Dig Dis 2013;31:5 DOI: 10.1159/000350454 Preface The idea of Falk Symposium 185, ‘Interfaces and Controversies in Gastroenterology’, was to discuss progress in gastroenterology, including the controversies and competition in this broad field, starting with the different esophageal diseases and ending with colorectal cancer and chronic inflammatory diseases. Furthermore, an important part of the symposium was the live endoscopy from HSK in Wiesbaden: experts from Japan and across Europe demonstrated together with our team from Wiesbaden the current standard in a high-end endoscopic center in 2012. The different lectures demonstrated the progress in gastroenterology as well as the synergistic interfaces between the different disciplines in an excellent way. This issue summarizes the presentations from the meeting and allows a larger community to participate in the demonstrated progress in gastroenterology. The scientific organizers want to thank all the contributors, the publisher and the Falk Foundation for their support to finalize this issue. Christian Ell, Wiesbaden © 2013 S. Karger AG, Basel 0257–2753/13/0311–0005$38.00/0 E-Mail karger@karger.com www.karger.com/ddi Falk Symposium 186 Falk Symposium 186, ‘Challenges of Liver Cirrhosis and Tumors: Prevent It, Treat It, Manage Consequences’, addressed the clinical problem of liver cirrhosis and its complications. The main focus of this symposium was hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), one of the most important and deadly sequelae of cirrhosis, the incidence rate of which is increasing in many countries. Most appropriately, two HCC pioneers, J.M. Llovet and Jordi Bruix, were awarded the Hans Popper Prize at this symposium for their contributions to the field. The symposium also covered the world-wide dominating etiopathologically causative agents in HCC, hepatitis B and C virus, as well as immunological and metabolic liver disorders. Finally, important therapeutic aspects of today such as TIPS and transplantation, as well as future antifibrotic options, were addressed. This issue summarizes the presentations of a very well perceived symposium, and the organizers are thankful to everyone who contributed to it. Peter R. Galle, Mainz Downloaded by: Tufts University 130.64.11.153 - 10/28/2017 7:08:31 PM Falk Symposium 185
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