P.J.F. De Jonge

This session presents the best submitted clinical abstracts as determined by their specific council sections…

Current guidelines advise esophagectomy for submucosal esophageal adenocarcinoma (T1b EAC). However, data from retrospective studies suggest that endoscopic follow-up (FU) may be a valid alternative in patients without signs of lymph node metastases (LNM) at baseline…

Introduction: Shifts towards high-fat, low-fiber diets, may contribute to the rising incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC). In mice high-fat diet promotes EAC, possibly through effects on the gut microbiome and the systemic bile acid pool…

BACKGROUND Chronic pancreatitis (CP) may severely impact quality of life (QoL). Since CP is a chronic condition, multiple assessments of QoL are required to obtain a thorough understanding of its impact on patients. Such studies are currently lacking…

Aims: to develop and validate a new scale for mucosal visualization of the upper gastrointestinal tract during esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), the Gastroscopy RAte of Cleanliness Evaluation (GRACE), as a quality standard tool through the application of a standardized, reliable, and validated scor…

BACKGROUND: Accurate identification and staging of gastric intestinal metaplasia (GIM) during endoscopy is challenging, in particular in countries with a low incidence of gastric cancer (GC)…

Barrett’s esophagus (BE) with early neoplasia is an indication for endoscopic treatment. Patients with non-dysplastic BE are typically enrolled in an endoscopic surveillance program to enable early detection, and treatment, of BE related neoplasia…