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Tübingen, Germany hosts ESFFU-ESGUR-ESOU meeting

By Joel Vega

Friday, 26 April 2013- Three frontline EAU section offices have pooled efforts to organise and hold an in-depth meeting that will tackle the challenges and issues in andrology, onco-urology functional, female and reconstructive urology, marking the second time of close collaboration among these...

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2nd International “State-of-the-Art” Conference on Prostate and Kidney Cancers to tackle treatment dilemmas

Tuesday, 26 March 2013- A range of current controversies, treatment dilemmas and recent developments that present challenges to specialists on prostate and kidney cancers will be the focus of the "2nd International State-of-the-Art Conference on Prostate and Kidney Cancers."

To be...

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New safety analyses of mirabegron presented in Milan meeting

Friday, 22 March 2013- Results from the integrated summary of safety analyses on mirabegron from four clinical trials were presented at a symposium held during the 28th Annual European Association of Urology (EAU) Congress in Milan.

The findings further supported the safety and tolerability...

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Robotic kidney transplants considered as best option for obese patients

Tuesday, 21 May 2013- Obese patients who received robotic kidney transplants had fewer wound complications than patients who received traditional "open" transplant surgery, according to surgeons at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System.

The findings should...

Consuming less sugar-sweetened beverages may reduce kidney stone risk

Monday, 20 May 2013- Twenty percent of American males and 10% of American females will experience a kidney stone at some point in their lifetime. Often, these patients will be advised to drink more fluids as a way to prevent future stone formation.

Now, new research from Brigham and Women's...

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Urinary high molecular weight matrix metalloproteinases: non-invasive biomarker for detecting bladder cancer

Tuesday, 21 May 2013- Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs) are key molecules for tumor growth, invasion and metastasis. Over-expression of different MMPs in tumor tissues can disturb the homeostasis and increase the level of various body fluids. Many MMPs including high molecular weights (HMWs) were...

Assessing comorbidities recommended before prostate biopsy

Monday, 20 May 2013- UC Irvine Health urologists and health policy experts report in a new study that two written assessments that identify existing comorbidities - the patient-reported Total Illness Burden Index for Prostate Cancer (TIBI-Cap) and the physician-reported Charlson Comorbidity Index -...

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Visitors flock to EAU History Office’s intriguing exhibit in Milan

Thursday, 21 March 2013- A steady stream of visitors flocked to the History Office’s Milan exhibit which carried the theme “ The Urologist as a Collector,” surprising many of those who visited with its unique topic.

“It is interesting to see that doctors themselves, in this case, urologists are...

Lecouvet wins ESUI Vision Award

Tuesday, 19 March 2013- Frederic Lecouvet won the 2013 Vision Award annually granted by the EAU Section of Urological Imaging (ESUI) since 2011.

As part of ESUI’s aims to highlight the most innovative imaging study published in urology during the last year, Lecouvet, of the Department of...

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Post-graduate courses from the ESU at the 28th Annual EAU Congress

Monday, 18 February 2013- The European School of Urology (ESU) organises a comprehensive post-graduate education programme during every annual congress of the European Association of Urology (EAU), and we are proud to continue this service keeping in mind the challenges and developments that make...

Programme app for 27th Annual EAU Congress available for download

Tuesday, 14 February 2012- The iPhone App Store and Android Market feature the EAU Congress application (app), and congress participants are encouraged to download the application as it provides a handy and more convenient way to track events during the five-day meeting.

To be held from February...