PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
as of January 2003

Thursday,
February 6 , 2003
Friday,
February 7 , 2003
Saturday,
February 8 , 2003
Sunday,
February 9 , 2003
Poster Sessions


FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2003
08:30 – 10:30

Biology of GnRH Systems in Cancer and Human Reproduction

Chairmen:
M. Motta
, Italy
K.J. Catt, USA

  RECENT INSIGHTS INTO THE REGULATION OF PULSATILE GNRH SECRETION
K.J. Catt, A.J. Martinez-Fuentes, L. Hu, J. Frattarelli, L.Z. Krsmanovic, USA
  ROLE OF MAP-KINASE (MAPK) IN GNRH-STIMULATED TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF GONADOTROPIN SUBUNIT GENES
Z. Naor, Israel
  MECHANISM OF ANTI-PROLIFERAVITE AND APOPTOTIC EFFECTS OF GNRH AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS IN HORMONE_DEPENDENT CANCER CELL LINES
R. Millar, UK
  GNRH-SYSTEM IN PROSTATE CANCER AND MELANOMA
M. Motta, Italy
  GNRH-SYSTEMS IN BREAST AND GYNECOLOGICAL CANCERS
G. Emons, Germany
11:00 – 13:00

GnRH Expression, Processing, Localization and Action: Regulation by Steroid Hormones

Chairmen:
I. Koch, Israel
R. Millar, UK

  PLASTICITY IN THE UTILISATION OF GNRH AND GNRH RECEPTOR SUBTYPES IN VERTEBRATES
R. Millar, UK
  THE PROCESSING OF PRO GNRH
W.C. Wetsel, USA
  IDENTIFICATION OF ESTROGEN RECEPTOR-B IN THE GNRH NEURONS OF THE RODENT HYPOTHALAMUS
I. Merchenthaler, USA
  DIRECT GNRH EFFECT ON BREAST CANCER: A NOVEL, PUTATIVE MECHANISM
Y. Koch, Israel
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch Break & Exhibition
13:00 - 14:30
Working Lunch
MANAGEMENT OF UTERINE FIBROIDS

Moderator:
R.E. Felberbaum, Germany
14:30 – 16:00
GnRH Antagonists: The New Standard in ART Protocols -
Sponsored by Serono
To Be Advised
16:30 – 18:30

Assisted Reproduction: Controversies I
PARALLEL SESSION

Chairmen:
J. Dor
, Israel
M.A. Aboulghar, Egypt

  PROSPECTIVE DATA CAPTURING, VITAL IN ANSWERING QUESTIONS ON THE STANDARD-LONG-PROTOCOL VERSUS GNRH-ANTAGONIST- PROTOCOL?
N. van Rooij, L. Happel, Germany
  GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE ANTAGONISTS VS. AGONISTS IN IN VITRO FERTILIZATION
R. Medved, Slovenia
  CETROTIDE VS. LUPRON: ASSESSMENT OF CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN ICSI CYCLES
M. Thornton, USA
  A PROSPECTIVE, RANDOMISED STUDY THAT COMPARE CETROTIDE 3 MG VERSUS CETROTIDE O.25 MG IN A NON SELECTED POPULATION UNDERGOING IVF OR ICSI
J. Ohl, France
  TOWARD A BETTER COST EFFECTIVENESS RATIO IN POOR RESPONDERS : CETRORELIX 3 MG COMBINED WITH CC AND R-HFSH
P. Barriere, France
  RESTRAINED OVARIAN RESPONSE BY CETRORELIX PROTOCOL IN PCOS
C. Avril, France
  GNRH ANTAGONIST ASSISTED REPRODUCTION: IS BODY WEIGHT ADJUSTMENT MANDATORY?
J. Engel, Germany
  GnRH ANTAGONIST ALLOWS FOR NOVEL APPROACHES IN OVARIAN STIMULATION FOR IVF
B.C.J.M. Fauser, The Netherlands
  MODIFIED NATURAL CYCLE IVF: CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LUTEAL PHASE
M.J. Pelinck, The Netherlands
  DIVERSE ACTIONS OF GNRH AGONIST ON GRANULOSA CELLS AT VARYING FOLLICULAR STAGES
T. Maruo, Japan
  GNRH ANTAGONIST IN ASSISTED REPRODUCTION: WILL IT REPLACE THE AGONIST?
M.A. Aboulghar, Egypt
16:30-18:30

GnRH Analogues and Hormone Dependent Cancers
PARALLEL SESSION

Chairman:
T. Mardesic, Czech Republic

  PRESERVING FERTILITY IN YOUNG WOMEN WITH A MALIGNANCY TREATED WITH A COMBINATION OF CHEMOTHERAPY AND A GNRH AGONIST
M. Kaplan, The Netherlands
  EFFECTS OF THE GNRH AGONIST, GOSERELIN ACETATE, ON ESTROGEN AND GNRH RECEPTOR POSITIVE HUMAN BREAST CANCER CELLS IN VITRO
H.R. Franke, The Netherlands
  PROTOCOL FOR PREVENTION OF GONADAL DAMAGE DURING CYTOTOXIC THERAPY
T. Mardesic, Czech Republic
  NOVEL HUMAN CHIMERIC PROTEINS BASED ON GnRH AND PRO-APOPTOTIC PROTEINS FOR TARGETED THERAPY OF ADENOCARCINOMAS
H. Lorberboum-Galski, Israel
  THE EFFECT OF COMBINED ANDROGEN BLOCKADE ON THE BONE MINERAL DENSITY IN METASTATIC PROSTATE CANCER PATIENTS
U. Altug, Turkey
18:30 – 20:00 Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - from Pathophysiology to Treatment
PARALLEL SESSION

Chairmen:
K. Diedrich, Germany
O. Ortmann, Germany
  DYSREGULATION OF GONDATROPIN SECRETION
O. Ortmann, J.M. Weiss, Germany
  TREATMENT OF PCOS PATIENTS WITH GNRH AGONISTS
K. Diedrich, Germany
  OVARIAN STIMULATION FOR ART USING GNRH ANTAGONISTS IN PCOS PATIENTS
P. Devroey, E. Kolibianakis, Belgium
18:30-19:30

Basic Science
PARALLEL SESSION

Chairmen:
A.E. Schindler, Germany
T.L. Scott, USA

  CELL CYCLE ARREST IN HUMAN EPITHELIAL OVARIAN CANCER CELL LINE INDUCED BY GNRH ANTAGONIST CETRORELIX
T. Yano, X. Tang, K. Kugu, Y. Osuga, O. Tsutsumi, Y. Taketani, Japan
  ANTIPROLIFERATIVE EFFECTS OF TYPE I AND II GnRH RECEPTORS (GnRH-Rs) EXPRESSED IN BREAST CANCER CELLS USING RECOMBINANT ADENOVIRUS (Ad)
C.A. McArdle, UK
  GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE RECEPTOR EXPRESSION IN PRIMARY BREAST CANCER:COMPARISON OF IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL, RADIOLIGAND AND WESTERN BLOT ANALYSES
A. Paradiso, Italy
  EXPRESSION OF GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE II (GNRH-II) RECEPTOR IN HUMAN BREAST, ENDOMETRIAL AND OVARIAN CANCER CELLS AND EFFECTS OF GNRH-II ON TUMOR CELL PROLIFERATION
C. Grundker, A.R. Gunthert, R.P. Millar, G. Emons, Germany, Scotland

 

 

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