Which of the following factors will cause higher risk of renal cancer:

Tuesday, 21 October 2008-  Rising mortality rate and growing number of death from prostate cancer required challenging measures in early detection.

At the recent EAU 2nd North Eastern European Meeting NEEM) held in Vilnius, Lithuania, Dr. Robertas Adomaitis and his colleagues reported on the results of the...

Monday, 20 October 2008-  The popularity of laparoscopic surgery is increasing worldwide. Pelvitrainers designed for improving laparoscopic surgical skills, however, remain expensive and requires sophisticated equipment. Such trainers are mostly unattainable for many  residents.

To overcome this handicap...

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 2nd North Eastern European Meeting (NEEM) held in Vilnius, Lithuania, said hyperthermia...

Thursday, 16 October 2008-   Recent achievements in penile microsurgery has led to the use of free flaps as a gold standard in penile reconstruction. In cases where microsurgery is not  feasible, local flaps are the option. However, in a case where there was penile absence associated with extrophia...

Monday, 13 October 2008 - As part of the ongoing collaboration between the European Association of Urology (EAU) and the Chinese Urology Association (CUA), the first EAU-CUA joint course, the Chinese Urological Resident Education Programme (CUREP), will be held from 21 to 23 November 2008 in Shanghai.With the EAU...

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 ties with their overseas colleagues.

More than 185 abstracts were submitted to the 4th SEEM,...

Monday, 6 October 2008-  Patients with an early and common form of testicular cancer respond better with a single chemotherapy treatment using carboplatin compared with radiotherapy which is known to have more debilitating side effects, according to a UK study.

Researchers led by Dr. Ben Mead presented their...

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 study of 123 patients with localized renal cell carcinoma, the presence of intratumoural...

Saturday, 27 September 2008 - The 15th Annual Congress of the Chinese Urological Association (CUA) was held at Kunming International Convention & Exhibition Center during September 19 - 21, 2008, organized by CUA and Yunnan Provincial Urological Association. The congress received 5130 articles. Nearly 2000...

Thursday, 25 September 2008-  Accuray Incorporated, a US-based company in the field of radiosurgery, is partnering with Morphormics Incorporated, a start-up company based at the University of North Carolina in the development and licensing of autocontouring technology.

Autocontouring technology automatically...