21st European Urology Forum opens this weekend in Davos
Tuesday, 31 January 2012- The European Urology Forum opens its 21st edition on February 4 with its unique format of state-of-the-art lectures, debates, hands-on training workshops, and the “Urological Challenge” which features research-based presentations by up-and-coming European urological experts.
Annually held every winter in Davos, Switzerland, the forum aims to provide participants a critical update on current urological issues, focusing on controversies in diagnosis, treatment and the newest research outcomes.
"The programme will give participants a critical update on what's new in urology... and will provide a stimulating experience for the most interactive urological teaching event," said Prof. Chris Chapple, course director and EAU Adjunct Secretary General.
Right on the first day, the meeting opens with update sessions on the latest urological developments covering a wide range of subjects such as andrology, prostate cancer, endourology, robotics, paediatrics, kidney and bladder cancers, among others. Afternoon sessions include debates, training workshops in laparoscopy and video sessions.
This year's participants to the highly anticipated Urology Challenge, first introduced in the annual forum in 2007, are from Spain, Belgium, Greece, The Netherlands and Romania. A. Breda (Barcelona), N. Lumen (Ghent), A. Petrolekas (Athens), M. Sedelaar (Nijmegen) and C. Surcel (Bucharest) will compete for the jury prizes. A critique panel composed of the meeting’s faculty members will closely examine the challengers’ conclusions and will award the best presentations based on innovative treatment approaches, and new insights, among other criteria.
Some of the topics selected by the Challenge participants are penile and testis cancers, treatment issues in prostate cancer, live donor nephrectomy, renal cell carcinoma, managing bladder cancer and the role of robotics in urology, to name a few.
Previous Urological Challenge first prize winners were J. Catto (2011, UK), S. Joniau (2010, BE), O. Reich (2009, DE), L. Türkeri (2008, TR) and A. Patel (2007, UK). Cash prizes are given to the first, second and third prize winners.
The Urology Forum, which ends on February 7, annually attracts around 150 participants including clinicians, academe-based urologists and researchers.
