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28 WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS MAY 2016 Editorial | Expert Point of View | Gastro 2016: EGHS-WGO | WDHD News | WGO & WGOF News | WGO Global Guidelines | Calendar of Events (MTCC). This session was started with a tribute to the late Professor Massimo Crespi, the former head of MTCC who was scheduled to give a lecture in this session, but unfortu-nately passed away six weeks before the meeting. New epidemiologic data from the country and implications for changes in screening policy, as well as molecular pathology and new treatment methods (EMR, ESD) were discussed by experts in the field. An open case discussion session about the feasibility/ necessity of colorectal cancer screening in Iran and genetic testing for hereditary colorectal cancer concluded the session. Submucosal/non-epithelial lesions of the GI tract and the evolving role of gut microbiota in health and dis-ease were discussed by distinguished speakers on the same day. On the third day of the conference, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and obesity had the center role. Data from the Iranian registry of IBD, as well the ongoing controversies like biologic therapy versus surgery for treatment of ulcerative colitis, were discussed in both lecture and open case-discussion formats. In the session on obesity, both medical and surgi-cal treatments for obesity, as well as endoscopic management of bariatric surgery complications, were discussed.


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