladder preservation strategy
Wednesday, 19 March 2008 - Dr. Kevin Oh et al. reported their findings on ‘Combined-modality therapy with gemcitabine (GEM) and radiotherapy (RT) as a bladder preservation strategy: Final results of a phase I trial,’ at the First...
Robot-assisted radical cystectomy: the learning curve
Wednesday, 12 March 2008 - Dr. Adam Perlmutter presented at the First Genitourinary Cancers Symposium held under the auspices of the American Society of Clinical Onocology in San Francisco, USA, his experience with robot assisted...
Tumour heterogeneity and associated problems in the management of urothelial cancer
Monday, 10 March 2008 - In the management of urothelial cancer, tumour heterogeneity has important implications in terms of not only predicting the tumour’s biological behaviour but also on treatment approaches. This was one of...
Laparoscopy for oncological indication
Wednesday, 27 February 2008 - Prof. Jens Rassweiler presented the impact of laparoscopic techniques for the treatment of urologic malignanacies and said better training for urologists will lead to improved results in laparoscopic...
Role of urinary markers in bladder cancer surveillance
Friday, 22 February 2008 - Bladder cancer (BC) is one of the most expensive malignancies in the western world and surveillance costs for BC patients could be substantially reduced by using a urinary assay.
At the 5th European...
Pro and counter arguments on fluorescence cystoscopy in bladder cancer
wednesday, 20 February 2008 - Pro and counter arguments regarding the use of fluorescence cystoscopy were discussed and examined at the recent 5th European Society of Oncological Urology (ESOU) meeting, with issues such as...





