Reports
The following list of reports reflects the latest in findings and outcomes in medical research as presented at major medical meetings and published peer-reviewed medical journals. In this section you can view reports from important congresses as well as summaries of some recently published journal articles. Please let us know if you have a particular area of interest you would like to see covered.
PRIORITY PRESS - 18th United European Gastroenterology Week
Adjusting Therapy In Crohn’s Disease
Barcelona, Spain / October 23-27, 2010
Barcelona - United European Gastroenterology Week is one of the most highly anticipated conferences in the continent. This year’s UEGW brought together clinicians and researchers in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and...
PRIORITY PRESS - 18th United European Gastroenterology Week
Defining the Role of Proton Pump Inhibition in Various Clinical Settings
Barcelona, Spain / October 23-27, 2010
Barcelona - Successful eradication of Helicobacter pylori has been shown to decrease the risk of H. pylori-related gastric cancer; however, the interchangeability of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) has been challenged within triple therapy...
PRIORITY PRESS - 18th United European Gastroenterology Week
Progress in Defining Which Ulcerative Colitis Patients Are Candidates for Biologics
Barcelona, Spain / October 23-27, 2010
Barcelona - The indications for stepping up therapy in ulcerative colitis in order to avoid long-term complications are being reassessed. The significant complications faced by patients with moderate or moderate-to-severe disease who fail...
MEDICAL FRONTIERS - 18th United European Gastroenterology Week
Optimizing Crohn’s Disease Therapy: The Right Patient at the Right Time
Barcelona, Spain / October 23-27, 2010
Barcelona - Treatment goals for Crohn’s disease (CD) include inducing and maintaining steroid-free clinical remission, complete mucosal healing, reducing the incidence of hospitalization and surgery, and improving quality of life....
MEDICAL OPTIONS - Gastroenterology
Mucosal Healing and Treatment Paradigms in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
THE IMPORTANCE OF MUCOSAL HEALING IN CROHN’S DISEASE Editorial review: Subrata Ghosh, MD, FRCPC, FRCP(E) Head, Division of Gastroenterology, Teaching Research Wellness Building, Professor of Medicine, University of Calgary,...
MEDICAL FRONTIERS - 46th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Update on Optimal Long-term Control of GIST with Targeted Therapies
Chicago, Illinois / June 4-8, 2010
Chicago - The efficacy of imatinib, an oral small molecule inhibitor in the long-term control of metastatic or unresectable gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST), has provided an impressive demonstration of the potency of targeted...
PRIORITY PRESS - 111th Annual Digestive Disease Week (DDW)
Clinical Implications of Maximizing 5-ASA Therapy
New Orleans, Louisiana / May 1-5, 2010
New Orleans - New data have expanded the evidence that either twice-daily (b.i.d.) or once-daily mesalamine is highly effective for sustained healing and not just remission of ulcerative colitis. In a new analysis from a previously...
MEDICAL FRONTIERS - 111th Annual Digestive Disease Week (DDW)
Toward Mucosal Healing in Ulcerative Colitis
New Orleans, Louisiana / May 1-5, 2010
New Orleans - The ability of complete rather than partial healing of ulcerative colitis (UC) to provide greater protection against relapse is a rational expectation now supported by several sets of data. These data have redirected the...
MEDICAL FRONTIERS - ESMO Conference on Sarcoma and GIST
Advances in GIST Treatment: The Evolving Role of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors
Milan, Italy / March 9-10, 2010
Milan - A series of major advances in the treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST) continues with progress in determining when to conduct mutational analyses to better target tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). Although surgery...