conference reports
Master Class with Weill Mediacl College of Cornell University from 20 to 26 July in Salzburg, Austria
Tuesday, 22 July 2008 - The master class of the European School of Urology in association with Weill Medical College of Cornell University is organised in Schloss Arenberg in Salzburg, Austria and started on Sunday 20 July. Young...
By: Lindy Brouwer
AUA 2008: Former firefighters should be enrolled in routine screening for bladder cancer
Monday, 26 May 2008 - A new study presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA) suggests that firefighters may be at an increased risk of developing transitional cell carcinoma (TCC, or...
Editors: AUA/FGR
A defined bio-matrix for defined bladder wall regeneration
Wednesday, 21 May 2008 - Current bladder augmentation through tissue engineering involves autologous tissue transplantation, such as insertion of small intestinal tissue. Nuininga et al. presented at the 23rd EAU annual meeting...
Authors: Nuininga et al.
Laparoscopic nephroureterectomy for upper tract utothelial cancer
Monday, 19 May 2008 - Laparoscopic nephroureterectomy has emerged as a safe, minimally invasive approach to upper tract urothelial cancers. The dilemma during this procedure is the management of the distal ureter. However, there...
Authors: Pathak et al.
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...
By: Franz-Guenter Runkel
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...
Filed by: Joel Vega
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...
Filed by: Joel Vega
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...
Filed by: Joel Vega
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...
Filed by: Joel Vega
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...
By: Joel Vega
