conference reports
Combining chemotherapy and imaging in PCa treatment
Friday, 24 April 2009- Researchers may have found a way to combine imaging with chemotherapy in a single agent for the treatment of prostate cancer, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research...
Edited by: JV
Analysis of gene expression by stroma-cancer interaction in a mouse xenograft model of PCa bone metastasis
Monday, 20 April 2009- Interactions between cancer cells and their stromal microenvironment are important for tumour genesis, tumour progression and metastases. Analysis of cell type specific gene expression in vivo is limited by...
Edited by: JV
MiR-15a functions as a tumour suppressor for prostate cancer
Thursday, 16 April 2009- A group of Japanese researchers won the first prize for the best abstract in oncology at the recent 24th Annual EAU Congress for their work on microRNAs and the role it plays in prostate cancer.
Lead...
Edited by: JV
EAU Congress highlights: prostate cancer issues
Wednesday, 8 April 2009- The recently concluded 24th Annual EAU Congress held in Stockholm, Sweden, presented an impressive line-up of state-of-the-art lectures and presentations on prostate cancer including updates on...
Edited by: Lindy Brouwer
Focal therapy and CyberKnife for localised PCa
Friday, 27 March 2009- At the recent 24th Annual EAU Congress held in Stockholm, Dr. Giuseppe Morgia (Messina, Italy) lectured for a European School of Urology (ESU) course regarding emerging treatment procedures for...
By Joel Vega
Androgen deprivation therapy: scientists call for caution
Tuesday, 24 March 2009- There is no evidence that ADT as monotherapy is beneficial at all stages of prostate cancer, according to a report by Prof. Claude Schulman of University Clinics of Brussels Erasme Hospital, presented at...
By Evgenia Starkova
Prostate cancer screening - is it time to reconsider?
Wednesday, 24 March 2009- Screening for prostate cancer was in the centre of a televised expert panel discussion, transmitted live during the 24th Annual EAU Congress in Stockholm.
This subject attracted much attention in the...
By Evgenia Starkova
PAUSA lecture: Where do we stand in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Thursday, 19 March 2009 – The Pan-African Urological Surgeons’ Association (PAUSA) lecture held today at the 24th Annual EAU Congress in Stockholm addressed the pressing need of urological assistance in the arid sub-Saharan...
By Erika Rivera
24th Annual EAU Congress: Key messages from the joint urological societies meetings
Tuesday, 17 March 2009- At the kick-off International Day programme dubbed "Urology Beyond Europe," during the first day of the 24th Annual EAU Congress held in Stockholm, Sweden, the joint meetings of the Arab Association...
By Joel Vega
