Session 48

 

Tuesday, September 5
8:00 – 10:00 am

Room 3

 

 

Superficial cancers

 

Chairs: Jean-Louis Frossard (Switzerland) – Hiroshi Mashimo (USA)

Discussant: Arnulf H. Hölscher (Germany)

 

• Role for NBI in detecting early neoplastic lesions in the upper gastrointestinal tract.
  Stuart R. Gordon (USA)
• Impact of PET for diagnosis and treatment of esophageal cancer. Katja Ott (Germany)
• Shall we care about gastric ectopic mucosa in the cervical esophagus? Andrew M. Bellizzi (USA)
• Strategy for preventing esophageal stricture after endoscopic surgery. S.M. Chandramohan (India)
• What is the preferable strategy for ablation of early esophageal cancer: ESD or surgery?
            Pro ESD: Michael Ujiki (USA)                   Pro Surgery: Arnulf Hölscher (Germany)
• Role of endoscopy, confocal microscopy, optical coherence tomography, and EUS in the diagnosis of early esophageal cancers. Hiroshi Mashimo (USA)
• High-Resolution Microendoscopy for the detection of esophageal squamous cell neoplasia.
  Sabrena Noria (USA)
• Has PET/CT improved staging, reduced early recurrence or increased survival in esophageal cancer?
  Kadja Ott (Germany)
• China’s national early detection and early treatment program. Jie He (China)
• The place of chemo and/or radiation in early stage esophageal cancers.
  Salah-Eddin Al-Batran (Germany)
• The role of NOTES. Vivien Wong (China)