2011 Gastrointestinal Oncology Conference Review

2011 Gastrointestinal Oncology Conference September 15-17, 2011 Please click on abstract title to review abstract PDF file (opens in a new window).
Esophageal Cancer
	Controversies in Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Therapy in Gastroesophageal Cancer David H. Ilson, MD, PhD Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
	Surgery vs. Chemo-radiotherapy plus Surgery in Resectable Esophageal Cancer: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials Basile Njei, MD, MSPH University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA

Pancreatic Cancer
	Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer: Are We Making Progress? Jordan D. Berlin, MD The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville, TN, USA
	Should Neoadjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer Adenocarcinoma be the Standard for All Patients? No! William R. Jarnigan, MD, FACS Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
	Molecular Mechanisms of Resistance to STAT3 inhibition in Pancreatic Cancer Nagaraj Nagathihalli Departments of Surgery, University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

Advanced Colorectal Cancer
	Using Biomarkers to Manage Therapy in Advanced Colorectal Cancer Wells Messersmith, MD, FACP University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, CO, USA
	Identification of MicroRNAs Differentially Expressed in Normal Colon and Colon Cancer Stem Cells Shigeo Hisamori Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
	The Association Between Metabolic Syndrome and Colorectal Neoplasm: A Meta-analysis of Epidemiologic Evidence Jinjuvadia R Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USA

Hot Topics in Gastrointestinal Oncology
	The Future of Cooperative Clinical Research in Gastrointestinal Oncology Joel E. Tepper, MD University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
	Advances in CT Imaging of GI Malignancies Elliot K. Fishman, MD, FACR Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA
	S-1 Plus Intravenous and Intraperitoneal Paclitaxel for Gastric Cancer With Peritoneal Metastasis Joji Kitayama University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
	Reprogrammed Induced-Pluripotent-Stem Cells (iPSCs) Encoded With Anti-GRP78 shRNA Induces Apoptosis After a Gene-Silencing Bystander Effect Circumventing Vinorelbine-Induced Angiogenesis, and Metastatic Spread in Advanced Gastro-Intestinal Stromal Tumors (GIST) John N Giannios Ippokration Hospital and International Society of Molecular and Genomic Medicine and Research, and MEDICAL BIOMICS LTD, Greece

Neuroendocrine Tumors (NET)
	A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter, Phase III Trial (RADIANT-3) of Everolimus in Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: Updated Safety and Overall Survival Results Jonathan R. Strosberg H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
	Updated Efficacy, Safety, and Exploratory Biomarker Results From RADIANT-2: A Phase III Trial of Everolimus + Octreotide LAR vs. Placebo + Octreotide LAR in Patients With Advanced Neuroendocrine Tumors James C. Yao The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

Hepatobiliary Cancer
	Systemic Therapy for Cholangiocarcinoma Mary F. Mulcahy MD Robert H. Lurie comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
	Molecular Profile of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in India with Special Reference to GST gene Polymorphism Premashis Kar Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi, India

POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Esophageal/Gastric Cancer
	Concurrent Radiotherapy and Capecitabine as Adjuvant Treatment after Surgery for Gastric Cancer Abbas H Department of Radiation Oncology, South Egypt Cancer Institute, Assiut University, Egypt
	Efficacy of Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Early Gastric Neoplasms: Analysis of 1123 Lesions Tatsuya Toyokawa Department of Gastroenterology, National Hospital Organization Fukuyama Medical Center, Fukuyama, Japan
	Erlotinib and Radiation Therapy for Elderly Patients With Esophageal Cancer: Clinical and Correlative Results From a Prospective Multicenter Phase II trial R Chhatrala University at Buffalo
	Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer: Results of the Last Decade From a Tertiary Care Center of North India Amit Javed All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi
	Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: An Adjuvant Treatment Modality for Chemo-Radiation Induced Hemorrhagic Gastritis Dr Amit Javed All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi
	*Topography of Chronic Active Gastritis Among Helicobacter Pylori* Positive Patients in Bangladesh Hafeza Aftab** Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Pancreatic Cancer
	Comparison of Efficacy Between Gemcitabine/Erlotinib (GE) and Gemcitabine/Capecitabine (GX) in Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer: Retrospective, Single Center Experience, Final Report Myung- Ah Lee Division of Medical Oncology, Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Cancer Center, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
	Etiology of Enlarged Heart: A Rare Pancreatic Tumor Divey Manocha SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA
	Genetic Alterations of Pancreatic Cancer In North Indian Population Sunil K Polipalli Department of Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
	LNA-Modified Oligonucleotides Targeting mRNA of DICER in Pegylated Colloidal Nanoparticles With Linked Αbs Against CD44 on Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cells (PCSCs) Induces PCD After Inhibition Of Oncomirs Leading to Downregulation of Antiapoptotic Oncogenes That Interact With Their 3'UTRs and Inhibition of DNA Hypermethylation Leading to Activation of Apoptotic Tumor Suppressor Genes Dr John N Giannios Head of Translational Medicine, Erasinio Oncology Hospital, Athens, Greece

Colorectal Cancer
	A Retrospective Single Study Analysis of Survival Outcomes in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer F McCarthy St Bartholomew’s Hospital, West Smithfield, London, United Kingdom
	Response To Systemic Chemotherapy With Cetuximab in KRAS Mutated Patients With Liver Metastases From Colorectal Cancer Petrovic Z Dept. of GI Oncology, Clinic of gastroenterology, VMA, Belgrade, Serbia
	Single Incision Laparoscopic Right Hemicolectomy in Advanced Colon Cancer Koo Yong Hahn, MD Department of Surgery, Seongnam Central Hospital, Jungwon-gu, Seongman, South Korea
	*The Association between Helicobacter pylori* infection and Colorectal Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of Epidemiologic Evidence Basile Njei, MD, MSPH** University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
	A Superficial Colon Tumor Model Involving Subcutaneous Colon Translocation and Orthotopic Transplantation of Green ﬂuorescent Protein-Expressing Human Colon Tumor Heiying Jin National Center of Colorectal Surgery, The 3rd affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, P.R. China
	Expression and Clinical Significance of Notch Signaling Genes in Colorectal Cancer Hei-Ying JIN National center of colorectal surgery, The 3rd affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, China
	Pilot Study of Short-Course Preoperative Radiation Therapy using Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) for Patients With Rectal Cancer Aaron Rickles, MD Division of Colorectal Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center
	Assessment of a novel VEGF targeted agent using patient-derived tumor tissue xenograft models of colon carcinoma with lymphatic and hepatic metastases Li Song Teng of Surgical Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Neuroendocrine Tumors (NET)
	Temozolomide and Thalidomide for Neuroendocrine Tumors: A Retrospective Report Ramakrishna Thotakura Department of Medicine, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY

Hepatobiliary Cancer
	Eradication of Unresectable Chemo/Radioresistant Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma With Gene-Modified Cellular Vaccine (GMCV) Composed of Autologous Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells (AADMSCs) Transfected With Lipid-cation Hsp70 Activated Innate and Adaptive Immunity, and Induced SecondaryNecrosis Leading to a Lethal Bystander Effect Dr John N Giannios Head of Translational Medicine, Erasinio Oncology Hospital, Athens, Greece
	Human APEndonuclease (APE1/ref-1), a DNA Repair Enzyme, in Gall Bladder Cancer and its Correlation With Tumor Infiltration and Perineural Invasion Prashant Chandra Das Department of General Surgery, IMS, BHU, Varanasi, India
	Phase I Adjuvant Trial of Sorafenib in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Patients After Orthotopic Liver Transplantation (OLT) Ning Jia Department of Medical Oncology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences , Tsinghua University Health System, Beijing University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

ABSTRACTS SELECTED FOR ORAL PRESENTATION
Hot Topics
	HER2 Status in Gastric and Gastroesophageal Junction Adenocarcinoma: Analysis of 726 Consecutive Cases in Four Chinese Hospitals Dan Huang Department of Pathology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University

Localized/Adjuvant Colorectal Cancer
	Lymph Node Correlations and Thresholds in Colorectal Cancer Specimens Jatinder S. Minhas, BSc (Hons) Norwich Medical School, Norwich UK