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Tailor-made YUO leadership course will sharpen key competences at EAU20
The YUO leadership course aims to give expert recommendations to urologists and health care professionals aged 45 and younger on how to develop leadership and management skills. For Sunday 22 March 2020, during the 35th Annual EAU Congress (EAU20)...
Father of ureteroscopy to present at UROBESTT 2020
Pioneer of the application of lithotripsy and percutaneous nephrolitectomy in Spain and father of ureteroscopy (URS), renowned urologist Dr. Enrique Pérez-Castro Ellendt (ES) will present at the second edition of the URO Berlin Skills Teaching and Training (UROBESTT 2020)....
Object of the Month: Teaching the art of cystoscopy with the Bladder Phantom
Every month, an EAU History Office member chooses an item of particular interest from the European Museum of Urology. This instrument was chosen by Dr Friedrich Moll, Urologist at the University of Cologne Medical Centre, medical historian and curator of...
“Let’s talk Prostate Cancer” campaign launch
On Tuesday 12 November a new campaign “Let’s talk prostate cancer” was launched. An EU multi-stakeholder expert group on prostate cancer came together to set out recommendations on how the care for people affected by prostate cancer across Europe...
ESUT20: Leipzig to welcome “present and future of surgical technology”
“ESUT20 is THE event where experts and beginners can see the present and future of surgical technology,” says Dr. Bernardo Rocco, board member of the titular EAU Section of Uro-Technology of the section’s upcoming 7th meeting in Leipzig, Germany....
European Commission recruits experts for evaluation medical devices
The European Commission is looking for experts to be appointed as members of the expert panels for medical devices as described in the Medical Device Regulation. By participating, experts will contribute to ensuring the safety of medical devices. They...
EMUC19: ARAMIS trial likely to change Guidelines recommendations
The third day of the EMUC meeting (and the second day of the main scientific programme) opened with a two-hour session on new trials. Like all sessions at EMUC19, it was chaired by a multidisciplinary group, in this case...
EMUC19: HoT courses highlight MRI reading and fusion biopsy
Two Hands-on Training (HoT) courses organised by the European School of Urology (ESU) and the EAU Section of Urological Imaging (ESUI) simultaneously commenced on day 2 of the 11th European Multidisciplinary Congress on Urological Cancers (EMUC19). The ESU/ESUI Hands-on Training...
EMUC19: A multidisciplinary look at early detection of prostate cancer
Using the fortieth anniversary of the discovery of PSA as a starting point, EMUC19 began with a session on early prostate cancer detection. The session immediately demonstrated the multidisciplinary nature of the EMUC scientific programme, drawing on the expertise...
ESUI19 delivers latest MRI essentials
The 8th Meeting of the EAU Section of Urological Imaging (ESUI19) kick-started with the session “The MRI corner” which was moderated by ESUI Chairman Prof. Georg Salomon (DE), Prof. Dr. Tillmann Loch (DE), and Prof. Arnauld Villers (FR). In...