Session 1: Updates in General Gastroenterology
| Saturday, September 12, 2026 |
Overview
Moderator – Dr. Stephanie Canning
Details
Learning Objectives:
• Describe new pathways for early rectal cancer therapy
• Inform gastroenterologists and endoscopists about considerations for the removal of large sessile polyps in the rectum in view of novel approaches to early rectal cancer management
• Describe new pathways for advanced rectal cancer therapy
• Describe the changing epidemiology of colorectal cancer and other GI cancers
• Describe the pathophysiology of early onset GI cancers
• Discuss the role of colorectal cancer in individuals younger than 50
• Identify the epidemiology of chronic pancreatitis
• Discuss the diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis
• Describe updates in management of chronic pancreatitis
• Describe eosinophilic disorders of the gi tract
• Explain their pathophysiology
• Describe their diagnosis and management