We regret to inform you that the Endo-ERN webinar scheduled for 28 January from 14:00 – 15:00 CET on Turner Syndrome Guideline & the patient perspective is postponed.

A new date will be announced as soon as possible.

The International Course Training on strategies to foster solutions of undiagnosed rare disease cases is part of a series of training activities proposed by the EJP RD and will take place on 27-29 April 2020 in Rome, Italy.

Several initiatives have been undertaken at national and international level for undiagnosed rare diseases aimed at identifying clinical pathways and innovative methods to reach diagnosis. This course will illustrate methodologies and tools already used internationally and will provide participants with useful examples for the resolution of undiagnosed cases.

The course will provide participants, through the presentation of sample use cases that have long eluded diagnosis, with useful tools, instruments and knowledge on novel strategies to foster solutions of undiagnosed RD cases. Moreover, the course will facilitate networking among professionals involved in undiagnosed rare conditions.

Registration for this course is open until January 26, 2020. For more information about this course, have a look at the program or visit the website.

The second ESPE Science Symposium will take place on October 30th, 2020 and will be hosted at Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen in The Netherlands by Prof. Hedi Claahsen.

The ESPE science symposium aims to promote the development of an interactive network between clinicians and researchers, helping to reduce the gap between research and patient care. It will also provide the means to disseminate new scientific knowledge in the community of paediatric endocrinology.

Its focus will be ‘Congenital adrenal hyperplasia: from molecular medical research to clinical application’ and it will be supported by Endo-ERN and the ESPE DSD Working Group. The duration of the meeting will be 1.5 days.

Prof. Olaf Hiort, Prof. Nicole Reisch, Prof. Faisal Ahmed, Prof. Michel Polak and ePAG representative Johan Beun are part of the organizing committee. In addition, Endo-ERN is represented by several Endo-ERN speakers during the sessions.

The congress fee is €80 per attendee, including dinner on the first night. Application is open until June 1st 2020. For more information about the symposium, have a look at the invitation below or visit the website.

Invitation ESPE Science Symposium 2020

On Friday February 14th at 15:00 – 16:00 CET an Endo-ERN webinar about “Prophylactic thyroidectomy in Children with MEN2” is organised.

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 2 is an autosomal dominant inherited tumour syndrome which occurs in 1:200000 live birth and have an estimated prevalence of 1:30 000 to 1:40 000 individuals.

It is caused by mutation of RET protooncogene located on 10q11.2 which encodes a transmembrane receptor tyrosine kinase. RET mutations are also responsible for Hirschprung disease, urogenital abnormalities and other pathologies.All  MEN2 patients develop medullary thyroid cancer, half of them pheochromocytoma and 10-20% Primary Hyperparathyroidism. RET mutations have been classified according to their aggressiveness and age at which MTC develop.

Prophylactic thyroidectomy in children diagnosed with MEN2 is a recommended treatment and in this webinar Prof. Tom Kurzawinski will talk about timing of surgery as well as its outcomes.