2005 AUA Annual Meeting San Antonio May 21-26

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American urologists (and many international researching uros too) are gathering again for their annual meeting to discuss the latest research. I'll post highlights here.

Here's the biggest highlight, one that signals the first new direction in treatment for our pain presented to the urological world since the advent of antibiotics:

THE Stanford/Wise-Anderson Protocol FOR MALE PELVIC PAIN: INTEGRATION OF MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINT RELEASE AND PARADOXICAL RELAXATION TRAINING
Saturday, May 21, 2005

Rodney U Anderson*, Christine Chan, Stanford, CA; Timothy Sawyer, Los Gatos, CA; David Wise, Sebastopol, CA

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More:

Validation of the Pre and Post Massage Test (PPMT) for the evaluation of the Patient with Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CP/CPPS)
Saturday, May 21, 2005
J. Curtis Nickel*, Kingston, ON Canada; Yanlin Wang, Philadelphia, PA; Daniel Shoskes, Weston, FL; Kathleen Propert, Philadelphia, PA; The NIH Chronic Prostatitis Collaborative Research Network, Bethesda, MD

Anti-Nanobacterial Therapy in Men with Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome and Prostatic Stones
Saturday, May 21, 2005
Daniel Shoskes*, Kim Thomas, Eyda Gomez, Weston, FL

Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis of autosomal dominant interstitial cystitis: a family-based study
Sunday, May 22, 2005
Jordan D Dimitrakov*, Steven E Boyden, Michael R Freeman, Boston, MA; Ivan Y Detchev, Jean I Tchitalov, Plovdiv, Bulgaria; Louis M Kunkel, Boston, MA

Validation of the Pre and Post Massage Test (PPMT) for the evaluation of the Patient with Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome (CP/CPPS)
Saturday, May 21, 2005
J. Curtis Nickel*, Kingston, ON Canada; Yanlin Wang, Philadelphia, PA; Daniel Shoskes, Weston, FL; Kathleen Propert, Philadelphia, PA; The NIH Chronic Prostatitis Collaborative Research Network, Bethesda, MD

Efficacy Of Alfuzosin 10mg Od In Men With LUTS, BPH And Prostatitis-Like Symptoms
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
J. Curtis Nickel*, Kingston, ON Canada; Mostafa Elhilali, Montreal, PQ Canada; Guy Vallancien,, Montreal, PQ Canada

Clinical Significance of Anti-Microbial Therapy in Chronic Prostatitis Associated with Non-Traditional Uropathogens
Saturday, May 21, 2005
J. Curtis Nickel*, Kingston, ON Canada; Neringa Zadeikis, Michael Spivey, Shu-Chen Wu, Raritan, NJ

Coping with Depression in Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: A Key to Treatment of the Pain?
Saturday, May 21, 2005
Dean Tripp*, J. Curtis Nickel, Kingston, ON Canada; Mary McNaughton-Collins, Boston, MA; Yanlin Wang, Richard Landis, Philadelphia, PA; The NIH Chronic Prostatitis Collaborative Research Network, Bethesda, MD

THALIDOMIDE AS THERAPY FOR THE CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN SYNDROME (CPPS)
Saturday, May 21, 2005
Federico Guercini*, Elisabetta Costantini, Cinzia Pajoncini, Antonella Giannantoni

Inconsistent localization of Gram-positive bacteria to prostate-specific specimens from patients with chronic prostatitis
Saturday, May 21, 2005
Donald E Riley*, Susan O. Ross, Ajit P. Limaye, John N. Krieger, Seattle, WA

MIP-1a and MCP-1: Novel Biomarkers for Chronic Prostatitis
Saturday, May 21, 2005
Jeffrey A. Stern*, Chicago, IL; Alisa E. Koch, Phillip L. Campbell, Ann Arbor, MI; J. Richard Landis, Philadelphia, PA; Anthony J. Schaeffer, Chicago, IL

T Lymphocyte Recognition Of PSA-3A Peptide In Men With Autoimmune Prostatitis
Sunday, May 22, 2005
Warren T Oberle*, Elena Klyushnenkova, Richard Alexander, Baltimore, MD

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More:

Decreased Novel Phosphokinase C Isoenzymes in Membranes of Bladder Epithelial Cell Explants from Interstitial Cystitis Patients
Sunday, May 22, 2005
Kristopher Koch*, Susan Keay, Baltimore, MD

Antiproliferative Factor (APF) Decreases Occludin and ZO-1 Production and Increases Paracellular Permeability in Bladder Epithelial Cell Monolayers
Sunday, May 22, 2005
Chen-Ou Zhang*, Jian-Ying Wang, Kristopher Koch, Susan Keay, Baltimore, MD

PREVALENCE OF SELF-REPORTED INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS IN A NATIONALLY REPRESENTATIVE UNITED STATES SURVEY
Sunday, May 22, 2005
J Quentin Clemens*, Chicago, IL; Christopher K Payne, Stanford, CA; Jennifer Pace,, Stanford, CA

Medical Cost of Interstitial Cystitis and Painful Bladder Syndrome
Sunday, May 22, 2005
Christopher K Payne*, Stanford, CA; J Quentin Clemens, Chicago, IL; Geoffrey Joyce, Jennifer Pace