Immunotherapy of Urological Tumours [antikvár]

The two aims which were the basis for the formation of the Société Internationale d'Urologie in 1907 were the following: to facilitate access to new technological knowledge by spreading information more effectively; to create a structure which would allow urologists from every corner of the earth to meet, so that they could get to know and appreciate each other better. Eighty years later, we can say that those two objectives, defined by our first President, Félix Guyon, have been adhered to. Despite all confiicts, the SIU has never ceased to expand and is now an organization which has earned the respect of our specialty. Today, it has more than 2500 members from 69 National Sections and its triennial Congresses are better attended than ever; they offer a valuable and unrivalled opportunity to meet colleagues socially and professionally. Whilst it would be diíficult to improve on the kindness and warmth of welcome afforded by the host countries at these Congresses, it has nevertheless become apparent to the members of the International Committee and of the Board that an effort should be made to raise the level of the scientific programme, and to circulate more effectively afterwards the results and conclusions of the discussions which have taken place. Stricter criteria in the choice of topics and in the selection of the presentations, together with the continuing involvement of numerous colleagues, should solve the first problem and result in a higher scientific standard. As regards the diffusion of scientific information,, the General Assembly which met during the Congress at Buenos Aires admitted that, in spite of improvements in recent years, the Proceedings in their present form were no longer a realistic answer for various reasons: difficulties in obtaining manuscripts resulted in significant delay in their publication; the resulting publication is costly, reference cannot be made to it and its circulation is limited to members of the Society. As a result, many of the most interesting presentations do not appear in the Proceedings, but are reserved for publication in other journals. Hence the idea of replacing these Proceedings with a series of Reports concentrating on the principal topics discussed, sponsored by the SIU and edited by the Chairmen in charge of the sessions. These Reports would be produced by a publishing house with an international reputation, they