Publication Information
Books from ICUD Consultations are highly appreciated and often become regarded as the “bible” for that subject. The following publications are freely available to download from this site.
Kidney Cancer 2011 Edition
Kidney cancer remains to be an important item in the agenda of medicine. Better understanding of the mechanisms of renal cancer development, advances in surgery, utilization of alternative therapies and development of effective targeted therapies make kidney cancer a hot topic. The International Consultation on Urological Diseases (ICUD) and European Association of Urology (EAU) with the support of European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Genitourinary Group organized the 2010 International Consultation on Kidney Cancer.
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Sexual Medicine: Sexual Dysfunctions in Men and Women 2010 Edition
Today we have a clear concept of sexual medicine and how to define this medical discipline. But historically the unification of sexuality and medicine was not a given condition. Medicine was mainly focused on human reproduction and how to prevent and treat sexually transmitted diseases (STD). Hardly any other aspect would have met the interest of medical doctors for centuries. Perhaps the first true medicalization of sexuality, i.e. the fusion of medicine and sexuality, was the dreadful anti-masturbation campaign led by doctors, beginning with Tissot, since the middle of the 18th century.
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Urogenital Infections 2010 Edition
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most prevalent infectious diseases with
a substantial financial burden on society. Unfortunately, there are no good data concerning the prevalence of various types of UTIs and their impact on the quality of life
of the affected population in Europe.
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Penile Cancer 2009 Edition
In the majority of developed countries, cancer of the penis is an uncommon disease, but it is a significant health and social problem in regions of Africa, Asia, and South America. Squamous cell carcinoma, the most frequent penile cancer, is a malignancy where the behavior is commonly predictable and cure, in initial stages, may be achieved in many instances by partial or total penectomy.
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Incontinence 4th Edition 2009
The First International Consultation on Incontinence held in 1998 highlighted the plight of some 200 millions sufferers from urinary incontinence worldwide. Urinary incontinence represents a particular and severe problem in certain developing areas of the world, where labour and birth injuries lead to catastrophic leakage. Untreated vesico-vaginal fistula (VVF), particularly in sub Saharan Africa, affects millions of women causing ostracism from society.
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Stone Disease 2008 Edition
The goal of the Second International Consultation on stone disease was to bring together global leaders in urolithiasis each of whom, were tasked to examine in detail different aspects of stone disease. This included a wide range of areas from epidemiology and economics, lithotripsy technology, methods of management for ureteral and renal stones, to the latest state-of-the-art in diagnosis and medical strategies for urolithiasis.
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Bladder Tumors 2006 Edition
The title of this text makes a statement. All bladder tumors are not malignant and thus, the title is bladder tumors and not bladder cancer. This is appropriate. Tumors of the urinary bladder are heterogeneous. Not all neoplastic growths in the bladder are a threat to the host. Papilloma, papillary urothelial neoplasms of low malignant potential and even most low-grade, non-invasive papillary tumors sometimes termed low grade transitional cell carcinoma do not behave as a malignancy with the potential for invasion or metastasis.
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Male Lower Urinary Tract Dysfunction 2006 Edition
The 6th meeting brought us not only an updated present knowledge for the community, but focused on evidence based facts and widely accepted recommendations with a model to define standards for clinical research in the future. In short, a product that can serve as a reference and guide in the different aspects of Prostatic diseases treatment prepared by a 150 member multidisciplinary and international team.
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Prostate Cancer 2006 Edition
These proceedings represent the consensual text and recommendation of the 16 committees that met in Paris at the occasion of the 6th International Consultation on New developments in Prostate Cancer and Prostate Diseases June 24-27, 2005.
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Sexual Medicine: Sexual Dysfunctions in Men and Women 2004 Edition
The first International Consultation on Erectile Dysfunction held in Paris, France July 1999 was a milestone in the history of scholarly research in men’s sexual function and dysfunction. The proceedings of congress, “Erectile Dysfunction: 1st International Consultation on Erectile Dysfunction” had become the most quoted reference on men’s sexual dysfunction in the world.
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