Postgraduate Course organised by
IDCA/WGO, EAGE-IWGCO and the WGO Rabat Training Centre
Friday February 1 & Saturday February 2, 2008
Hilton Hotel Rabat, Morocco

The International Digestive Cancer Alliance (IDCA - Cancer Division of the World Gastroenterology Organization), together with the WGO Rabat Training Center, the European Association of Gastroenterology and the International Working Group for the Classification of Oesophagitis, are proud to announce this unique congress which includes an interactive postgraduate course and a scientific symposium focusing on the challenges of digestive oncology with a special emphasis on the African and Middle East region. Details of the programme as well as guidelines for the submission of scientific abstracts can be found on the SAGES website www.sages.co.za as well as on www.worldgastroenterology.org.

A Call for Abstracts has been issued. We hope that through this medium, we are able to support, encourage and highlight research being done by local gastroenterologists and oncologists. Abstracts should focus on tumours from the digestive tract, liver and pancreas and should be sent to the IDCA Executive Secretariat, Medconnect (Email: Cherane.Ali@IDCA.de) before the deadline 15.12.2007. Awards will be given to the 5 best posters and 5 best oral presentations. All speakers and presenters of posters will gain free admission to the entire two-day congress.

The language for the congress will be English, and simultaneous French/English translation will be available for the presentations and discussion.

Live Transmission of the programme will be coordinated at Wits, UKZN and UCT.

The programme includes :

• Epidemiology
• Esophageal Columnar Metaplasia
• Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
• Colorectal Cancer – prevention and diagnosis
• Colorectal Cancer – differential therapy
• Digestive Cancers – particularities in Africa and the Middle East
• Gastroenterologist’s Tools – efficacy and efficiency