Course 6

Endometriosis: How new technologies may help

Organised by the Special Interest Group Endometriosis/Endometrium

Course Coordinator: Juan A. Garcia-Velasco (E) & Paola Vigano (IT)

Course desciption: Endometriosis diagnostic procedures as well as treatments seem to be intensly investigated by little progress made. During the present course, advances in both diagnostic and non-surgical treatments will be presented, as new technologies are opening new venues to correctly detect these patients and treat them in alternative ways as to what has been done for the last few years.

Target audience: Doctors, embryologists and nurses involved in infertility and pain management of patients with endometriosis

Diagnosis

09:00 – 09:15	Introduction
09:15 – 09:45	Endometrial stem cells and endometriosis / Carlos Simon (E)
09:45 – 10:15	Research on serum markers of the disease: is it worthwhile / Paola Vigano (IT)
10:15 – 10:30	Discussion
10:30 – 11:00	Coffee break
11:00 – 11:30	Diagnosis – Proteomics / Juan A. Garcia–Velasco (E)
11:30 – 12:00	Diagnosis – Genomics / Stephen Kennedy (UK)
12:00 – 12:15	Discussion
12:15 – 13:30	Lunch

Non hormonal treatment

13:30 – 14:00	Dopamine agonists / Antonio Pellicer (E)
14:00 – 14:30	Statins / Antoni J. Duleba (USA)
14:30 – 15:00	Discussion
15:00 – 15:30	Coffee break

15:30 – 16:00	Modulation of the immune system / Thomas D´Hooghe (B)
16:00 – 16:30	Adhesions prevention and surgical techniques / Michel Canis (F)
16:30 – 16:45	Discussion
16.45 – 17.00	Conclusions and adjourn