Submit an abstract

Participants interested in presenting oral or poster presentations are invited to submit their abstract.

Deadline for abstract submission is December 2nd, 2013

1. Each person is allowed to submit a maximum of two abstracts as presenting author: one oral presentation and one poster or, alternatively, two posters. There is no limit to the number of abstracts submitted as coauthor.
2. Presenting authors will be notified whether their abstracts are accepted.
3. Authors whose abstracts have been accepted must register for the Congress and pay the registration fee by February 3rd, 2014. Failure to do so will result in exclusion from the Scientific Programme and the Book of Abstracts.
4. Abstracts can only be submitted on-line.

Topics

Gynecological Endocrinology

1. GnRH analogs and antagonists
2. Steroids and steroid receptor signaling mechanisms
3. Biological actions of progestins
4. Androgens and hyperandrogenisms
5. Obesity, metabolic syndrome and women’s health

Gynecology

1. Angiogenesis and gynecological diseases
2. Female sexual function and dysfunction
3. Endometrial regulation
4. Abnormal uterine bleeding
5. Endometrial hyperplasia
6. Clinical management of simple adnexal cysts
7. Vulvar and vaginal lesions

Menopause and Aging

1. Steroid hormones and aging
2. Neurosteroids: reproductive events and aging
3. Neurotoxicity, neuronal survival and hormone protection
4. The climacteric syndrome
5. Menopause, HRT and cardiovascular disease
6. Menopause, HRT and cancers
7. Menopause, HRT
8. Menopause, HRT and autoimmune diseases
9. Postmenopausal osteoporosis
10. Bisphosphonates, PTH and the bone-forming agents
11. Selective estrogen receptor modulators
12. Progesterone and progestins
13. Androgen therapy
14. Non-hormonal treatments

Gynecological Oncology

1. Hormones and gynecological cancers
2. Proteomics for cancer diagnosis and treatment
3. Screening for gynecological cancers
4. Biological response modulators

Breast

1. Hormones and the breast
2. Breast carcinogenesis
3. Hormones, breast cell proliferation and metastasis
4. New prognostic and predictive factors
5. Anti-estrogens, SERMs and aromatase inhibitors

Diagnosis

1. Ultrasound in gynecology and obstetrics
2. Interventional ultrasound techniques
3. Contrast media in gynecological US diagnosis
4. Hysteroscopy
5. Colposcopy

Gynecological Surgery

1. Urinary incontinence
2. New techniques in pelvic floor reconstruction

IMS Prizes

Information about the Prizes will be available soon.