This episode of the UEG Podcast takes place at the EPC meeting in the summer of 2025. Our host Egle Dieninyte sits down with Professor Marco Del Chiaro, Surgical Oncologist and global lead of the upcoming Guidelines on Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms.
Tune in as they discuss why a unified, evidence-based approach is essential in this complex field, the challenges of managing cystic pancreatic lesions with limited high-quality data, and the balance between clinical judgement and guideline recommendations.
Professor Del Chiaro also reflects on the limitations of current evidence, the evolving role of biomarkers, and how collaboration across continents may finally help standardise diagnosis, surveillance, and treatment for these patients.
Insightful, candid, and forward-looking — this episode offers a rare behind-the-scenes view into how global consensus in pancreatic disease is built.
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Best of UEG Week - Nursing with Mary Phillips and Leigh Donnelly
In this episode of the UEG Podcast, Mary Phillips and Leigh Donnelly reflect on the highlights of UEG Week 2025 in Berlin from a nursing and allied healthcare perspective.
They discuss the most inspiring sessions from learning through mistakes in “Never Waste a Good Disaster” to the growing focus on sustainability, green endoscopy, and global health. The conversation also touches on caring for trans patients in gastroenterology, tackling fake news in dietetics, and understanding the clinical impact of GLP-1 medications and pancreatic cancer research.
With insights on teamwork, education, and the value of multidisciplinary collaboration, this episode celebrates the essential role of nurses and allied health professionals in advancing digestive health care.
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Best of UEG Week - HPB with Carolin Schneider
In this episode, UEG's new Scientific Committee chair Jörn Schattenberg and Carolin Schneider, UEG rising start of 2025, recap the standout science from UEG Week 2025 in Berlin. They discuss highlights from the HPB field, including pivotal phase III data on linerixibat for cholestatic pruritus in PBC, advances in MASLD/MASH therapies such as FGF21 analogues and resmetirom, and new insights into liquid biopsy and AI-assisted imaging for pancreatic lesions. The conversation also explores simvastatin’s potential in preventing recurrent pancreatitis and reflects on the value of collaboration, precision medicine, and prospective clinical trials showcased at UEG Week.
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Best of UEG Week - IBD with Bel Kok
In this episode of the UEG Podcast, our host Pradeep Mundre, together with IBD expert Klaartje Bel Kok, explore the latest breakthroughs in IBD presented at UEG Week 2025 in Berlin.
From long-term IL-23 inhibitor data to novel drugs such as Obefazimod and Tulisokibart, the discussion covers key findings that are reshaping IBD management. Bel dives into new insights on JAK inhibitors in pregnancy, the growing role of ultrasound monitoring in IBD, and the challenge of choice overload in treatment decisions.
Tune in for expert reflections on emerging research, collaboration within the IBD community, and the evolving understanding of IBD’s complex aetiology.
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Best of UEG Week - DDM Summit with Francisco Real
Join Julia Mayerle and Francisco X. Real (Paco) as they reflect on the first-ever Digestive Disease Mechanism (DDM) Summit, introduced during UEG Week 2025 in Berlin.
In this special episode, they discuss how the DDM Summit brought together leading scientists and clinicians to explore the mechanisms driving GI cancers — from colorectal to pancreatic and liver cancer. Hear how cutting-edge discoveries in genomics, metabolism, and tumour microenvironment are already shaping translational research and clinical trials.
Julia and Paco also share highlights from the meeting, including exciting poster sessions, emerging collaborations, and their vision for the next DDM Summit focusing on inflammation in GI disease.
- 08:00 The evolution of colitis-associated colorectal cancer Trevor A. Graham (United Kingdom)
- 09:45 Tumour cell plasticity and immune evasion in metastatic colorectal cancer. Eduard Batlle Gomez (Spain)
- 11:45 Cutting the nerve supply to pancreatic cancer Andreas Trumpp (Germany)
- 16:40 Neutrophil-driven inflammation in PDAC progression Dieter Saur (Germany)
- 17:30 Exploring the therapy-associated tumour immune microenvironment across the spectrum of HCC Tom Bird (UK)
- 17:45 Intermittent fasting in MASH and liver cancer Suchira Gallage (Germany)
- 17:50 Metabolic drivers of cancer and obesity-related diseases Guadalupe Sabio (Spain)
Gastroenterology to-go! The UEG Podcast covers scientific, educational and professional development topics within the digestive health community. Listen as our two international experts (Egle Dieninyte-Misiune, Lithuania and Pradeep Mundre, UK) cover a wide array of timely, multidisciplinary topics with other digestive health professionals from all fields and career stages as guest speakers. New episodes and experts every other week.
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