Reports
The following list of reports reflects the latest in findings and outcomes in medical research as presented at major medical meetings and published peer-reviewed medical journals. In this section you can view reports from important congresses as well as summaries of some recently published journal articles. Please let us know if you have a particular area of interest you would like to see covered.
9th Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine
Penile Rehabilitation Following Radical Prostatectomy
Vienna, Austria / December 3-6, 2006
INTRODUCTION The increasing application of prostate-specific antigen screening and other innovative techniques for the early detection of prostate cancer has led to a significantly growing number of younger patients being diagnosed with...
28th Congress of the Société Internationale d’Urologie
Issues in Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Prevention
Cape Town, South Africa / November 12-16, 2006
Cape Town - There is an increasing prevalence of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) with advancing age. According to the American Urological Association, approximately 50% of men aged 51 to 60 are affected. The aging male population is also...
28th Congress of the Société internationale d’urologie
Optimizing Prostate Health Through Disease Risk Reduction
Cape Town, South Africa / November 12-16, 2006
Cape Town - The prevalence of age-related diseases including bening prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate cancer continues to rise. The focus of this symposium was current evidence on dihydrotestosterone (DHT) in prostate disease and the...
Urology Update 2006
Prostate Health: Early Intervention and Prevention in Older Men
Toronto, Ontario / November 3-4, 2006
Toronto - Men’s health is an emerging issue and strategies are required to reduce the risk of common medical sequelae that affect the elderly male population. Mild symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) may be managed with lifestyle...
14th United European Gastroenterology Week
New Insights on Prevention of Colorectal Cancer in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Berlin, Germany / October 21-25, 2006
Berlin - There is mounting evidence that 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) can lower the risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC) in both Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis among patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), yet the...
The National Oncology Pharmacy Symposium 2006/Canadian Association of Pharmacy in Oncology
Applying Novel Therapeutic Strategies for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Montreal, Quebec / October 13-15, 2006
Montreal - Recent developments in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) include a focus on immunophenotyping rather than strict cell counts for establishing the diagnosis, cytogenetic prognostic factors that enhance clinical staging to...
44th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Vaccine Protection Against Human Papillomavirus: Extending the Experience
Toronto, Ontario / October 12-15, 2006
Toronto - While many sexually transmitted infections are declining worldwide, the exception is sexually transmitted viral infections. Now that there is a vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV), there is hope for greater control of HPV...
PRIORITY PRESS - XIX World Congress of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Targeting Cervical Cancer Worldwide
Cape Town, South Africa / October 4-9, 2009
Cape Town - Natural infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) evades the body’s protective immune response against future infection, thereby supporting the need for more potent immune priming with HPV vaccines. Findings from a recent...
31st Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology
Expanding the Attack on Kidney Cancer with Multikinase Inhibitors
Istanbul, Turkey / September 29-October 3, 2006
Istanbul – A considerable proportion of patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) develop metastasis and long-term survival is low for those with advanced disease. Although the cytokines interferon-alpha (IFN-a) and interleukin-2 (IL-2) have...