Endoscopy 2014; 46(09): 767-771
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1377508
DDW Highlights
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Esophageal diseases

W. Asher Wolf
Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
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Evan S. Dellon
Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
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Nicholas J. Shaheen
Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
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Publication History

Publication Date:
18 August 2014 (online)

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Introduction

At Digestive Disease Week (DDW) this year (3 – 6 May, Chicago, Illinois), investigators gathered from around the world to share discoveries and experience in esophageal diseases. Presentations ranged from advances in endoscopic techniques to noninvasive disease stratification and results from long-term cohort studies. This review discusses results from seven seminal studies in esophageal diseases reported at DDW. Although this work is impressive in its scope and potential for clinical impact, selection of these studies as the “most important” is admittedly somewhat arbitrary, as numerous centers contributed a wealth of new information. With that caveat, below we present our review of the most notable abstracts in esophageal diseases from DDW 2014.