colonoscopy Archives

First ‘Train the trainers workshop’ of the TOD early CRC course, an experts’ meeting to discuss optical diagnosis of invasive pattern in colorectal polyps and establish the basics of training mentoring

June 30, 2023

A dozen experts in the endoscopic characterisation of colorectal lesions from different parts of Spain and the United Kingdom met a few days ago at the Fundació Althaia at a workshop organised by the GOES research group. The meeting, led by Dr. Ignasi Puig, established an open discussion on the endoscopic evaluation of colorectal polyps […]

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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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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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