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Alexander Link

@alinkmd

MD, Prof. Molecular Gastroenterology and Microbiota-associated Diseases; Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Otto-von-Guericke University; EAGEN Board

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#StomachMicrobiome How does the performance of different microbiome analysis platforms impacts the results of mucosal microbiome signatures? ▶️Mucosal tissue ▶️Gastric Cancer vs. Controls ▶️H.pylori+ vs. H.pylori- ▶️5 independent groups 👉Different microbiome analysis

#StomachMicrobiome
How does the performance of different microbiome analysis platforms impacts the results of mucosal microbiome signatures?

▶️Mucosal tissue
▶️Gastric Cancer  vs. Controls
▶️H.pylori+ vs. H.pylori-
▶️5 independent groups

👉Different microbiome analysis
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#EAGEN Postgraduate Course ▶️Dilemmas and Controversies in Digestive Diseases Nis, Serbia, 14th March 2025 👉Join us for a face-to-face meeting! eagen.org

#EAGEN Postgraduate Course

▶️Dilemmas and Controversies in Digestive Diseases
Nis, Serbia, 14th March 2025

👉Join us for a face-to-face meeting!

eagen.org
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#WhatsNewOnFMT #FMTinUC Guidance for Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Trials in Ulcerative Colitis: The Second ROME Consensus Conference 👉Addresses gaps and uncertainties identified in previous FMT research to help standardise methods and protocols for treating UC in the

#WhatsNewOnFMT 
#FMTinUC
Guidance for Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Trials in Ulcerative Colitis: The Second ROME Consensus Conference

👉Addresses gaps and uncertainties identified in previous FMT research to help standardise methods and protocols for treating UC in the
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#EAGEN Postgraduate Course ▶️Dilemmas and Controversies in Digestive Diseases Nis, Serbia, 14-16th March 2025 👉Join us for a face-to-face meeting! eagen.org

#EAGEN Postgraduate Course  
▶️Dilemmas and Controversies in Digestive Diseases Nis, Serbia, 14-16th March 2025  
👉Join us for a face-to-face meeting!  
eagen.org
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#EAGENwebinar Immunotherapy in Digestive Cancers: Where are we today? 1 April 2025 17:30-18:45 CET Join 👇us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

#EAGENwebinar
Immunotherapy in Digestive Cancers: Where are we today?

1 April 2025
17:30-18:45 CET

Join 👇us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
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#WhatsNewOnFMT #CDI ❓Real-world efficacy of FMT for 1 and 2 CDI 📜n=467 multicentre study from Denmark 56% severe CDI 36% antibiotic-refractory CDI 19 fulminant CDI ✅Overall cure rate 79% ✅90-day mortality: 10% cghjournal.org/article/S1542-…

#WhatsNewOnFMT #CDI
❓Real-world efficacy of FMT for 1 and 2 CDI

📜n=467 multicentre study from Denmark
56% severe CDI 
36% antibiotic-refractory CDI 
19 fulminant CDI 

✅Overall cure rate 79% 
✅90-day mortality: 10%

cghjournal.org/article/S1542-…
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#WhatsNew on Management of precancerous conditions and early neoplasia of the stomach #MAPS3 ✅Fully updated and revised multidisciplinary #Guideline! ESGE #EHMSG EAGEN 👉esge.com/management-of-…

#WhatsNew on Management of precancerous conditions and early neoplasia of the stomach #MAPS3

✅Fully updated and revised multidisciplinary #Guideline!

<a href="/ESGE_news/">ESGE</a> <a href="/ehmsg/">#EHMSG</a> <a href="/EAGEN_org/">EAGEN</a> 
👉esge.com/management-of-…
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When #ERCP is performed in patients with biliary stenosis treated with stents - the stents are removed, replaced and discarded, but... ✅ stents preserve bile and sloughed cells, including #microRNA, suggesting it as a potential biomarker for biliary tract disease. Our

When #ERCP is performed in patients with biliary stenosis treated with stents - the stents are removed, replaced and discarded, but...

✅ stents preserve bile and sloughed cells, including #microRNA, suggesting it as a potential biomarker for biliary tract disease.

Our
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Does #endoscopy screening impact upper GI #cancer mortality? ✅YES (in high risk situations/areas) n= 234 635 participants (age ~52y) Deaths in #highrisk area Endoscopy: 480 vs. Controls: 545 Deaths in non-high risk area Endoscopy: 146 vs. Controls 149

Does #endoscopy screening impact upper GI #cancer mortality?  

✅YES (in high risk situations/areas)  

n= 234 635 participants (age ~52y) 

Deaths in #highrisk area
Endoscopy: 480 vs. Controls:  545  

Deaths in non-high risk area
Endoscopy: 146 vs. Controls 149
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Are you a basic scientist interested in pathogenesis in digestive diseases? Be part of the DDM Summit, a basic research initiative during the #UEGweek in October 2025! Share your research! Submit your abstract! ueg.eu/week/programme… my_UEG EAGEN EurFMT

Are you a basic scientist interested in pathogenesis in digestive diseases?

Be part of the DDM Summit, a basic research initiative during the #UEGweek in October 2025!

Share your research! Submit your abstract!

ueg.eu/week/programme…
<a href="/my_ueg/">my_UEG</a> <a href="/EAGEN_org/">EAGEN</a> <a href="/EurFmt/">EurFMT</a>
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#Olaparib considered a valuable option in patients with BRCA-mutation ovarian cancer ❗️disappointing final Overall Survival results from SOLO3 trial 👉Very valuable data for molecular tumour boards #MolecularOncology #PrecisionMedicine ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JC…

#Olaparib considered a valuable option in patients with BRCA-mutation ovarian cancer 

❗️disappointing final Overall Survival results from SOLO3 trial

👉Very valuable data for molecular tumour boards

#MolecularOncology #PrecisionMedicine
ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JC…
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Interested in scientific advances related to the #microbiota in the upper GI tract? Join the Sino-German Summer Workshop on Microbiota in Upper GI Tract and Disease 25-26 July 2025 Technical University of Munich & Virtual 👉mih.mh.tum.de/de/summer-work…

Interested in scientific advances related to the #microbiota in the upper GI tract?

Join the Sino-German Summer Workshop on Microbiota in Upper GI Tract and Disease
25-26 July 2025 
Technical University of Munich &amp; Virtual

👉mih.mh.tum.de/de/summer-work…
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#LifeInPlastic Nanoplastics are accumulating in the human brain—and their levels are rising. Why—and what are the consequences? rdcu.be/eiUYY

#LifeInPlastic
Nanoplastics are accumulating in the human brain—and their levels are rising. 

Why—and what are the consequences?

rdcu.be/eiUYY
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EAGEN (Europäische Gesellschaft für Gastroenterologie, Endoskopie und Ernährung) lädt in Zusammenarbeit mit Juvise Pharmaceuticals herzlich zu einem #Webinar ein: 📢Thema: Aktuelles Management von Helicobacter pylori-Infektionen 27. Mai 2025 um 17:00 Uhr Sprache: Deutsch

EAGEN (Europäische Gesellschaft für Gastroenterologie, Endoskopie und Ernährung) lädt in Zusammenarbeit mit Juvise Pharmaceuticals herzlich zu einem #Webinar ein:

📢Thema: Aktuelles Management von Helicobacter pylori-Infektionen 
27. Mai 2025 um 17:00 Uhr
Sprache: Deutsch
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EAGEN (Europäische Gesellschaft für Gastroenterologie, Endoskopie und Ernährung) lädt herzlich zum #Webinar ein: 📢Thema: Aktuelles Management von Helicobacter pylori-Infektionen 27. Mai 2025 um 17:00 Uhr Sprache: Deutsch Registrierung 👇 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

EAGEN (Europäische Gesellschaft für Gastroenterologie, Endoskopie und Ernährung) lädt herzlich zum #Webinar ein:  
📢Thema: 
Aktuelles Management von Helicobacter pylori-Infektionen  
27. Mai 2025 um 17:00 Uhr 
Sprache: Deutsch  Registrierung
👇
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
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What is the difference between probiotics and live biotherapeutic products (LBPs)? #Probiotics: ✅Live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a ✅health benefit on the host. Live Biotherapeutic Products (#LBPs): A biological product that: (1)

What is the difference between probiotics and live biotherapeutic products (LBPs)?

#Probiotics:
✅Live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a ✅health benefit on the host.

Live Biotherapeutic Products (#LBPs):
A biological product that: 
(1)
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#Cancer and #PhysicalExercise ✅Structured exercise program after adjuvant chemotherapy resulted in significantly longer disease-free survival and overall survival in CRC patients ❓Could an exercise program reduce the need for adjuvant chemotherapy in patients at "low risk"?

#Cancer and #PhysicalExercise

✅Structured exercise program after adjuvant chemotherapy resulted in significantly longer disease-free survival and overall survival in CRC patients

❓Could an exercise program reduce the need for adjuvant chemotherapy in patients at "low risk"?