Annual EAU Congress
| New minimal invasive technology needs validation | ||
 | Minimal invasive technologies such as laparoscopy and robot-assisted surgeries needed to be validated by medical professional groups, according to Prof. Clement-Claude Abbou during his lecture last week at the Plenary Session 3. | |
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| EAUN session - Interactive, multi-media channels for patient info | ||
 | Urological nurses should look into the possibilities of new interactive, multi-media platforms to reach out to their patients and further improve healthcare support systems. | |
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| Historical posters show diverse interests of researchers | ||
 | Today an entire poster session was dedicated to the history of urology, chaired by History Office Chairman Prof. Dirk Schultheiss (DE) and Prof. Imre Romics (HU). Many of the speakers were encouraged to use their presentations as a basis for a further contribution to De Historia Urologiae Europaeae, the EAU’s annual publication of historical urological research. | |
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| AUA Lecture: more challenges to face and resolve in regenerative medicine | ||
 | Advances in regenerative medicine have occurred in recent years but obstacles and challenges in cell regeneration still need to be surmounted before breakthroughs will lead to real, clinical benefits for patients. | |
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| Andrology session tackles genital dermatology | ||
 | The incidence of genital dermatology cases has prompted specialists to examine these diseases in hopes of preventing or reducing the risk of penile cancer. | |
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| Late Breaking News: Phase IIIb CS30 trial meets primary goal | ||
 | Degarelix is non-inferior to the combination of goserelin plus bicalutamide at reducing prostate volume in patients with advanced hormone dependent prostate cancer, according to the main conclusion of the Phase IIIb CS30 | |
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| Patient selection: crucial in RCC treatment | ||
 | With the entry of so-called targeted therapy (TT), patient selection and individualised treatment strategies will become more crucial in the coming years in treating kidney cancer patients who have either localised or metastatic disease, according to experts who examined today current kidney cancer issues. | |
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| More research needed for new OAB treatment | ||
 | More advanced research studies in pathophysiology are needed in order to identify new treatment options for overactive bladder (OAB), according to specialists who also said that they expect further gains in drug development in the next five years. | |
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| EAU Knowledge Base - The Launch | ||
 | We are pleased to announce the launch of the EAU Knowledge Base, an online tool which contains a comprehensive range of information – it is regularly updated and includes all essential state-of-the-art materials. The text of the EAU Guidelines served as the foundation for the EAU Knowledge Base, supported by a selection of related educational and instructional material. | |
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| Bio-sensor in UTI detection | ||
 | Research conducted in the US on new methods to diagnose urinary tract infections (UTIs) may lead to rapid molecular diagnosis that can help prevent such infectious problems from recurring in susceptible or chronically ill patients | |
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