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Digestive Disease Week 2007 spotlights breakthrough research in digestive health

: Important New Therapies for IBD and IBS (8:00 9:00 a.m. EDT)
  • Stand-Out Studies in GI Research (10:00 11:00 a.m. EDT)
  • The GI Patient: Varying Risks by Gender and Ethnicity (12:00 1:00 p.m. EDT)

    Tuesday, May 22

    • Diagnostics and Procedures: Imaging and New Methods Examined (9:30 10:30 a.m. EDT)
    • Pancreatic Disease: Finding Better Markers, New Treatments (12:00 1:00 p.m. EDT)

    Wednesday, May 23

    • Colon Cancer: Advancing Quality Diagnosis and Outcomes (9:00 10:00 a.m. EDT)

    DDW is hosting teleconferences, which are open to members of the media only, to coincide with the scheduled press briefings for reporters covering the meeting offsite. To join, please call (877) 531-2986.

    Additional meeting highlights include symposia and fora exploring a variety of current topics in the GI arena. Some of the many issues that will be covered include current diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to digestive cancers, liver disease, hepatitis treatments, bowel disease, capsule endoscopy, controversies surrounding colorectal cancer, and advances in surgical gastroenterology.

    Press releases from the meeting will be available at www.eurekalert.org. Or, please contact Leslie Humbel (lhumbel@spectrumscience.com) to receive releases via email or fax. Interviews can be arranged with presenting researchers. The newsroom is open May 19 from 12 noon to 5:00 p.m. and May 20-24 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT. For more information during the meeting, please call the DDW Newsroom at (202) 249-4055.


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    • Contact: Aimee Frank
    newsroom@gastro.org
    202-249-4055
    American Gastroenterological Association
    19-May-2007


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