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News Archive - June 2013

ACPGBI Travelling Fellow Report

ACPGBI Travelling Fellow Report on a two week visit to the Cleveland Clinic and Cleveland Clinic Florida. Oliver Warren MD FRCS (Gen.Surg) Background I am currently an RSO at St. Mark’s Hospital, Harrow and this year was awarded one of the two... Read more

28 Jun 2013

Extended VTE prophylaxis after major cancer surgery - the evidence

Lesley Hunt, Consultant Surgeon Presented at ACPGBI Liverpool 2013, 3 July Acknowledgement: Dr Rhona Maclean Consultant Haematologist, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Patients undergoing major surgery without venous thromboembolism... Read more

28 Jun 2013

Dysplasia, ALMs and DALMs: surgical decision making

Emmanuel Tiret, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Paris Colorectal Disease lecture, presented at ACPGBI Liverpool 2013, 2 July After 10 years or more of evolution, patients with ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s colitis are at increased risk of developing... Read more

28 Jun 2013

Bowel Disease Research Foundation in 2013

We have had another successful year. In 2012 we raised £349,308 – a steady annual increase. This year we are on track to exceed this figure. For the first time BDRF has funded two rounds of research projects in a single year. In November 2012,... Read more

28 Jun 2013

The Case for Colorectal Cancer Screening

The Case for Colorectal Cancer Screening Professor Bob Steele University of Dundee 1600-1700 Hall 1A Tuesday 2nd July Bowel Cancer Screening 2013 Given the biases inherent in any form of screening, it is essential that population-based... Read more

28 Jun 2013