Category: ECR 2015 Press Conference

ECR 2015 to look at the communication between patients and radiologists.

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 (ECR) – Good communication between patients and doctors is essential for proper patient care. A session organised by the European Society of Radiology Patient Advisory Group (ESR-PAG) will focus on this crucial aspect of healthcare on Sunday at ECR 2015, said Nicola Bedlington, Secretary General of the European Patients’ Forum and Chairperson of ESR-PAG, ahead of the ECR Opening Press Conference on Wednesday.

“Doctors and...

ECR more than ever a roof for European science in 2015.

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 (ECR) – As economic turmoil divides Europe, the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) will be a celebration of the unity of the European scientific community, as well as the tenth anniversary of its organiser the European Society of Radiology (ESR).

ECR 2015 is expected to attract more than 20,000 participants and will see the latest trends in imaging unveiled from March 4 to 8. The...

MRI guided interventions to help redefine prostate cancer management).

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 (ECR) – Prostate cancer diagnosis and management have to be radically rethought and redefined, speakers will argue in a session on image-guided interventions of the prostate on Friday at ECR 2015. Session chairman Anwar R. Padhani, a consultant radiologist at Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, Mount Vernon Hospital, Northwood, and Professor of the Institute of Cancer Research, London, explained why ahead of the ECR Opening Press Conference on...

Heightened interest in population imaging benefits patients and radiologists.

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 (ECR) – Population imaging studies are gaining ground in healthcare, as will be shown during a Professional Challenges Session at the ECR. From the most recently available imaging biomarkers to genomics and metabolomics, imaging large cohorts of patients is becoming central to the prognosis of countless diseases, said Prof. Norbert Hosten, professor of radiology at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University in Greifswald, Germany, ahead of the ECR 2015 Opening...

ESR to launch support initiative to help trainees from low-income countries.

Wednesday, March 4, 2015 (ECR) – In many ways, ECR 2015 will be a milestone for its organiser the European Society of Radiology (ESR) – first and foremost because it marks the society’s tenth anniversary. Over the course of a decade, the ESR has grown to serve an increasing number of radiologists, explained ESR President Prof. Lorenzo Bonomo, Chairman of the Department of Radiological Sciences and Bioimaging at the...