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Belgian Week of Gastroenterology 2019

08:30 CET

Eosinophilic esophagitis. Diagnostic and therapeutic algorithm. Room TEUND. De Looze

08:55 CET

Barrett’s oesophagus. Adequate recognition and treatment of early Dysplasia and/or cancer Room TEUNR. Bisschops

09:20 CET

Functional dyspepsia. How to handle it? Room TEUNH. De Schepper

09:45 CET

Percutaneous gastrostomy/jejunostomy. Indications, techniques, follow-up. Room TEUNN. Lanthier • T. Moreels

10:40 CET

Diagnosis and management of autoimmune pancreatitis Room TEUNI. Scheers

11:05 CET

Treatment of acute biliary pancreatitis Room TEUNM. Arvanitaki

11:30 CET

Elevated liver function tests in pregnancy Room TEUNH. Van Vlierberghe

11:55 CET

Management of variceal (oesophageal and gastric) bleeding Room TEUNT. Gustot

13:45 CET

Update on celiac disease Room TEUNM. Hiele

14:10 CET

Management of IBS: psychotherapy, diet, drugs or bugs? Room TEUNT. Vanuytsel

14:35 CET

When to stop anti-TNF agents in IBD? Room TEUNE. Louis

15:00 CET

Colorectal cancer. When is genetic counseling needed? Room TEUNK. Dahan

16:00 CET

Screening issues for colorectal cancer in Belgium in 2019 Room TEUNM. Peeters

16:25 CET

Endoscopic assessment of colorectal polyps Room TEUND. Tate

16:50 CET

Microscopic, lymphocytic and/or collageneous colitis. Diagnosis and treatment Room TEUNF. Baert

08:15 CET

Breakfast Symposium AbbVie: Towards the eradication of HCV Room TEUNRob Bielen • Dana Busschots • Wim VERLINDEN

09:00 CET

The sPDGFR-beta containing PRTA-score is a novel diagnostic algorithm for significant liver fibrosis in patients with viral, alcoholic, and metabolic liver disease Room TEUNJoeri Lambrecht

09:10 CET

A longitudinal study of skeletal muscle alterations in NAFLD Room TEUNMaxime Nachit

09:20 CET

Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis significantly decreases microsomal liver function in the absence of fibrosis allowing the use of the 13C-aminopyrine breath test for its non-invasive detection Room TEUNWim VERLINDEN

09:30 CET

Endothelin A receptor antagonist BQ-123 and angiotensin receptor blocker valsartan attenuates the increased transhepatic pressure gradient in a rat model of severe steatosis Room TEUNDenise van der Graaff

09:40 CET

Combination of Ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 inhibition and Sorafenib treatment in experimental hepatocellular carcinoma dampens tumor aggressiveness and reduces in vitro functional liver cancer stem cell... Room TEUNAstrid Vandierendonck

09:50 CET

MARC HAUTEKEETE LECTURE: Role and indications of albumin in advanced liver disease. Room TEUNM. Bernardi

11:00 CET

COMBINATION OF GLYCYRRHIZIN AND N-ACETYLCYSTEINE : BENEFIT OUTCOME IN A MURINE MODEL OF ACETAMINOPHEN-INDUCED LIVER FAILURE. Room TEUNCharlotte Minsart

11:12 CET

Portal vein thrombosis in patients on the waiting list for liver transplantation: a single center cohort study Room TEUNXavier VERHELST

11:24 CET

The gene signature-MELD score and alcohol consumption determine long-term prognosis of patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis Room TEUNPierre Deltenre

11:36 CET

Cirrhotic cardiomyopathy does not affect outcome in liver transplantation candidates Room TEUNEvelyn Vander Straeten

11:48 CET

BELIAC Lecture: Machine perfusion: a revolution in liver preservation. Room TEUNC. Watson

13:15 CET

Satellite Symposium GILEAD: Next Challenge on your Plate: NASH! A multidisciplinary debate Room TEUNSven Francque

14:00 CET

Severity of NAFLD is associated with both more severe ß-cell dysfunction and reduced insulin clearance independently of body weight in a large cohort of non-diabetic subjects: further insights in the causative... Room TEUNLuisa VONGHIA

14:10 CET

Oral vasodilator treatment and liver transplantation for portopulmonary hypertension: systematic review and meta-analysis of hemodynamic response and prognosis Room TEUNRebecca Deroo

14:20 CET

New concepts in liver regeneration mechanisms in human severe alcoholic steatohepatitis Room TEUNNicolas LANTHIER

14:30 CET

Does mucosal inflammation drive recurrence of PSC in liver transplant recipients with ulcerative colitis? Room TEUNNik Dekkers

14:40 CET

Constructing a primary mouse 3D hepatic co-culture model that recapitulates HSC activation during fibrosis Room TEUNInge MANNAERTS

14:50 CET

Potent Hepatitis B core-specific B cell responses associate with clinical parameters in untreated and virally suppressed chronic HBV patients. Room TEUNThomas VANWOLLEGHEM

15:00 CET

The changing pattern of cirrhosis: a comparison of two cohorts diagnosed 15 years apart Room TEUNEdeline Kaze

15:10 CET

Evaluation of the prognostic value of histologic parameters in severe alcoholic hepatitis Room TEUNPierre Deltenre

15:20 CET

Brohée Prize Room TEUNX. Verhelst

16:00 CET

Persistence of hepatic and adipose tissue alterations in T helper 17 cells, CD8+ cytotoxic T cells and regulatory T cells despite metabolic and histological improvement upon diet reversal in a high-fat high-fructose... Room TEUNMikhail Van Herck

16:10 CET

Management of drug-drug interactions in chronic hepatitis C patients treated with second generation direct acting antivirals in Belgium Room TEUNStefan Bourgeois

16:20 CET

Dissecting the different roles of ORF3 in HEV spread and fecal shedding in a humanized mouse model Room TEUNGulce Sari

16:30 CET

NON-INVASIVE SCREENING TEST IN PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITIONS FOR PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED BILIARY EXCRETION DISORDERS USING MRI WITH HEPATOSPECIFIC CONTRAST Room TEUNCarola Brussaard

16:40 CET

Hepatitis C prevalence and screening: summary of accepted E-posters Room TEUNPeter Starkel

16:50 CET

Hepatitis C linkage to care: summary of accepted E-posters Room TEUNJean-Pierre Mulkay

17:00 CET

BASL Awards for Best Basic and Clinical work presented Room TEUN

17:10 CET

BASL General Assembly Room TEUN

08:15 CET

Breakfast Symposium ELI LILLY: To triplet or not to triplet: How to optimize sequential treatment in Gastric & GEJ cancer Room TEUNVeerle Casneuf • Marc Van den Eynde • Karen Geboes

09:00 CET

Combining Baseline 18F-FDG PET/CT-based Metabolically Active Tumor Volume and Early Detection of Non-Response Significantly Improves Outcome Prediction in Chemorefractory Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Room TEUNErwin Woff

09:10 CET

Neuroendocrine neoplasms grade 3: prospective overall survival data and survival after platinum-etoposide chemotherapy within an ENETS Center of Excellence Room TEUNAnton Cuypers

09:20 CET

Targeting CD70-positive cancer associated fibroblasts to tackle the immune suppressive tumor microenvironment in colorectal cancer. Room TEUNJulie Jacobs

09:30 CET

Baseline high levels of cell-free DNA and the early increase of at least one mutation are independent prognostic biomarkers for patients with advanced colorectal cancer under regorafenib Room TEUNPashalina Kehagias

09:40 CET

Stratification of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinomas Based on Tumor and Microenvironment Features Room TEUNFrancesco Puleo

09:50 CET

“NEOPAC”: A multi-centric prospective observational registry on the NEOadjuvant therapeutic approach to the localised PAncreatiC adenocarcimona, a collaborative inter-university project (Ulg – FLCD - UCL... Room TEUNJerome Siplet

10:00 CET

Regorafenib after failure of gemcitabine and platinum-based chemotherapy for locally advanced (non resectable) and metastatic biliary tumors: a randomized double-blinded placebo-controlled phase II trial. Room TEUNAnne DEMOLS

10:10 CET

Preoperative Radiation Therapy With a Simultaneous Integrated Boost Compared to Chemoradiotherapy for cT3-4 Rectal Cancer: A Multicentric Randomized Study Room TEUNMark DE RIDDER

10:20 CET

Combined Ga-DOTATATE and FDG PET/CT Imaging Improves Prognostic Stratification In Metastatic Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasias. Room TEUNIOANNIS KARFIS

10:30 CET

Efficacy, safety, and patient-reported outcomes in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma with alpha-fetoprotein ≥400ng/ml: A pooled analysis from REACH and REACH-2 studies Room TEUNVinay Ranka

11:15 CET

Highlights of the year: Upper GI cancers Room TEUNAmélie Deleporte

11:35 CET

Highlights of the year: Hepato-Bilio-Pancreatic cancers Room TEUNIvan Borbath

11:55 CET

Highlights of the year: Colo-Rectal cancers Room TEUNMarc De Man

12:15 CET

Satellite Symposium SERVIER: New perspectives in the approach of pancreatic cancer Room TEUNIvan Borbath • Jean-Luc Van Laethem • Chris Verslype

13:30 CET

Tolerance induction in food allergic children: can we speed up natural tolerance Room TEUNDominique Bullens

14:00 CET

Diagnosis and management of food protein induced enterocolitis syndrome Room TEUNFrançoise Smets

14:30 CET

Food allergy tests and gastrointestinal symptoms: not all that glitters is gold Room TEUNAthina Van Gasse

15:30 CET

CLINICAL PRE-TEST PROBABILITY FOR CELIAC DISEASE AND VALUE ADDED REPORTING OF IgA-TISSUE TRANSGLUTAMINASE ANTIBODIES IN THE PEDIATRIC SETTING Room TEUNLaura Bogaert

15:40 CET

Switching from infliximab originator to a biosimilar is safe in paediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease without affecting efficacy, pharmacokinetics and immunogenicity. Room TEUNKaren van Hoeve

15:50 CET

Efficacy and safety of bismuth based quadruple therapy for Helicobacter Pylori eradication in children: an interim analysis. Room TEUNKallirroi Kotilea

16:00 CET

Cutaneous side effect of drugs in children: diagnosis and differential diagnosis Room TEUNMartine Grosber

16:30 CET

Diaper dermatitis Room TEUNHilde Lapeere

17:00 CET

General Assembly Room TEUN