Vol. 5 Issue 8 - August 2018

Career Foundations ISDE Video Corner In this month's video highlight David Watson discusses the foundations for a career in research and surgery, and suggests ways for selecting a specialty. David Watson is a surgeon at the University of Adelaide, Australia and incoming Vice-President for ISDE. Go to ISDE Youtube Channel

Dr. David Watson, Australia

Nutrition therapy in esophageal cancer — Consensus statement of the Gastroenterological Society of Taiwan DOT Volume 31, Issue 8 | Featured Article A number of clinical guidelines on nutrition therapy in cancer patients have been published by national and international societies; however, most of the reviewed data focused on gastrointestinal cancer or non-cancerous abdominal surgery. To collate the corresponding data for esophageal cancer (EC), a consensus panel was convened to aid specialists from different disciplines, who are involved in the clinical nutrition care of EC patients. Read more.

15 Days Until ISDE2018 September 16-19, 2018 - Vienna, Austria

The ISDE Biennial World Congress is less than a month away in Vienna, Austria and will be the largest international meeting focused on esophageal diseases, to date. ISDE2018 has also broken records in other ways as well, receiving more abstracts and more industry participation than previous years. See below for a list of organizations that you can meet in Vienna next month.

You can still register for the congress to exchange clinical and scientific knowledge, latest development and opportunities to network with like-minded individuals. Register now.

Don’t forget to book your stay in Vienna by clicking on the following link. Book Now.

The Scientific Program is finalized and has received tremendous updates in the last weeks. Click here to check it out.

Disease of the Esophagus Festival Session Spotlight Journal editors Giovanni Zaninotto (UK) and Neil Gupta (USA) will chair this session which includes presentations from the most popular manuscripts published in the Disease of the Esophagus Journal over the past year, such as: Prognostic value of preoperative platelet-lymphocyte and neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio in patients undergoing surgery for esophageal squamous cell cancer - Ju Chen & Xuan Xie, Sun Yat-sen University, China https://doi.org/10.1111/dote.12296 Newly Developed and Validated Eosinophilic Esophagitis Histology Scoring System and Evidence That It Outperforms Peak Eosinophil Count for Disease Diagnosis and Monitoring – Margaret Collins, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, USA https://doi.org/10.1111/dote.12470 Relief of Dysphagia During Neoadjuvant Treatment for Cancer of the Esophagus or Gastroesophageal Junction – Berit Sunde, Karolinksa Institutet, Sweden https://doi.org/10.1111/dote.12352 Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy for the Treatment of Esophageal Achalasia: Systematic Review and Pooled Analysis - Nima Abbassi - Ghadi, UK https://doi.org/10.1111/dote.12387 Voluntary and Controlled Weight Loss Can Reduce Symptoms and Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and Dosage in Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: A Comparative Study – Nicola de Bortoli, University of Pisa, Italy https://doi.org/10.1111/dote.12319 The festival will also recognize DOTE award winners from the past year including the top peer reviewer and best manuscript from a trainee/junior faculty member. Accreditation The ISDE2018 program has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) for 16 European CME credits (ECMEC®s) and may be recognized by other bodies. Click here for more information.

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