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EAU kicks off its first ever virtual Annual Congress
Today marks a new chapter for the European Association of Urology. For its 35th edition, the Annual EAU Congress is taking place not in a major European capital, but online. The scientific programme of the regular congress was re-arranged into...
Impact factor debut for EU Focus and all-time high for European Urology
Editors are delighted with the newly released impact factors for the EAU’s journals. European Urology, its oldest and most widely cited journal jumps to an impact factor of 17.947 for 2019, marking a new high. This exceeds the previous...
EAU RF announces PRIME Study: Prostate imaging using MRI +/- contrast enhancement
We are looking for centres to take part in the PRIME Study. The study is brought to you by the team that delivered the PRECISION Study. Background Since the publication of PRECISION, MRI-FIRST, and a number of other high-profile...
“EAU20 will still provide state-of-the-art urological science”
The EAU is on course for its first online-only Annual Congress: the EAU20 Virtual Congress and Theme Week. Coming up with a suitable scientific programme based on the physical EAU20 was a Herculean task for Scientific Congress Office (SCO)...
Call for GPIU study national representatives
The EAU Section of Infections in Urology (ESIU) is looking for national representatives for the Global Prevalence Study on Infections in Urology (GPIU study). The GPIU study is an international web-based study designed to gather surveillance data on antibiotic...
ESU introduces new mHSPC e-course
Today marks the launch of the e-course “Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer” the 3rd in the series “Advanced Prostate Cancer”. The European School of Urology (ESU) offers an array of popular digital activities such as these to bolster the knowledge...
Join the new EAU-SUO exchange programme
Broaden your experience, enrich your knowledge, and get to know peers from halfway across the world. Join the new scholarship programme of the European Association of Urology (EAU) and the Society of Urologic Oncology (SUO) by sending your application...
EAU20 Theme Week: Topical summer evening sessions
Over the past few weeks, the EAU’s Scientific Congress Office under Prof. Albers has been developing an all-online edition of the Annual EAU Congress. Many of the state-of-the-art lectures, case discussions and surgery sessions will be now be taking...
“EU must do more on prostate cancer”
“Prostate cancer is a silent killer of men across Europe, with men often almost having to apologise for asking for better care,” opened Prof. James N’Dow (GB), EAU Guidelines Office chair, as he moderated a session on early detection...
YAU names Dr. Gómez Rivas as new Chairman
The Young Academic Urologists (YAU) declared Dr. Juan Gómez Rivas (ES) as its new Chairman after online elections were held from 15 to 17 May 2020. About 78 YAU members viewed the candidates’ video presentations and received links where to cast their...
EAU launches search for new Patient Information Chairman
The European Association of Urology (EAU) is searching for a new Chairman to lead its EAU Patient Information (PI) department. He/she must have a keen interest in new developments and current trends in patient information, health literacy and patient...
In memoriam: Prof. Jose Maria Gil-Vernet (1922-2020)
Professor José Maria Gil-Vernet passed away on March 5, 2020, in Barcelona, at the age of 97. Born in 1922, he once said that he had not been a good student in the difficult years of hardship that followed...