GYNECOLOGY: Presentations & debates HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY: PERSPECTIVES OF 2012 Organized by IMS, in collaboration with EMAS, NAMS & AMF   A world without Hormone Replacement Therapy, fact or illusion?   Debate: Breast cancer risk strikes out hormone replacement therapy   Debate: Back to estrogen-only therapy?

WHI DATA THROUGH THE MAGNIFYING GLASS: A DECADE-LONG DEBATE Organized by IMS, in collaboration with EMAS, NAMS & AMF   Strengths and weaknesses of WHI: Methodological perspectives    Recent guidelines and recommendations on hormone replacement therapy   Has the time come to reach a consensus on hormone replacement therapy?

PELVIC MASS Capsule: The clinical debate arises when a pelvic mass is diagnosed Cancer genetic screening: It’s role in womens’ health   Differentiation between benign and malignant before surgery   Should all surgery be started with a laparoscopy?   Prevention and early detection of cervical dysplasia and cancer: HPV and evidence based changes in cervical surveillance

ORAL CONTRACEPTION: SAFETY, COMPLIANCE AND CONVENIENCE   Is there an increase safety profile while stopping the pills to menstruate? Is there any need to menstruate every month?   Oral contraception and vaginal bleeding   What should be the approach to vaginal bleeding during OC treatment? Panel discussion Subscribe additional estrogen or progesterone Stop and start again Change  OC with higher dose of estrogen Change to different pill with different progesterone formulation Move to vaginal ring Move to patches Move to IUD

SAFETY OF ORAL CONTRACEPTION: TIME TO LOOK AGAIN AT THE EVIDENCE Capsule: First and foremost, a discussion of contraceptive safety is perhaps the hottest topic today   Debate: New generation oral contraceptive pills: Are they safe?    Debate: Progesterone only contraception, better or worse?

NEW DEVELOPMENT AND A WINDOW TO A NEW FORMULA: WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM IT? Capsule: new estrogen and progestines are penetrating the market. Is there a real need for it?   Resorting serum testosterone concentration and libido during COC using DHEA   NOMAC/E2: The next generation of oral contraception?    Debate: Emergency contraception: What should be used? Ulipristal acetate vs. Levonorgestrel for emergency contraception Short acting GnRH antagonist IUD: A neglected option

CURRENT TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR UTERINE FIBROIDS Capsule: The multidisciplinary approach for the treatment of uterine fibroids   Pharmacological treatment: the use of Selective progesterone receptor modulators (SPRMs)    Surgical approach: Laparoscopic vs. Hysteroscopic myomectomy for intramural fibroids    Tips and trick for laparoscopic myomectomy    Hysteroscopic intramural myomectomy

CURRENT TECHNIQUES IN THE TREATMENT OF ENDOMETRIOSIS   Debate: Bowel resection vs. Shaving   Tips and tricks complications    Management of urinary tract endometriosis    My technique for a faster operation             The use of robots in endometriosis surgery