OESO-SEMPIRE 17th World Conference | Esophagus 2026 | Versailles | June 14-17, 2026

Session 30: Esophageal Pathology – Key Controversies and Updates

Wednesday, June 17, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Auditorium Condé

Chairs: Dhanpat Jain (USA) – Rupert Langer (Austria)

  1. Are the histologic features of ICI induced esophagitis specific? – Sara Hafezi Bakhtiari (Canada)
  2. What are the challenges with PDL1 scoring (CPS/TAP) for esophageal carcinoma? – Catherina Streutker (Canada)
  3. What are the challenges of margins evaluation for dysplasia carcinoma in ESD for esophageal neoplasia: Does it even matter? – Mikhail Lisovsky (USA)
  4. Is there a need to count Eosinophils in biopsies during follow-up of EOE biopsies during follow-up of EOE? – Suntrea Hammer (USA)
  5. Is there any role in sub-typing BE dysplasia: Intestinal vs. foveolar? – Dhanpat Jain (USA)
  6. What is the significance of epidermoid metaplasia in the esophagus? – Xuchen Zhang (USA)
  7. What are the challenges of evaluation and reporting of p53 in BE for dysplasia? – Ilke Nalbantoglu (USA)
  8. What are the advantages and disadvantages of various systems for evaluating post-therapy tumor regression? – Rupert Langer (Austria)
  9. Current role of digital pathology and AI in esophageal carcinoma and treatment response? – Bastian Dislich (Switzerland)
  10. Updates on WHO classification 6th edition and staging of esophageal carcinoma? – Deyali Chatterjee (USA)
  11. What are current and upcoming biomarkers for esophageal carcinomas? – Bella Liu (USA)