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Please give a briefing of your own observations and outcomes of the congress : |
The ESMO 20th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer came to a successful conclusion after four days of practice-changing research and education. The multidisciplinary meeting brought together nearly 3,500 participants from 90 countries, including oncologists, gastroenterologists, pathologists, surgeons, and researchers, to review the latest clinical data, engage in debate and discovery, and discuss strategies to improve the outcomes of patients with cancers of the gastrointestinal tract. The ten countries with the most delegates were Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy, USA, Argentina, Belgium, Germany, Poland, and Japan.More than 400 abstracts were selected by the scientific committee for presentation, with 340 posters.According to Congress Chairs Eric Van Cutsem and Mario Dicato, "The research presented at the Congress was some of the most promising to date. Participating clinicians leave the Congress with an understanding of the very latest clinical data and will be able to integrate this new and evolving data into their work. It is the combination of high-level education, late-breaking data, and interaction among experts, that are the strengths of the meeting, and over the past 20 years, have made the Congress the premier global forum for significant scientific progress in the field." |