Digestive disease management in Japan: a report on the 6th diagnostic pathology summer fest in 2012.
The 6th Diagnostic Pathology Summer Fest, held in Tokyo on August 25-26, 2012, opened its gates for everyone in the medical profession. Basic pathology training can contribute to the improvement of algorithms for diagnosis and treatment. The 6th Summer Fest with the theme 'Pathology and Clinical Treatment of Gastrointestinal Diseases' was held at the Ito International Research Center, The University of Tokyo. On August 25, 'Treatment of Early Gastrointestinal Cancer and New Guidelines' was discussed in the first session, followed by 'Biopsy Diagnosis of Digestive Tract: Key Points of Pathological Diagnosis for Inflammation and Their Clinical Significance' in the second session. On August 26, cases were discussed in the third session, and issues on pathological diagnosis and classification of neuroendorcrine tumor in the fourth session. The summaries of speeches and discussions are introduced along with the statements of each speaker. This meeting was not a formal evidence-based consensus conference, and 20 experts gave talks on their areas of specialty. Discussion was focused on how the management strategy should be standardized on the algorithm of patient care.
Department of Surgical and Molecular Pathology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan.
Kazuhito
K
Ichikawa
Takahiro
T
Fujimori
Takuya
T
Moriya
Atsushi
A
Ochiai
Shigetaka
S
Yoshinaga
Ryouji
R
Kushima
Ryuji
R
Nagahama
Yasuo
Y
Ohkura
Shinji
S
Tanaka
Yoichi
Y
Ajioka
Ichiro
I
Hirata
Masanori
M
Tanaka
Yoshio
Y
Hoshihara
Yoshikazu
Y
Kinoshita
Hironobu
H
Sasano
Akinori
A
Iwashita
Shigeki
S
Tomita
Seiichi
S
Hirota
Takashi
T
Yao
Shigehiko
S
Fujii
Takahisa
T
Matsuda
Hideki
H
Ueno
Yuichi
Y
Ishikawa
Kaiyo
K
Takubo
Noriyoshi
N
Fukushima
Tamotsu
T
Sugai
Mitsuya
M
Iwafuchi
Jhoji
J
Imura
Toshiaki
T
Manabe
Masahisa
M
Fukayama
D019468:Disease Management; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan