2010 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium – News for Patients

The 2010 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium will be held January 22-24, 2010, in Orlando, Florida. Co-sponsored by the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Gastroenterological Association, the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, and the Society of Surgical Oncology, this multidisciplinary symposium is designed to educate and update doctors and other health-care professionals on the latest research findings related to gastrointestinal cancers, including cancer of the esophagus, stomach, hepatobiliary tract (liver, bile duct, and gallbladder), pancreas, small bowel, colon, and rectum.

Watch this page for news for patients from this meeting! Patient advocates interested in registering for this meeting should email patientadvocates@asco.org for additional information.

For more information on the agenda, visit www.gicasymposium.org.

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2009 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium – News for Patients

The 2009 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium was held January 15-17, 2009, in San Francisco, California. Co-sponsored by the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Gastroenterological Association, the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, and the Society of Surgical Oncology, this multidisciplinary symposium is designed to educate and update doctors and other health-care professionals on the latest research findings related to gastrointestinal cancers, including cancer of the esophagus, stomach, hepatobiliary tract (liver, bile duct, and gallbladder), pancreas, small bowel, colon, and rectum.

Gastrointestinal Cancer Advances: News for Patients from the 2009 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

Special Cancer.Net Podcast: 2009 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium Highlights, with Jennifer Obel, MD

ASCO Expert Corner: Research Highlights from the 2009 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

For more information, visit www.gicasymposium.org.

Cancer Advances: A Public Forum on Gastrointestinal Cancers



The ASCO Cancer Foundation presented a complimentary public forum on gastrointestinal (GI) cancers. The public forum addressed key issues in GI cancers medicine today; experts in GI cancers covered topics of highest public interest including the latest advances in prevention, treatment, and survivorship; and a panel of experts answered audience questions.

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2008 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium – News for Patients

The 2008 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, held January 25-27, 2008 was co-sponsored by the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Gastroenterological Association, the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, and the Society of Surgical Oncology. This multidisciplinary symposium was held in Orlando, Florida. The symposium is designed to educate and update doctors and other health-care professionals on the latest research findings related to gastrointestinal cancers, including cancer of the esophagus, stomach, hepatobiliary tract (liver, bile duct, and gallbladder), pancreas, small bowel, colon, and rectum.

Gastrointestinal Cancer Advances: News from the 2008 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

Special Cancer.Net Podcast: 2008 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium Highlights, with Nicholas Petrelli, MD

ASCO Expert Corner: Research Highlights from the 2008 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

For more information, visit www.gicasymposium.org.

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2007 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium – News for Patients

On January 19 - 21, 2007, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Gastroenterological Association, the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, and the Society of Surgical Oncology cosponsored a multidisciplinary symposium on gastrointestinal cancers in Orlando, Florida. The symposium was designed to educate and update physicians on the latest research findings related to gastrointestinal cancers, and offered educational sessions and abstract presentations focused on each type of GI cancer including esophagus, stomach, hepatobiliary, pancreas, small bowel, colon, and rectum.

For more information, visit www.asco.org/gi2007.

Read the Cancer.Net Feature article ASCO Expert Corner: Research Highlights From the 2007 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.

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2006 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium – News for Patients

The American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Gastroenterological Association, the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, and the Society of Surgical Oncology cosponsored a three-day, multidisciplinary symposium on gastrointestinal cancers on January 24 - 26, 2006. The 2006 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium offered educational sessions and abstract presentations focused on a different gastrointestinal disease site, with a day each devoted to esophageal and stomach cancers (Day 1); pancreatic, small bowel, and hepatobiliary cancers (Day 2); and colon and rectal cancers (Day 3). General sessions throughout the meeting focused on prevention, screening, diagnosis; multidisciplinary treatment; translational research; and current controversies in the field.

ASCO Virtual Meeting: 2006 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

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2005 Gastrointestinal Cancer Symposium – News for Patients

A three-day, multidisciplinary symposium on gastrointestinal cancers was held in Miami on January 27 - 29, 2005. The symposium was sponsored by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), the Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO), and the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), and more than 300 scientific abstracts were presented.

The educational meeting, titled "2005 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium: Current Status and Future Directions for Prevention and Management," brought together leading experts on gastrointestinal (GI) cancers to present and discuss new research on prevention, screening, and treatment. Because effective treatment of gastrointestinal cancers requires a broad range of expertise, the symposium involved specialists from the oncology, gastroenterology, radiology, and surgery communities.

ASCO Virtual Meeting: 2005 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

 

Last Updated: April 28, 2009