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.
14th United European Gastroenterology Week
Interrelationship of Symptoms in Acid-related Gastrointestinal Diseases
Berlin, Germany / October 21-25, 2006
Berlin - New data suggest that acid-related disorders of the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract have been defined too narrowly, impairing opportunities to provide complete symptom relief. Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), for which...
14th United European Gastroenterology Week (UEGW)
Updated Principles of Ulcerative Colitis Management: The Onus Is on Compliance
Berlin, Germany / October 21-25, 2006
Berlin - A more rigorous and proactive approach to maintaining long-term control of ulcerative colitis (UC) is being advocated for its broad array of advantages. Stable disease control not only provides an opportunity for a better quality...
31st Congress of the European Society of Medical Oncology
Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: New Directions in Systemic Treatment
Istanbul, Turkey / September 29-October 3, 2006
Istanbul - Delegates here learned about promising new chemotherapy regimens and biologic combinations during the scientific sessions. An important development in the chemotherapy regimens themselves for the treatment of metastatic...
42nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Update on New Strategies for the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Cancers
Atlanta, Georgia / June 2-5, 2006
Atlanta - When added to standard chemotherapy regimens for metastatic colorectal cancer, bevacizumab, a monoclonal antibody against vascular endothelial growth factor, demonstrated improved progression-free and overall patient survival. The...
Digestive Disease Week 2006
Compliance with Ulcerative Colitis Therapies: Key for Improved Long-term Outcome
Los Angeles, California / May 20-25, 2006
Los Angeles - Ulcerative colitis (UC) is often mistakenly perceived as a disease of persistently escalating severity that inevitably leads to increasing areas of involvement and need for resection. However, the clinical data indicate that...
44th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology
Enhancing Compliance and Inducing Remission in Ulcerative Colitis Patients
Banff, Alberta / February 24-27, 2006
Banff - Ulcerative colitis (UC) leads to ulcers and inflammation of the inner lining of the colon, typically resulting in abdominal pain, diarrhea and rectal bleeding, striking patients in their prime years and often requiring lifelong...