AGW 2020

Saturday 21st - Monday 30th November 2020

GESA Australian Gastroenterology Week 2020

Don’t stop biologics in pregnancy: PIANO study

Biologics and/or thiopurine therapy for IBD should not be stopped in pregnancy according to the authors of a US study that found no evidence of harm but a higher risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes associated with higher disease activity. The prospective...

Biologics and/or thiopurine therapy for IBD should not be stopped in pregnancy according to the authors of a US study...

Hepatology

Paediatric liver transplants: excellent outcomes challenged by supply

Liver transplants have become the standard of care for children with end-stage liver disease but there are looming challenges including an exponential rise in demand for donor organs. Speaking at the GESA AGW 2020, Dr Michael Storman presented a review of...

Liver transplants have become the standard of care for children with end-stage liver disease but there are looming challenges including...

Cancer

HCC burden in Indigenous Australians profiled

Poorer survival in Indigenous Australians following liver cancer can be largely explained by sociodemographic factors, the GESA AGW 2020 was told. Professor Alan Wigg presented a detailed study of HCC epidemiology in a population of about 4,000 patients from across South...

Poorer survival in Indigenous Australians following liver cancer can be largely explained by sociodemographic factors, the GESA AGW 2020 was...