May 2018

ACPGBI Launch Bowel Disease Fundraiser
This year’s ACPGBI Annual Meeting fundraiser will be a cycle challenge in aid of BDRF. In an exciting development, the charity will be partnering with the research team from the...

Risk and Risk Communication in Colorectal Surgery – Nigel Scott
Speaking on the subject of his Keynote Lecture, Nigel Scott told us: “Strictly speaking risk is the chance of anything good or bad happening, but in our line of work...

How is all this genomics nonsense relevant to me as a surgeon? – Malcolm Dunlop
Speaking on the subject of his Goligher Keynote Lecture, Professor Dunlop told us: “There have been enormous steps forward in technological aspects of genetics applied to colorectal cancer over the last...

Improving surgical care on a global stage
Over the coming years the NIHR Global Surgery Unit will develop independent, sustainable surgical research hubs across Africa, Asia and the Americas. At ACPGBI we will enjoy presentations from surgeons...

What have randomised trials done for patients with colorectal disease? Interview with Professor Dion Morton
Continuing our series of interviews previewing this year’s ACPGBI annual meeting (9-11 July), we talked to Professor Dion Morton (Barling Professor of Surgery, University of Birmingham) about some of the...