Topics

List of topics for Oral Presentations and Posters

GYNECOLOGICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY

Regulation of the HPA axis
FSH and LH receptors
Hyperprolactinemia
GnRH analogues and antagonists
Steroids and steroid receptors signaling mechanisms
Biological actions of progestins
Androgens and hyperandrogenisms
Primary and secondary amenorrhea
Polycystic ovary syndrome
Insulin resistance
Obesity, metabolic syndrome and women's health

CONTRACEPTION

New roots for hormonal contraception
New compounds for contraception
Non-contraceptive benefits of contraceptives
Male contraception
Emergency contraception
Medical and surgical abortion
Intrauterine contraceptives

MEDICALLY ASSISTED PROCREATION

Embryo implantation and development
Stem cells and human reproduction
Mechanisms of follicle selection and development
Reproduction, the Immune system and oxidative stress
The infertile couple
Techniques in medically assisted procreation
Ovulation induction
Ovarian hyperstimulation
Endometriosis and assisted reproduction
The anovulatory patient
Endocrine disorders and medically assisted procreation
Adnexal diseases and medically assisted procreation
Long term outcome of IVF children

OBSTETRICS

Recurrent abortion
Extra-uterine pregnancy
Prenatal screenings
The placenta and the fetal membranes
The thyroid and pregnancy
Endocrine disorders in pregnancy
Insulin resistance and obstetric diseases
Obesity and fetal and maternal risks
Pregnancy and lifestyle
Preterm labor and delivery
Gestational hypertension, Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia
Normal and abnormal intrauterine growth
Infectious diseases and pregnancy
High-risk pregnancy
Twin and multiple pregnancies
Labor induction
Fetal origins of adult diseases

GYNECOLOGY

Stem cells in gynecology
Angiogenesis and gynecological diseases
Puberty and adolescent gynecology
Female sexual function and dysfunction
Sexually transmitted diseases
Hormones and gynecological disorders
Endometrial regulation
Abnormal uterine bleeding
Pelvic pain
Endometrial hyperplasia
Endometriosis: genetics and hormones
Medical treatments for endometriosis
Uterine myomas, medical and surgical management
Clinical management of simple adnexal cysts

MENOPAUSE AND AGEING

Steroid hormones and ageing
Neurosteroids: reproductive events and ageing
Neurotoxicity, neuronal survival and hormone protection
The climacteric syndrome
Menopause, HRT and cardiovascular disease
Menopause, HRT and cancers
Menopause, HRT and neurodegenerative diseases
Postmenopausal osteoporosis
Bisphosphonates, PTH and the bone-forming agents
Selective estrogen receptor modulators
Progesterone and progestins
Androgen therapy
Non-hormonal treatments for climacteric women

GYNECOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY

Genes and gynecological cancers
Hormones and gynecological cancers
Stem cells and gynecological malignancies
Proteomics for cancer diagnosis and treatment
Screenings and for gynecological cancers
HPV and HPV vaccines
Border-line and pre-tumoral lesions
Clinical management of gynecological cancers
Conservative approaches to gynecological cancers
New concepts in radio/chemotherapy
Hormonal therapies for gynecological cancers
Biological response modulators

BREAST

Breast development and function
Hormones and the breast
The breast from puberty to menopause
Benign breast diseases, contraception and HRT
Breast carcinogenesis
Hormones, breast cell proliferation and metastasis
New prognostic and predictive factors
Anti-estrogens, SERMs and aromatase inhibitors
Oncological and aesthetic breast surgery
Reconstructive surgery after breast cancer
Breast cancer and pregnancy

GYNECOLOGICAL SURGERY

Vaginal approaches to pelvic diseases
Urinary incontinence
New techniques for pelvic floor defects correction
Laparoscopic treatment of pelvic masses
Laparoscopy, endometriosis and reproduction
New treatments of uterine myomas
Sentinel node biopsy in gynecological cancers
Oncological applications of laparoscopy
Evolution of radical surgery for gynecological cancers
Robotic surgery in gynecology

DIAGNOSIS

Ultrasound in gynecology and obstetrics
Interventional ultrasound techniques
Contrast media in gynecological US diagnosis
Hysteroscopy
Colposcopy

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