conference reports
Troubleshooting during and after radical prostatectomy
Friday, 7 March 2008 - Prof. Hein van Poppel gave a lecture on troubleshooting procedures in complications during or after open radical prostatectomy, at the 5th Meeting of the European Society of Oncological Urology (ESOU) held...
Testosterone supplementation after radical treatment of prostate cancer
Wednesday, 5 March 2008 - Thierry Roumeguere discussed the issues involved in testosterone supplementation in men who have had a radical prostatectomy, in his lecture at the Joint Meeting of the European Society of Andrological...
Time for paradigm shift in treatment of hormone naive metastatic prostate cancer
Tuesday, 4 March 2008 - The relative benefit of the chemotherapy administered in the neoadjuvant/adjuvant setting or simultaneously in advanced/metastatic stage of prostate cancer provided an impulse for further studies....
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...
Assessing the benefits of open radical prostatectomy
Friday, 22 February 2008 - Open radical prostatectomy (RP) has been improved over the past decade in operation time, transfusion rates, and surgical and medical complications amongst other issues.
At the 5th European Society of...
Role of surgery for locally advanced prostate cancer
Thursday, 21 February 2008 - Although radical prostatectomy (RP) for patients with locally advanced prostate cancer (PCa) remains controversial, RP is an acceptable option offering good oncological results for well selected young...
Managing urologic cancers in elderly patients
Tuesday, 19 February 2008 - Although elderly patients have traditionally been viewed as poor candidates for surgery, surgical management of urologic cancers in properly selected elderly patients can yield benefits.
"A review of...
Re-examining prostate specific antigen (PSA) as a mass prostate cancer screening tool
Monday, 18 February 2008 - Criticisms have been directed at prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based prostate cancer (PCa) screening but accumulated evidence suggests that PSA-based screening provides beneficial grade and stage...
Highlights of 2nd Day Session at the 1st European Multidisciplinary Meeting on Urological Cancers
Saturday, 10 November 2007 - Prostate cancer treatment was the focus of the 2nd day session at the 1st European Multidisciplinary Meeting on Urological Cancers. The morning session was on “Innovations and future treatment options...
The 7th EAU Central European Meeting 2007 in Zagreb (Croatia) attracts more delegates than ever
Saturday, 10 November 2007 - The city of Zagreb (Croatia) hosted the 7th EAU Central European Meeting on 26 and 27 October 2007. In the West Inn hotel, 440 participants from 15 Central European countries came together to discuss...









