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GOES researcher Marta Matas is awarded the Bages Young Doctor Grant

October 27, 2023

The Saint Luke’s Vigil 2023, the act of recognition of the medical profession organised by the Bages regional board of the Col·legi de Metges de Barcelona (CoMB), has awarded the Gastrointestinal Oncology, Endoscopy and Surgery research group (GOES) grant to investigator Marta Matas. Matas, a specialist in the Oncology Service of Althaia, has received the […]

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Dr. Yuichi Mori visits Althaia to launch the ACCEPT study, which evaluates the use of artificial intelligence in the colon and rectal cancer screening programme

July 4, 2023

Dr. Yuichi Mori, an endoscopist working at the University of Oslo, came to Althaia a few days ago to visit the Digestology facilities and inaugurate our participation in the ACCEPT study, a new European study funded by the Health Trust of South-East Norway, the European Commission, the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, and

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The Generalitat de Catalunya recognizes GOES as an emerging research group

March 14, 2023

The Generalitat de Catalunya has recently recognized the Gastrointestinal Oncology, Endoscopy and Surgery research group as an emerging research group in the latest call SGR-Cat 2021 (Research Group Support), which has just published its resolution. Obtaining accreditation allows GOES to have access to apply for a higher level of calls both for projects and for

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Active participation in the Spanish Society of Digestive Endoscopy Congress

February 10, 2023

The GOES research group actively participated in the congress of the Spanish Society of Digestive Endoscopy (SEED) recently held in A Coruña. Dr. Marco Antonio Álvarez, head of the Digestology Department at Althaia and research group member, was a member of the scientific committee that evaluated the finalist studies for the FSEED grants and moderated

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Publication of the new results from an international study on surgery and COVID-19 involving GOES

July 1, 2022

The specialist journal Colorectal Disease has recently published new results from the international multicentre study on surgery and COVID-19 called CovidSurg, in which one of the participants is Dr Pablo Collera, member of the Gastrointestinal Oncology, Endoscopy and Surgery research group (GOES) and head of the General Surgery service at Althaia. The article is entitled

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Dr Marco Antonio Álvarez receives the award for best poster at the 31st Congress of the Societat Catalana de Digestologia

June 10, 2022

Societat Catalana de Digestologia Congress

Dr Marco Antonio Álvarez, a member of the Gastrointestinal Oncology, Endoscopy and Surgery research group (GOES), has received the award for the best poster at the 31st Congress of the Catalan Society of Digestology held last week in Girona. The award-winning paper is entitled Prevalence of missed lesions in patients with inadequate bowel preparation by

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The LODIP study launches its first phase with the recruitment of digestologists and the inclusion of patients

April 11, 2022

Dr João Da Costa, member of the Gastrointestinal Oncology, Endoscopy and Surgery (GOES) research group, presented the Web-based Learning module to increase the accuracy of Optical Diagnosis for detecting the Invasive Pattern of colorectal polyps (LODIP study) project at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Spanish Association of Gastroenterology held in Madrid. The presentation kicked

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Participation in the drafting of three European guidelines on endoscopic optical diagnosis

February 25, 2022

Dr Ignasi Puig, coordinator of the GOES research group, has recently taken part in the development of three clinical guidelines from the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE). The papers provide recommendations for the use of endoscopic optical diagnosis, which aims to predict the histology of gastrointestinal lesions by observing their surface with light filters,

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Participation in a study awarded a prize by the Fundación de la Sociedad Española de Endoscopia Digestiva

January 10, 2022

The Fundación de la Sociedad Española de Endoscopia Digestiva (SEED) has awarded a prize to the study Prevalencia de lesiones perdidas en pacientes con preparación intestinal inadecuada mediante la repetición temprana de una colonoscopia. This multicentre study was led by Dr Marco Antonio Álvarez, member of the Gastrointestinal Oncology, Endoscopy and Surgery research group. Dr Ignasi

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Agreements with the Fundación Española de Gastroenterología to provide scientific and technical support in research projects

November 25, 2021

Althaia and the Fundación Española de Gastroenterología (FUNDEG) have recently signed two collaboration agreements to allow the group to provide scientific and technical support for the research projects carried out by this national foundation. Under the first agreement, Dr Ignasi Puig, coordinator of the GOES, is appointed Scientific Director of the European Registry on the

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