JANUARY 2006

President’s Message

The 9th World Congress on Endometriosis (WCE) is just over but its memory will be long lasting. The day before the official meeting started a pre-congress course on Best practice in endometriosis: When support groups and physicians work together was conducted. Organised and chaired by Andrew Prentice (UK), Axel Forman (UK) and Lone Hummelshoj (UK), the course focused on how support groups and physicians working together may achieve goals faster through better lobbying of legislators and supporting research. The conclusion was that a platform/global network for worldwide collaboration is necessary.

Johannes Evers, chairman of the Maastricht conference, and his close collaborators Gerald Dunselman, Patrick Groothuis and Ton de Goeij had the fantastic idea of organising the meeting around 11 seminars. Each seminar started with the moderator’s lecture, followed by the presentation of the selected abstracts chosen by the organising committee and the respective moderators. They were summarised and discussed by the moderators at the end of each seminar giving the conference a very coherent aspect.

Contents

• President’s message
• Editor's message
• Potential Role of Chinese botanical remedies for endometriosis-associated pain
• Genomewide linkage study in 1176 affected sisters
• Notes from Maastricht
• 10 tips for avoiding jetlag
• ASRM/ESHRE/APEA meeting
• Bibliography/new endometriosis articles
• Upcoming meetings

• Membership benefits

Dr Ali Akoum
Editor WES e-journal
Professor, Faculty of Medicine
Laval University
Research Centre
St-Francis of Assisi Hospital,
DO-708B, 10 Rue de L'Espinay, Québec (PQ), Canada, GIL 3L5
ali.akoum@crsfa.ulaval.ca

Topics went from epidemiology, genetics and quality of life to medical and surgical treatments, angiogenesis and fecundity.

Keynote lectures were presented at the end of the morning and afternoon sessions and featured the latestadvances on important topics such as imaging in endometriosis, genomics, pain, cancer and evidence based guidelines. Stimulating discussions around the posters completed this excellent program.

On behalf of all the participants, congratulations to the organisers of this excellent meeting!

During the opening ceremonies Professor Maurice-Antoine Bruhat, from France, was honoured by the Society for his contribution to the field of endometriosis. He was named Emeritus Member of the World Endometriosis Society. Professor Bruhat has been a leader in the field of endoscopy and was the organiser of the first World Congress on Endometriosis.

We are pleased to inform you that the executive committee of the World Endometriosis Society has a new member: Robert Taylor MD, PhD, from Emory University (USA). Professor Taylor is well known around the world for his work on markers in endometriosis. He will help our society to better integrate basic and clinical research, one of the goals of our Society for the next few years.

Finally, Bernard Hedon and the city of Montpellier (France) has won the bidding process to organise the 11th WCE in 2011.

In the meantime, be prepared! Our Australian colleagues are preparing a super meeting in Melbourne for the 10th WCE. So mark those dates in your calendar: March 11-14 2008 and don’t forget to join the Society to stay informed on the recent advances in the field of endometriosis.

Sincerely yours,

Rodolphe Maheux MD

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