Milan, 27 March 2008 -- On Thursday morning, the Award Session of the 23rd Annual Congress of the European Association of Urology was held. Prizes were awarded in different categories of research. Please find a summary below.

Prize for the Best Paper published on Fundamental Research
R. Heer, Newcastle upon Tyne (GB) - The role of androgen in determining differentiation and regulation of androgen receptor expression in the human prostatic epithelium transient amplifying population
J Cell Physiol. 2007 Nov 27; (Epub ahead of print)
Supported by an educational grant from AstraZeneca

Prize for the Best Paper published on Clinical Research     
M. Rouprêt, Paris (FR) - Molecular detection of localised prostate cancer using quantitative methylation-specific PCR on urinary cells obtained following prostate massage.
Clin Cancer Res. 2007 Mar 15;13(6):1720-5
Supported by an educational grant from AstraZeneca

Prize for the Best Scientific Paper published in European Urology in the year 2007 
Morbidity and clinical outcome of nephron-sparing surgery in relation to tumour size and indication
European Urology, Volume 52, Issue 1, July 2007, Pages 148-154
Jean-Jacques Patard, Allan J. Pantuck, Maxime Crepel, John S. Lam, Laurent Bellec, Baptiste Albouy, David Lopes, Jean-Christophe Bernhard, François Guillé, Bertrand Lacroix, Alexandre De La Taille, Laurent Salomon, Christian Pfister, Michel Soulié, Jacques Tostain, Jean-Marie Ferriere, Claude C. Abbou, Marc Colombel and Arie S. Belldegrun
Supported by an educational grant from Elsevier

Prize for the Best Scientific Paper published on Fundamental Research in European Urology in 2007 by a young urologist (max. 35 years)
Effects of the M3 receptor selective muscarinic antagonist darifenacin on bladder afferent activity of the rat pelvic nerve
European Urology, Volume 52, Issue 3, September 2007, Pages 842-849
Kazuyoshi Iijima, Stefan De Wachter and Jean-Jacques Wyndaele
Supported by an educational grant from Elsevier

Prize for the Best Scientific Paper published on Clinical Research in European Urology in 2007 by a young urologist (max. 35 years)   
Use of haemostatic agents and glues during laparoscopic partial nephrectomy: A multi-institutional survey from the United States and Europe of 1347 cases
European Urology, Volume 52, Issue 3, September 2007, Pages 798-803
Alberto Breda, Sevan V. Stepanian, John S. Lam, Joseph C. Liao, Inderbir S. Gill, Jose R. Colombo, Giorgio Guazzoni, Michael D. Stifelman, Kent T. Perry, Antonio Celia, Guglielmo Breda, Paolo Fornara, Stephen V. Jackman, Antonio Rosales, Juan Palou, Michael Grasso, Vincenzo Pansadoro, Vincenzo Disanto, Francesco Porpiglia, Claudio Milani, et al
Supported by an educational grant from Karl Storz GmbH & Co.KG

These awards come with a financial prize of € 5,000 or € 2,500.

The event is being held at the Milano Convention Centre (MIC) in Milan (IT).