conference reports
How to identify new classes of renal cell cancer
Friday, 7 November 2008 - Transcriptional profiling of small non-coding RNA gene products called miRNAs has emerged as a powerful approach to identify new cancer classes and predict clinical outcome. To evaluate the role of...
Caspase-8 and P-P38 expression in clear cell renal cell carcinoma
Tuesday, 4 November 2008- Researchers from Athens, Greece, assessed and correlated the expression of caspase-8 and phosphorylated p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p-p38) with histopathological characteristics and...
Five years experience on laparoscopic radical nephrectomy and nephron sparing surgery
Wednesday, 22 October 2008 - At the recent EAU 2nd North Eastern European Meeting (NEEM) held in Vilnius, Lithuania, Daimantas Milonas and colleagues (Kaunas, Lithuania) presented their award-winning study that aimed to...
Apoptosis is activated in an early period after radiofrequency
Friday, 17 October 2008- A Lithuanian experimental study on animal models examined the activation of apoptosis in an early period following radiofrequency treatment.
Kincius, et al. in their study presented during the recent EAU...
Tirana to host 4th South Eastern European Meeting on 17-18 October
Thursday, 9 October 2008- Tirana (Albania) will host the 4th South Eastern European Meeting (SEEM) on 17 and 18 October to provide a platform for urologists in the region to present their work and develop stronger...
Kidney cancer patients face high recurrence risk for tumour containing neutrophils
Tuesday, 30 September 2008- A Danish study showed that patients who have a nephrectomy for localized kidney cancer may have a higher recurrence risk if the tumour contains neutrophils.
According to a retrospective...
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...
ESU Masterclass in Barcelona: Novel target therapies promise better treatment options for RCC
Sunday, 29 June 2008 - How novel target therapies work, Prof Antonio Alcaraz will demonstrate on the occasion of the ESU Masterclass meeting today. He wonders whether effective oral therapies with improved tolerability are...
AUA 2008 - Use of imaging to expand in urologic surgery
Wednesday, 11 June 2008 - Use of imaging to expand in urologic surgeryIn his state-of-the-art lecture on “Advances in Imaging for Urologic Oncology” given during the Annual AUA Congress recently held in Orlando, Florida, Dr....












