PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
as of January 2003

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


SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 , 2003
HALL A
08:30 – 10:30

GnRH Analogues in the Management of Endometriosis – Pitfalls of the past-current place perspectives for the future

Chairmen:
K.W. Schweppe
, Germany
N. Terakawa, Japan

  PATHOGENESIS OF ENDOMETRIOSIS
J.C.H. Evers, The Netherlands
  GNRH-ANALOGUES FOR THE TREATMENT OF ENDOMETRIOSIS ASSOCIATED INFERTILITY
K. Buehler, Germany
  ENDOMETRIOSIS ASSOCIATED INFERTILITY AND IVF-ET
J. Kleinstein, Germany
  ENDOMETRIOSIS AND HUMAN EMBRYO IMPLANTATION
J.A. Garcia-Velasco, Spain
  GNRH-ANTAGONISTS NEW PATHWAYS IN THE TREATMENT OF ENDOMETRIOSIS
R.E. Felberbaum, W. Kuepker, K. Diedrich, Germany
11:00 – 13:00

GnRH Analogues in the Management of Endometriosis – Pitfalls of the past-current place perspectives for the future (continued)

Chairmen:
B. Lunenfeld
, Israel
K. Buehler, Germany

  GNRH-ANTAGONIST: A TREATMENT OPTION IN ADENOMYOSIS?
W. Kuepker, Germany
  LONG-TERM CONTINUOS, INTERMITTENT AND RECURRENT TREATMENT OF ENDOMETRIOSIS
K.W. Schweppe, Germany
  HORMONAL SUPPRESSIVE THERAPY OF ENDOMETRIOSIS - ARE WE REALLY IMPROVING PATIENT’S HEALTH?
Z. Blumenfeld, Israel
  SPERM’S - A NEW TREATMENT OPTION IN CHRONIC PAIN CAUSED BY ENDOMETRIOSIS?
K. Chwalisz, USA
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch Break & Exhibition
13:00 - 14:30
Working Lunch
MANAGEMENT OF ENDOMETRIOSIS

Moderator:
J.L.H. Evers, The Netherlands
13:00 - 14:30
Working Lunch
MANAGEMENT OF FEMALE INFERTILITY
14:30 – 16:00

Knowledge Driven Drug Development - Sponsored by N.V. Organon

Chairmen:
B.C.J.M. Fauser
, The Netherlands
K. Gordon, USA

  ORAL LH AGONIST: COMPUTER AIDED MOLECULAR DESIGN
R. Hanssen, The Netherlands
  LONG ACTING FSH: PREDICTION OF CLINICAL OUTCOME
G. Borm, The Netherlands
  OPTIMIZATION OF GnRH ANTAGONIST PROTOCOLS: CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH GANIRELIX
D. Shapiro, USA
16:30 – 18:00

GnRH-Analogues in Breast and Gynecological Cancers
Sponsored by AstraZeneca - Germany

Chairmen:
W. Jonat
, Germany
J.G.M. Klijn, The Netherlands

  ROLE OF LHRH AGONISTS IN PREMENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH OESTROGEN RECEPTOR-POSITIVE (ER+) BREAST CANCER
W. Jonat, Germany
  ADJUVANT ENDOCRINE THERAPY FOR PREMENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH BREAST CANCER
R. Jakesz, Austria
  LHRH-AGONIST THERAPY IN BREAST CANCER
J.G.M. Klijn, The Netherlands
  GNRH ANALOGUES IN ENDOMETRIAL AND OVARIAN CANCER
G. Emons, Germany
  GNRH- AGONIST LEUPRORELIN REDUCES CELL PROLIFERATION AND DOES NOT INDUCE OR INHIBIT CELL DIFFERENTIATION OF UTERINE LEIOMYOMATA
K.J. Wagner, P.A. Regidor, R. Yildiz, M Regidor, E. Winterhager,
A.E. Schindler, Germany
18:00 – 19:00 Assisted Reproduction Controversies II

Chairmen:
S. Daya,
Canada
S. Mashiach,
Israel
  DO GNRHA EFFECT ON THE LUTEAL PHASE OF ASSISTED REPRODUCTION CYCLES INTERFERE WITH PREGNANCY OUTCOME?
S. Geber, A.C. Moreira, M. Fernanda Rezende, M. Sampaio, Brazil
  PROGRAMMING OOCYTE RETRIEVAL FOR 1-DAY PER WEEK IN IVF CYCLES USING GnRHa
M. Valle, M. Sampaio, M. Lemgruber, S. Geber, Brazil
  GONADOTROPIN SECRETION IN WOMEN WITH HYPOTHALAMIC AMENORRHEA IS INHIBITED BY TEVERELIX, AN LHRH ANTAGONIST, THAT, HOWEVER, DOES NOT ELICITE ANY LATE REBOUND INCREASE
S. Destefanis, Italy
  OBSTETRIC OUTCOMES OF PREGNANCIES AFTER INADVERTENT EXPOSURE TO DAILY GONADOTROPHIN - RELEASING HORMONE ANALOGUE - SINGAPORE EXPERIENCE
C.T. Yeong, Singapore
HALL B
08:30 – 10:30

GnRH – Its Role in Prostate Cancer |

Chairmen:
F. Labrie, Canada
S.V. Tavtigian, Canada

  ABARELIX, A GNRH ANTAGONIST, FOR THE INITIAL TREATMENT OF ADVANCED SYMPTOMATIC PROSTATE CANCER PATIENTS COMPLETELY AVOIDS THE REQUIREMENT FOR SURGICAL CASTRATION
M.B. Garnick, USA
  RADIOTHERAPY IN COMBINATION WITH NEOADJUVANT AND/OR ADJUVANT HORMONAL TREATMENT IN PATIENTS WITH LOCALY ADVANCED PROSTATE CANCER
T. Wiegel, Germany
  HOW GNRH AGONISTS HAVE MADE POSSIBLE THE CLINICAL TRIALS SHOWING THE MARKED BENEFITS OF ANDROGEN BLOCKADE ON SURVIVAL IN LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER
F. Labrie, Canada
  PROSTATE CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY GENES
S.V. Tavtigian, J. Simard, M. Dumont, F. Labrie, France, Canada
11:00 - 13:00

GnRH - It’s Role in Prostate Cancer II

Chairmen:
D. Jocham, Germany
C. Doehn, Germany

  TESTOSTERONE SUBSTITUTION AND PROSTATE CANCER
G. Ludwig, Germany
  INTERMITTENT ANDROGEN BLOCKADE: CURRENT VIEW
J. Breul, Germany
FLARE-UP: MECHANISM AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE
C. Doehn, Germany
  EFFECT OF HORMONAL TREATMENT ON ADHESION MOLECULE EXPRESSION IN HUMAN PROSTATIC CANCER CELLS
F. Iacopino, C. Angelucci, S. Capucci, G. Sica, Italy
  EFFECT OF HORMONES AND GROWTH FACTORS ON GnRH RECEPTOR EXPRESSION IN HUMAN PROSTATE CANCER CELL LINES
G. Lama, G. Sica, Italy
16:30 – 18:00

Basic Science and Pharmacology

Chairmen:
J. Engel, Germany
T. Maruo, Japan

  DYNAMIC EVALUATION OF PITUITARY DESENSITAZION DURING EIGHT WEEKS AFTER A SINGLE DOSE OF TRIPTORELIN AND LEUPRORELIN ACETATE
D. Carone, Italy
  DEVELOPMENT OF GS-121 AND GS-123, NOVEL SUSTAINED RELEASE LEUPROLIDE DEPOT PRODUCTS
T.L. Scott, J. Rashba-Step, R. Proos, T. Marshell, D. Davidson Easson Jr., USA
  LONG-TERM EFFECTS AND REVERSIBILITY OF PUBERTAL SUPRESSION BY GnRH AGONIST AND GnRH ANTAGONIST IN A NON-HUMAN PRIMATE MODEL
C-J. Partsch, Germany
  THE ROLE OF GNRH-AGONISTS IN PREVENTION OF POSTOPERATIVE ADHESIONS
A.E. Schindler, Germany
  CHEMOPREVENTION FOR YOUNG WOMEN AT HIGH RISK FOR BREAST CANCER USING A GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE AGONIST (GNRHA) AND LOW-DOSE ADD-BACK SEX STEROIDS CONTRACEPTIVE REGIMEN
A.M. Daniels, M.C. Pike, D.V. Spicer, J.R. Daniels, G. Ursin, J.N. Weitzel, USA
  TREATMENT WITH THE GNRH AGONIST (GNRHA) DESLORELIN (D) AND LOW-DOSE ADD-BACK ESTRADIOL (E2) IS EFFECTIVE IN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING PAIN, BLEEDING, AND UTERINE VOLUME (UV) WHILE MAINTAINING BONE MINERAL DENSITY (BMD) IN WOMEN WITH SYMPTOMATIC UTERINE FIBROIDS (UF)
A.M. Daniels, M.C. Pike, J.R. Daniels, D.V. Spicer, USA
  DETERMINATION OF THE TRANSCRIPT PROFILE OF HUMAN ENDOMETRIUM
J.M. Borthwick, D.S. Charnock-Jones, B.D. Tom, M.L. Hull, R. Teirney, S.C. Phillips, S.K. Smith, UK


 

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