Congress Reviews

A large part of urology is uro-oncology, so let’s start here. We have seen a minimalisation of surgery, so we are doing more robotic surgery and are trying to preserve more organs. For example, in renal cell cancer, we try to spare the kidney if possible and be minimally invasive.

The 2023 European Congress of Radiology (ECR), with its ‘Cycle of Life’ theme, returned to Vienna, Austria, at its traditional time in March. There were over 1,000 radiographers registered, and the Radiographers’ Scientific Sub-Committee, expertly led by Nejc Mekiš and Kevin O’Regan, had prepared an excellent selection of 35 radiographer-focused sessions.

You attended medical school in Dublin, Ireland, before training as a staff radiologist in Canada. Do you feel that travelling was an integral part of you making it to where you are today?

I think there were two reasons I chose radiography. I was always interested in technology when I grew up; anything that had a plug on it, or anything that was the latest technology, I was interested in and wanted to try out. But I also enjoyed the idea of caring for people, so radiography was a good opportunity to mix technology with patient care.

WELCOMED by the graceful vocals of the Italian Tenors, Christopher Chapple, European Association of Urology (EAU) Secretary General…

FOR the first time, prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based prostate cancer screening has been included in the Screening Recommendations published by the European Commission (EC).

DURING the European Association of Urology (EAU) Congress 2023, experts participated in a series of debates regarding the use of robotic…

This year, the European Society of Radiology (ESR) welcomed 17,262 participants from 122 different countries to their congress in Vienna…