Gastrointestinal Oncology

Dear Member of the Gastrointestinal Oncology Section and interested others:

Thank you making our sessions at the 41st annual DDW® in New Orleans, LA scientifically relevant and exciting! If you have specific feedback regarding speakers sponsored by Gastrointestinal Oncology (GIONC) Section at DDW, please share your thoughts with us. We will do our best to consider your comments and concerns as we plan our program for next DDW 2011 in Chicago.

One of our section's abstracts, "UK Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Screening Trial: Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality Rates at 11 Years after a Single Screening Examination" was accepted for presentation at the very successful AGA Institute Clinical Science Plenary Session .

This year the GIONC section accepted the majority of the abstracts submitted. The accepted abstracts were designated as oral or poster presentations and of distinction based on their ranking by our dedicated abstract reviewers.

GIONC Abstract Selection 2010
Total Abstracts submitted 637
Accepted Abstracts 536
Oral Presentations 110
Posters 426
Posters of Distinction 33

GIONC sponsored Clinical, Research and Translational Symposia, and abstract based Research and Topic Fora, as well as one State of the Art Lecture.

GIONC Sessions
Sunday, May 2, 2010 Attendance
Cross-Sectional Topic Forum: Cystic and Solid Pancreatic Neoplasms 8:30am-10:00am 125
Research Forum: Gastric Cancer: Biology, Diagnosis & Treatment 8:30am-10:00am 75
Research Forum: Regulators Of Tumor Growth in GI Cancers 8:30am-10:00am 500
Research Forum: Screening, Surveillance and Diagnosis of GI Cancers (I) 10:30am-12:00pm 125
Research Forum: Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition and Biomarkers In GI Cancers 10:30am-12:00pm 25
Research Forum: Tumor Microenvironment and GI Cancers 10:30am-12:00pm 50
Cross-Sectional Topic Forum: Nutrition and Cancer 10:30am-12:00pm 50
Research Forum: Esophageal Neoplasms and Barrett's Esophagus: Biology, Diagnosis & Treatment 2:15pm-3:45pm 65
Research Forum: TGF-Beta in GI Cancers 2:15pm-3:45pm 30
Research Forum: Biomarker and Genetic Effects Modifying Colon Cancer 2:15pm-3:45pm 30
Cross-Sectional Topic Forum: Outcomes Research in Clinical Practice 2:15pm-3:45pm 35
Research Forum: Signaling Pathways in GI Cancers 4:00pm-5:30pm 150
Monday, May 3, 2010
Research Symposium: H. Pylori and Other Risk Factors for Gastric Cancer (Funderburg Symposium) 2:15pm-3:45pm 300
Topic Forum: Pancreatic Cancer: Biology, Diagnosis & Treatment 2:15pm-3:45pm 70
State of the Art Lecture: Metabolic Reprogramming in Cancer 4:00pm-5:00pm 80
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Clinical Symposium: Prevention of Interval Colorectal Cancers 8:30am-10:00am 150
Research Forum: Novel Approaches to Therapy for GI Cancers 8:30am-10:00am 60
Cross-Sectional Topic Forum: Pathobiology of Gastroesophageal Carcinoma 8:30am-10:00am 45
Topic Forum: Novel Genetic Mechanisms in GI Cancers 10:30am-12:00pm 125
Clinical Symposium: Effectiveness of Endoscopic Screening for Colorectal Cancer 2:15pm-3:45pm 100
Research Forum: Methylation and Serrated Polyps in GI Cancers 2:15pm-3:45pm 100
Cross-Sectional Topic Forum: Stem Cell Biology 2:15pm-3:45pm 130
Gastrointestinal Oncology Distinguished Abstract Plenary 4:00pm-5:30pm 75
Cross-Sectional Topic Forum: Microbial Factors that Mediate H. pylori Pathogenesis 4:00pm-5:30pm 60
Gastrointestinal Oncology Section Business Meeting 5:30pm-6:30pm 30
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Translational Symposium: New Approaches for Neuroendocrine Tumors 8:30am-10:00am 40
Cross-Sectional Topic Forum: Gastrointestinal Progenitor Cells in GI Physiology and Pathophysiology 8:30am-10:00am 30
Research Forum: Screening, Surveillance And Diagnosis of GI Cancers (II) 8:30am-10:00am 200
Research Forum: Risk and Familial Susceptibility for Colon Cancer 10:30am-12:00pm 55
Cross-Sectional Topic Forum: Screening for Gastrointestinal Malignancy 10:30am-12:00pm 45

Each June, GIONC section descriptors are reviewed to optimize scientific relevance and minimize overlapping topics with other AGA Institute Sections and to encourage both clinical research and basic science abstract submissions. The current list of abstract descriptors is as follows. (GIONC descriptors may change as we go forward to DDW 2011.) We would like to thank our abstract review Committee Chairs and members for generously sharing their expertise and time in order to ensure that the most novel and relevant developments in GIONC were shared at DDW.

Descriptor Name Abstracts Received Abstract Review Chair Abstract Reviewers
Screening 88 Jason Dominitz Harold Frucht, Paul Rozen, Mohammad Wehbi, Sonia Kupfer
Prevention and Chemoprevention 35 Frank Sinicrope Robert Bresalier, Paul Limburg, John Inadomi
Biomarkers: Implications in Detection, Treatment and Prognosis of GI Cancers 53 David Weinberg Fay Kastrinos, Andrew Chan, Temitope Keku
Cancer Susceptibility and Familial Cancer Syndromes 30 Randy Burt Lisa Boardman, Carol Burke, Patrick Lynch
Molecular and Cancer Epidemiology: Genetic Mutations and Polymorphisms, Basic and Clinical Aspects 20 David Weinberg Fay Kastrinos, Andrew Chan, Temitope Keku
Esophageal Neoplasms: Precursors, Biology, Diagnosis and Therapy 26 Hiroshi Nakagawa Wael El-Rifai, Claudia Andl, Yvonne Romero
Pancreatic Neoplasms: Precursors, Biology, Diagnosis and Therapy 35 Sushovan Guha Matthias Loehr, Yusuke Mizukami, Frank Gress
Therapy for GI Cancers: Mechanisms of Chemotherapy and Drug Resistance, and Novel Translational, Therapeutic and Targeted Approaches 36 Kenneth Hung Hidekazu Suzuki, Bhaumik Patel, Stefani Asciutti
Infection, Inflammation and IBD-Associated GI Cancers 38 Steve Itzkowitz Thomas Ullman, Jan-Michael Klapproth
Influences of Obesity, Nutrition, Microbiome and Environment on GI Cancers 11 Peter Holt Rohit Loomba, Hellan Kang, Dan Dixon
Rare GI Tumors: Lymphomas, Sarcoma, Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST), Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumors 29 Bertram Wiedenmann Michelle Kim, Martyn Caplin
Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis and Metastasis 35 Scott Kuwada Beth McConnell, Doug Stairs, Vijay Yajnik
GI Cancers: Proliferation and Apoptosis, Senescence, DNA Repair and Cell Cycle Regulation 16 B. Mark Evers Chris Cartwright, Heekyung Chung, Duyen Dang
Molecular Genetics: Growth Factors, Receptors and Signal Transduction 9 Jonathan Katz Jimmy Chow, Rhonda Souza, Chris Williams
Molecular Genetics: Genomics, Proteomics, Epigenomics and Epigenetics, Chromosomal and Microsatellite Instability 27 C. Richard Boland Ajay Goel, Barbara Jung, Antoni Castells
Molecular Genetics: Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressor Genes 21 William Grady Tushar Patel, Chris Williams
Tumor and Cell Biology 24 Chris Yun Mark Hellmich, Wolfram Goessling, Kenneth Hung
Tumor Microenvironment, Angiogenesis, Invasion and Epithelial-Stromal Interaction 15 J. Adrian Lunn Vijay Yajnik, Barbara Jung
GI Cancers: Stem Cells and their Identification, Characterization and Therapeutic Implications, and Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) 12 Ben Stanger Melissa Wong, Bart Rountree, Courtney Houchen
Liver and Biliary Neoplasm: Precursors, Biology, Diagnosis and Therapy 4 Adam Slivka David Wang, John Martin, Abdullah Al-Osaimi
Molecular Diagnostic Imaging of GI Cancers 0 Thomas Wang Nadir Arber, Michael Wallace
Novel Endoscopic Therapeutics of GI Cancers 5 Nadir Arber James Farrell, Ganapathy Prasad
Epidemiology (Cross-section descriptor) 22 Douglas Robertson Sapna Syngal, Ron Koretz, Jason Dominitz, John Inadomi
Stem Cell Biology (Cross-section descriptor) 7 Michael Choi Steve Cohn, Bart Rountree, Tim Wang, Courtney Houchen
Genetics and Intestinal Disorders (Cross-section descriptor) 0 William Grady Rhonda Souza, Shanthi Sitaraman
Gastric Neoplasms: Precursors, Biology, Diagnosis and Therapy (Cross-section descriptor) 40 Juanita Merchant Sheila Crowe, John Kao

Section leaders will review committee membership this summer for new abstract review committees to confirm the final composition for DDW 2011 committees.

GIONC section members interested in serving in this capacity are encouraged to contact us and volunteer to review abstracts. You can join the GIONC section at any time.

We encourage you to submit your invaluable ideas about the topics and invited speakers that you would like to hear at next year's DDW. The more specific you can be, the better (title, individual talks, speakers, learning objectives). Please forward your suggestions to John Whiton, AGA Institute by July 1, 2010.

Members interested in participating in the various activities of the Section should contact us at the addresses below. We are particularly interested in increasing participation by junior investigators/clinicians and international members at this time.

If you are interested in serving as a reviewer for any of our abstract descriptors, please let us know. Please cite the abstract descriptor for which you would be interested in reviewing. Please recommend any new descriptors for abstracts.

Thank you for your continuing strong support of the Gastrointestinal Oncology Section.

Sincerely,

John M. Carethers, MD, AGAF
Chair, GIONC Section, AGA Institute Council

Daniel C. Chung, MD
Vice-Chair, GIONC Section, AGA Institute Council