Topics

Basic and clinical climacteric endocrinology

  1. Regulation of the HPA axis in the perimenopause
  2. Ovarian aging
  3. Function of FSH and LH receptors
  4. The adrenal gland through aging and menopause
  5. Steroids and steroid receptor signaling mechanisms
  6. Progesterone receptors and the differential actions of
    progestins
  7. Gene polymorphisms and diseases of the aging woman
  8. Androgens and hyperandrogenism
  9. Polycystic ovary syndrome and menopause
  10. Low androgens and women’s health after the menopause
  11. Insulin resistance
  12. Obesity, metabolic syndrome and women’s health

Perimenopausal contraception

  1. New routes for hormonal contraception in perimenopause
  2. New compounds for perimenopausal contraception
  3. Non-contraceptive benefits of contraceptives
  4. Emergency contraception in the perimenopausal woman
  5. Intrauterine contraceptives: advantages and disadvantages in perimenopausal women

Perimenopausal and climacteric gynecology

  1. Stem cells in climacteric gynecology
  2. Angiogenesis and gynecological diseases
  3. Female sexual function and dysfunction
  4. Sexually transmitted diseases
  5. Hormones and gynecological disorders
  6. Endometrial regulation during perimenopause
  7. Abnormal uterine bleeding
  8. Endometrial hyperplasia
  9. Pelvic pain during the climacteric
  10. Management of endometriosis before and after the menopause
  11. Uterine myomas, medical and surgical management in perimenopausal women
  12. GnRH antagonists in perimenopausal women
  13. Clinical management of adnexal cysts

Women’s health and aging

  1. Gender differences in aging
  2. Changing demography and the socio-economic impact
    of menopause and aging
  3. Regional and cultural impact of menopause and menopausal
    treatments
  4. Steroid hormones and aging
  5. Premature menopause
  6. Surgical menopause
  7. Neurosteroids: reproductive events and aging
  8. Neurotoxicity, neuronal survival and hormone protection
  9. The climacteric syndrome
  10. Quality of life after the menopause
  11. Lifestyle and menopausal health
  12. Menopause, aging and nutrition
  13. Physical activity and sport in aging individuals
  14. Menopause, HRT and cardiovascular disease
  15. Menopause, obesity and the metabolic syndrome
  16. Menopause, HRT and cancers
  17. Mood and anxiety during the menopausal transition
  18. Menopause, HRT and neurodegenerative diseases
  19. HRT: how to interpret the available information from
    observational and randomized trials
  20. HRT, the media and public perceptions and misperceptions
  21. Pharmacogenomics and menopausal hormone therapies
  22. Postmenopausal osteoporosis, prevention and management
  23. Bone metabolism
  24. Joint health and disease after the menopause
  25. Dental and paradontal disorders after menopause
  26. Non-hormonal treatment of osteoporosis
  27. Skin and collagen in aging women
  28. Selective estrogen receptor modulators
  29. Progesterone and progestins
  30. Androgen therapy
  31. Selective progesterone receptor modulators
  32. Selective androgen receptor modulators
  33. Non-hormonal treatments for climacteric women
  34. Alternative and traditional medicine for women’s health

The aging male

  1. Impact of hormones vs. aging on male health
  2. Quality of life in the elderly man
  3. Male sexual function and dysfunction
  4. Hypoandrogenism in man
  5. Male osteroporosis
  6. The role of the man in the aging couple
  7. Androgen therapy in males

Gynecologic oncology in the climacteric

  1. Genes and gynecological cancers
  2. Hormones and gynecological cancers
  3. Applications and limits of gene analysis for cancer prediction or phenotypic analysis
  4. Stem cells and gynecological malignancies
  5. Proteomics for cancer diagnosis and treatment
  6. Screening for gynecological cancers
  7. Border-line and pre-tumoral lesions
  8. Clinical management of gynecological cancers
  9. New concepts in radio/chemotherapy
  10. Hormonal therapies for gynecological cancers
  11. Climacteric syndrome in cancer survivors
  12. Biological response modulators

The breast

  1. Breast development and function
  2. Hormones and the breast
  3. The breast from puberty to menopause
  4. Benign breast diseases, contraception and HRT
  5. Breast carcinogenesis
  6. Hormones, breast cell proliferation and metastasis
  7. New prognostic and predictive factors
  8. Anti-estrogens, SERMs and aromatase inhibitors
  9. Oncological and aesthetic breast surgery
  10. Reconstructive surgery after breast cancer

Gynecological surgery in the climacteric

  1. Vaginal approaches to pelvic diseases
  2. Urinary incontinence
  3. New techniques for correction of pelvic floor defects
  4. Laparoscopic treatment of pelvic masses
  5. Sentinel node biopsy in gynecological cancers
  6. Oncological applications of laparoscopy
  7. Evolution of radical surgery for gynecological cancers
  8. Robotic surgery in climacteric gynecology

Evolutions in diagnostic techniques for the climacteric woman

  1. 3D and 4D ultrasound in climacteric gynecology
  2. Interventional ultrasound techniques
  3. Contrast media in gynecological US diagnosis
  4. Hysteroscopy
  5. Colposcopy
  6. New techniques in mammography
  7. Clinical applications of mammographic breast density
  8. Advances in the diagnosis of osteopenia and osteoporosis