The VII Russian-Japanese Symposium «Topical Issues of endoscopy in Oncology»

From 19 to 24 July 2009 in Irkutsk was  the VII Russian-Japanese Symposium “Topical Issues of endoscopy in Oncology “ with the participation of specialists of the Russian Society of endoscopists (Moscow), specialists of the National Cancer Center (Tokyo) as well as experts from the cities of  St. Petersburg, Irkutsk, Chelyabinsk, Vladivostok, etc.
The program of the Symposium was the performances of leading experts of Russia and Japan, reports on current topics:

• «The American gastroweek 2009"
• «Experience in the treatment of gastric cancer in  National Cancer Center  in Tokyo, Japan"
• «Endosonography puncture. The present state and prospects "
• «Submucosal tumors tract: EUS in determining the future of tactics"
• «Treatment of early cancer of the stomach and intestines, the experience of Japan"
• «Stenting tumor stenosis in advanced cancer of the esophagus and trachea"
• «Endoscopic removal of epithelial tumors of the stomach using tsianoakrila"
• «The complications of endoscopic surgery" (a review of the European Conference of complications in endoscopy, Hanover, 2009)
• «Differential diagnosis of ulcerative colitis"
• «The source of bleeding is not found during gastroscopy and colonoscopy. What to do?"
• «Laterally extending  colon tumor. Diagnosis and treatment "

Leading experts of Japan and Russia were held Life-demonstration:

• EUS-ERCP
• Dissection in the submucosa
• Stenting tumor of the esophagus
• A colonoscopy with polypectomy
• Laparoscopic surgery for diseases of the stomach