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Press registration open for Society of Interventional Radiology’s 35th Annual Scientific Meeting

January 26th, 2010

Nearly 5,300 physicians, scientists and allied health professionals are expected to attend the Society of Interventional Radiology's 35th Annual Scientific Meeting March 13󈝾 at the Tampa Convention Center. Scientific press conferences are scheduled for 9󈝶:30 a.m. on both Monday, March 15, and Tuesday, March 16.

The Annual Scientific Meeting offers


  • Hot topic main sessions: interventional radiology in extremis (Iraq, Lebanon, Kenya, Katrina); IR frontiers (molecular medicine, nanotechnology); vertebral augmentation (past, present, future); future interventional oncology advances
  • Breaking news from two scientific press conferences; opportunities to interview experts in interventional radiology
  • Nearly 400 scientific presentations and posters covering the latest trends in interventional radiology research; approximately 150 technical exhibits and product demonstrations

Some of the exciting topics that will be featured at this year's news conferences include:


  • Cancer advances: minimally invasive treatments coming for liver, breast, soft tissue, prostate, lung and pancreatic cancers
  • Spine fracture treatment (vertebroplasty)—parts 1 and 2: effective pain relief for patients with osteoporosis and non-osteoporotic patients too
  • Women's health: uterine fibroid embolization and pregnancy; sound wave-zapping treatment for uterine fibroids
  • Getting to the heart of stroke: carotid stenting and more
  • Examining heart attack risk: another surprising look at Framingham risk scores
  • Treating peripheral arterial disease: stem cell therapy and stenting advances
  • IRs as innovators: minimally invasive specialists responsible for thousands of patents, applications

Reporters: visit www.SIRmeeting.org to register online (free), view scientific abstracts and download a meeting schedule. Please contact SIR's communications department to register for press conferences via e-mail at mverrillo@SIRweb.org or by phone at (703) 460-5572.

Provided by Society of Interventional Radiology

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