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Coimbatore doctor wins best
scientific abstract award
Coimbatore: Coimbatore based
doctor has won the 'Best Scientific Abstract
award for Laparoscopic Treatment of Cancer of
Esophagus,' instituted by the International
Society for Diseases of the Esophagus (ISDE).
The award carrying a citation and a cash prize
of USD 500 was presented to Dr C Palanivelu,
Director, GEM Hospital and Research Centre, at
the 12th World Congress of Diseases of Esophagus
held at Kagoshima, Japan, from Sept 2 to 5.
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The abstract has
been selected for outstanding scientific merit,
innovation and educational value and promotion
for Diseases of the Esophagus, the citation
signed by ISDE President Mark K Ferguson said.
Talking to reporters today, Palanivelu said the
technique, introduced in 2007, was published as
a special article in the Journal of American
Collge of surgeons and since then it had become
"widely popular" and a standard technique across
the globe.
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