2010 Gastrointestinal Oncology Conference Review

2010 Gastrointestinal Oncology Conference September 23-25, 2010 Please click on abstract title to review abstract PDF file (opens in a new window).
Esophageal Cancer
	Thrombosis and Cancer Gary H. Lyman Duke University and the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Durham, NC
	Palliative Stenting With or Without Radiotherapy for Inoperable Esophageal Cancer: A Randomized Trial Amit Javed Duke University and the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, Durham, NC

Pancreatic Cancer
	Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas: An Update Matthew Kulke Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
	Risk of Metastatic Spread in Patients with Early-Stage, Surgically Resected Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors Jonathan Strosberg, Asima Cheema, Jill Weber, Domenico Coppola, Larry Kvols H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida
	Incidental Diagnosis of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors Asima Cheema H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL
	A Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Phase II Study of Conatumumab (C) or AMG 479 (A) or Placebo (P) + Gemcitabine (G) in Patients With Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer (mPC) Howard Safran Brown University Oncology Group, Providence, RI

Advanced Colorectal Cancer
	Curable Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Jean-Nicolas Vauthey The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
	Survival of Colorectal Cancer Patients in Iran Mohammad Esmaeil Akbari Cancer Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical sciences, Tehran, Iran
	Chemotherapy with Vinorelbine-Tartrate Induces Chemoresistant Cancer Stem Cell (CSCs) Renewal in Colorectal Cancer (CRC) by the Square to Sickle Shift Causing Metastasis John Giannios Head of Translational Oncology, Erasinio Oncology Hospital, Athens, Greece

Hepatobiliary Cancer
	Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the West Andrew X. Zhu Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
	Chemotherapy Outcomes for the Treatment of Unresectable Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma: A Retrospective Analysis Karen R. Eckmann Departments of Pharmacy, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Adjuvant Colon Cancer
	Inherited Syndromes in Gastrointestinal Cancers Henry T. Lynch Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha NE

Gastric Cancer
	Combination Chemotherapy With Docetaxel, Cisplatin and S-1 (DCS) for Advanced Gastric Cancer Wasaburo Koizumi Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara-City, Kanagawa, Japan
	Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) With Concurrent Chemotherapy as Preoperative Treatment for Localized Gastric Adenocarcinoma Twisha Chakravarty Department of Radiation Oncology, U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
	HER2 Status and Response to Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Resectable Gastric Cancer Zoran Petrovic Department of GI Oncology, Clinic of Gastroenterology, VMA, Belgrade, Serbia

Rectal Cancer
	Chemoradiotherapy in Rectal Cancer: Clinical Do's and Don'ts Christopher H. Crane M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
	Expression of PTEN During Preoperative Radiotherapy Combined With Capecitabine Chemotherapy in Chinese Patients With Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer Daoyuan Wang Department of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospitla to Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou, China

Abstracts Selected for Poster Presentations
(note presenting authors appear in bold)
Esophageal Cancer
	Esophageal Cancer: Retrospective Review of a Small-Volume, Single-Institution Experience in the Past Twelve Year Period Hong W. Chin Dayton VA Medical Center and Wright State University, Dayton, OH
	Proximal Extent of Spread in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus A. Prabhakaran, S. Ilango, U.P. Srinivasan, Benet Duraisamy, S. Karthikeyan, J. Chandrasekar, M. Kanagavel, T. Selvaraj, A. Amudhan, R. Prabhakaran, S.M. Chandramohan Madras Medical College, Government General Hospital, Chennai, India
	Management and Outcome of Intrathoracic Bleeding Due to Vascular Injury During Transhiatal Esophagectomy Amit Javed, Sujoy Pal, Peush Sahni, Tushar Kanti Chattopadhyay All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India
Pancreatic Cancer
	Antitumor Effects of Low Molecular Weight Heparin in Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Peter YZ Jiang, Jerry P. Jiang, Linda Whittaker, James E. Congdon, Xiaowen Wang, Elie P. Saikely, Luke N. Walker Providence Regional Cancer Partnership, Everett, WA
	Long-Term Outcome of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Treatment (HIFU) in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Mun Kyung Jung, Hye Young Sung, Se Hyun Cho, Joon-Yeol Han, Seung Eun Jung, Sung Tai Han, In-Sik Chung Seoul Saint Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Kyunggi-do, South Korea
	Prognostic Relevance of a Novel AJCC Staging Classification for Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Pancreas Jonathan Strosberg, Asima Cheema, Jill Weber, Domenico Coppola, Larry Kvols H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL
	Protein Kinase D1 Promotes Cell Proliferation and Invasion of Human Pancreatic Cancer Cells S. Tanasanvimon, N. Ochi, Y. Matsuo, Z. Tong, S. Guha Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Advanced Colorectal Cancer
	The Pattern and Prevention of Colorectal Cancer in Sudan Abdelrahim MI, Suliman SH, Salim OH, Ibrahim SZ, El Tahir MA, Mudawi HM, Dabora A, Abbas S, Yousif DO, Ahmed KM. Soba Gastroenterology Research Unit, Khartoum, Sudan
	Colorectal Cancer Prevalence According to Survival Data in Iran: 2007 Farzaneh Esna-Ashari, Mohammad Reza Sohrabi, Alireza Abadi, Abas Ali Mehrabian, Bahram Mofid, Mehrdad Bohluli, Mohammad Esmaeil Akbari Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
	Colorectal Cancer Population: The Role of Screening Esther Uña Cidón Department of Clinical Oncology, Clinical University Hospital of Valladolid (Spain)
	Systemic Chemotherapy With Cextuximab Plus CAPIRI for Patients With Liver Metastases From Colorectal Cancer Z. Petrovic, D. Tarabar, I. Tufegdzic, B. Milekic, R. Doder Dept. of GI Oncology, Clinic of gastroenterology, VMA, Belgrade, Serbia
Hepatobiliary Cancer
	Improved Outcomes in Patients with Hepatitis-C-Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated with Interferon-based Antiviral Therapy Following Liver Transplantation Ashish Singhal, Shi-Feng Li, Lenzi Elliott, Clay Gates, Sajid Jalil, Vivek Kohli Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute, INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK
	Phase II Study of Sunitinib Malate Following Hepatic Artery Embolization for Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumors Jonathan Strosberg, Asima Cheema, Tiffany Campos, Tiffany Valone, Larry Kvols H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL
Adjuvant Colon Cancer
	Complete Response of HER-2/neu Amplified, Metastatic, Heavily Treated Colon Cancer to Dual HER-2/neu Inhibitory Therapy Syed Mustafa Karim, Mark Katlic, Rodrigo Erlich Geisinger/Fox Chase Cancer Center, Wilkes Barre, PA
Gastric Cancer
	Tesataxel, a Novel Oral Taxane: Comparison of Once-Every-Three-Weeks versus Once-Weekly x 3 Weeks Dosing Schedule M. Beeram, A. Patnaik, K. Papadopoulos, A. Qureshi, A. W. Tolcher South Texas Accelerated Research Therapeutics (START), San Antonio, TX; Genta Incorporated, Berkeley Heights, NJ
	Analysis of Two Methods of Dye Injection for the Study of Sentinel Node Lymphatic Mapping in Gastric Cancer S. Ilango, A. Prabhakaran, U.P. Srinivasan, A. Benet Duraisamy, S. Karthikeyan, J. Chandrasekar, M. Kanagavel, R. Prabhakaran, A. Amudhan, T. Selvaraj, S.M. Chandramohan Madras Medical College, Government General Hospital, Chennai, India
	Chemotherapy-Induced Angiogenesis, and Metastatic Spread With Cytostatic Vinorelbine-Tartrate in Advanced Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST) Was Circumvented With Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) Encoded With Anti-GRP78 shRNA, Which Induces Apoptosis After a Gene Silencing Bystander Effect (GSBE) John Giannios, John Papanikolaou Erasinio Oncology Hospital, Athens, Greece
	Does the Non-Lifting Sign Predict the Depth of Invasion in Early Gastric Cancer? Beom Jin Kim, Jae J. Kim, Sang-Jung Kim, Kyung Mee Kim, Chul Keun Park Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Samsung Medical Center Sungkyunkwan University of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Boondang Jaesaeng General Hospital, Gyunki-do, Korea
	DNA Mismatch Repair Proteins (MLH1, MSH2, PMS2 and MSH6) Expression in Early-Onset Gastric Carcinoma Edaise M. Silva, José Humberto, T.G. Fregnani, Sueli Nonogaki, Ericka Monteiro Santos, Renata A. Coudry, Fernando A. Soares Hospital do Cancer AC Camargo, São Paulo, Brazil