The European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Conference (ESGE days) is the most important event in Europe in the field of endoscopy. The Clinical Effectiveness Research Group had substantial visibility and impact on the conference program.
ESGE Next Generation Award
Nastazja Pilonis, MD, PhD and postdoctoral researcher at the Clinical Effectiveness Research Group at the University of Oslo was awarded the ESGE Next Generation Award. This prize, established in honor of the 60th anniversary of ESGE's founding, highlights the most promising young European investigators in GI endoscopic research.
During the award ceremony, Pilonis presented ongoing and planned trials comparing endoscopy and surgery for the treatment of early colorectal cancer, where Oslo University is one of the leading institutions.
Artificial intelligence in colonoscopies
Natalie Grace Mosteiro Halvorsen, a PhD candidate in the Clinical Effectiveness Research Group at the Oslo University Hospital, had an abstract presentation of the study "Benefits and harms of computer-assisted optical diagnosis in colonoscopy – a multicentre cohort study", where she is the first author.
In her research, Halvorsen has examined the overall effect of introducing artificial intelligence in colonoscopies. Artificial intelligence can have positive effects by reducing costs related to interpreting findings in a colonoscopy, but it can also have negative effects such as misinterpretation of findings.
– The study investigates how artificial intelligence can affect colonoscopy from a societal perspective by estimating the benefits, such as cost reduction related to colonoscopies, but also risks regarding misdiagnosis, says Halvorsen.
LIVE streaming research sessions
Professor Michael Bretthauer at the Clinical Effectiveness Research Group featured several LIVE streaming sessions during the EGSE days. Bretthauer is an awarded and long time leader of European endoscopy research in general, and member of the ESGE Governing Board.
The future of colonoscopies
Professor at the Clinical Effectiveness Research Group Yuichi Mori, chaired the session "Colonoscopy beyond the polyps" and was speaker on the highlights session "AI in the colon - Human, artificial or hybrid intelligence?".