15th World Congresss of Gynecological Endocrinology 2012

The topics of the conference are:

1. GYNECOLOGICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY
1.1 Regulation of the HPA axis
1.2 FSH and LH receptors
1.3 Hyperprolactinemia
1.4 GnRH analogues and antagonists
1.5 Steroids and steroid receptors signaling mechanisms
1.6 Biological actions of progestins
1.7Androgens and hyperandrogenisms
1.8 Primary and secondary amenorrhea
1.9 Polycystic ovary syndrome
1.9 Insulin resistance
1.10 Obesity, metabolic syndrome and women s health

2. CONTRACEPTION
2.1 New roots for hormonal contraception
2.2 New compounds for contraception
2.3 Non-contraceptive benefits of contraceptives
2.4 Male contraception
2.5 Emergency contraception
2.6 Medical and surgical abortion
2.7 Intrauterine contraceptives
2.8 Contraception and adolescents
2.9 Contraception and perimenopause

3. MEDICALLY ASSISTED PROCREATION
3.1 Embryo implantation and development
3.2 Stem cells and human reproduction
3.4 Mechanisms of follicle selection and development
3.5 Reproduction, the Immune system and oxidative stress
3.6 The infertile couple
3.7 Techniques in medically assisted procreation
3.8 Ovulation induction
3.9 Ovarian hyperstimulation
3.10 Endometriosis and assisted reproduction
3.11 The anovulatory patient
3.12 Endocrine disorders and medically assisted procreation
3.13 Adnexal diseases and medically assisted procreation
3.14 Long term outcome of IVF children
3.15 Fertility preservation
3.16 Autologue and heterologue donation
3.17 MAP and ethics
3.18 MAP and international legislation

4. OBSTETRICS
4.1 Recurrent abortion
4.2 Pre-conception counseling
4.3 Extra-uterine pregnancy
4.4 Prenatal diagnosis
4.5 Prenatal medicine
4.6 The placenta and the fetal membranes
4.7 The thyroid and pregnancy
4.8 Immunological disorders and pregnancy
4.9 Endocrine disorders in pregnancy
4.10 Neurodegenerative disorders in pregnancy
4.11 Insulin resistance and obstetric diseases
4.12 Obesity and fetal and maternal risks
4.13 Pregnancy and lifestyle
4.14 Preterm labor and delivery
4.15 Gestational hypertension, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
4.16 High risk pregnancy: diagnosis and management
4.17 Normal and abnormal intrauterine growth
4.18 Infectious diseases and pregnancy
4.19 Twin and multiple pregnancies
4.20 Labor induction
4.21 Operative delivery
4.22 Caesarean Section: pro and con
4.23 Fetal origins of adult diseases
4.24 Postpartum management of high risk pregnancies
4.25 Early diagnosis of obstetric diseases

5. GYNECOLOGY
5.1 Stem cells in gynecology
5.2 Angiogenesis and gynecological diseases
5.3 Puberty and adolescent gynecology
5.4 Female sexual function and dysfunction
5.5 Sexually transmitted diseases
5.6 Hormones and gynecological disorders
5.7 Endometrial regulation
5.8 Abnormal uterine bleeding
5.9 Pelvic pain
5.10 Endometrial hyperplasia
5.11 Endometriosis: genetics and hormones
5.12 Medical treatments for endometriosis
5.13 Uterine myomas, medical and surgical management
5.14 Clinical management of simple adnexal cysts
5.15 Vulvar and vaginal lesions

6 MENOPAUSE AND AGEING
6.1 Steroid hormones and ageing
6.2 Neurosteroids: reproductive events and ageing
6.3 Neurotoxicity, neuronal survival and hormone protection
6.4 The climacteric syndrome
6.5 Menopause, HRT and cardiovascular disease
6.6 Menopause, HRT and cancers
6.7 Menopause, HRT and neurodegenerative diseases
6.8 Postmenopausal osteoporosis
6.9 Bisphosphonates, PTH and the bone-forming agents
6.10 Selective estrogen receptor modulators
6.11 Progesterone and progestins
6.12 Androgen therapy
6.13 Non-hormonal treatments for climacteric women

7 GYNECOLOGICAL ONCOLOGY
7.1 Genes and gynecological cancers
7.2 Hormones and gynecological cancers
7.3 Stem cells and gynecological malignancies
7.4 Proteomics for cancer diagnosis and treatment
7.5 Screenings and for gynecological cancers
7.6 HPV and HPV vaccines
7.7 Border-line and pre-tumoral lesions
7.8 Clinical management of gynecological cancers
7.9 Conservative approaches to gynecological cancers
7.10 New concepts in radio/chemotherapy
7.11 Hormonal therapies for gynecological cancers
7.12 Biological response modulators

8 THE BREAST
8.1 Breast development and function
8.2 Hormones and the breast
8.3 The breast from puberty to menopause
8.4 Benign breast diseases, contraception and HRT
8.5 Breast carcinogenesis
8.6 Hormones, breast cell proliferation and metastasis
8.7 New prognostic and predictive factors
8.8 Anti-estrogens, SERMs and aromatase inhibitors
8.9 Oncological and aesthetic breast surgery
8.10 Reconstructive surgery after breast cancer
8.11 Breast cancer and pregnancy

9 GYNECOLOGICAL SURGERY
9.1 Vaginal approaches to pelvic diseases
9.2 Urinary incontinence
9.3 New techniques for pelvic floor defects correction
9.4 Laparoscopic treatment of pelvic masses
9.5 Laparoscopy, endometriosis and reproduction
9.6 New treatments of uterine myomas
9.7 Sentinel node biopsy in gynecological cancers
9.8 Oncological applications of laparoscopy
9.9 Evolution of radical surgery for gynecological cancers
9.10 Robotic surgery in gynecology

10 DIAGNOSIS
10.1 Ultrasound in gynecology and obstetrics
10.2 Interventional ultrasound techniques
10.3 Contrast media in gynecological US diagnosis
10.4 Hysteroscopy
10.4 Colposcopy