Congress highlights
Highlights from meetings and congresses on endometriosis
ASRM2010: Endometriosis Fertility Index (EFI) predicts likelihood of natural conception in women with endometriosis The endometriosis fertility index (EFI) uses the functional status of women’s fallopian tubes, ovaries, and fimbria, to predict chances of conceiving naturally with endometriosis.
ASRM2010: Lessons from a primate model Professor Fazleabas explains the viability of non-human primates as models to investigate mechanisms in endometriosis (infertility), including ability to conduct clinical studies to develop diagnostic methods and testing treatment efficacies.
ASRM2010: Does Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) work in endometriosis? Pamela Stratton and Caihong Ma evaluate the effectiveness of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in the treatment of endometriosis. “Holistic individualisation” seems to be the key!
ASRM2010: Hormonal therapy or mistletoe? ASRM2010: Simone Ferrero shows that a year of hormonal therapy shrinks endometriotic nodules. Dr Moon shows that mistletoe inhibits the growth of endometrial cells in culture; may hold promise as a possible future treatment for endometriosis.
ASRM2010: EndoCare study wins prize The ASRM Nurses Professional Group today awarded a prize for the work of Eline Dancet in developing a reliable instrument to evaluate the patient-centredness of endometriosis care.
ASRM2010: Targeting steroidogenesis in endometriosis Professor Serdar Bulun reviewed the importance of ovarian steroid hormones in the growth and maintenance of endometriotic lesions; focus on new drugs that normalise the retinoic acid pathway as future therapeutics in endometriosis.
ASRM2010: Is anything happening in endometriosis? A lot is happening in the field of endometriosis the 66th Annual Meeting of the ASRM dedicated a breakfast symposium to endometriosis, 2 key note lectures, interactive sessions, 9 oral presentations, and 27 posters.
ASRM2008: Endometriosis at the 64th Annual Meeting of the ASRM Highlights from endometriosis sessions covered at the 64th ASRM meeting (ASRM2008) covering pathogenesis, immunology, nerve fibres, tomatoes and international collaboration.
WCE2008: Highlights from the 10th World Congress on Endometriosis The 10th World Congress on Endometriosis (WCE2008), included news from the EndoGene study (genetics), symptoms, diagnosis, cost, Rodolphe Maheux Award on deep infiltrating endometriosis, posters and free communication winners.
WCE2005: Highlights from the 9th World Congress on Endometriosis The 9th World Congress on Endometriosis (WCE2005) focused on the patient as the partner, organising networks of specialist care, prevention of endometriosis, support groups, awareness, diagnostic tools and better treatments.
