Prizes & Awards World Congress of Surgery WCS 2017

The following Prizes and Awards have been given during World Congress of Surgery WCS 2017 in Basel, Switzerland. The recipients are congratulated upon their achievements.

Lloyd M. Nyhus Free Prize (best ISS/SIC Abstract) 2017

For the best Free Paper Presentation in the Lloyd M. Nyhus Prize Session

Presenting Author: Hisanobu Higashi, Japan

ORGAN DERIVED ACELLULAR SCAFFOLD HAS A POTENTIAL TO REPAIR SURGICALLY RESECTED ORGAN

Hisanobu Higashi ¹,^*, Hiroshi Yagi ¹, Hirofumi Shimoda ¹, Kazuki Tajima ¹, Yuta Abe ¹, Minoru Kitago ¹, Masahiro Shinoda ¹, Yuko Kitagawa ¹

¹Department of Surgery, Keio University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

ISS/SIC Poster Prize 2017

For the best Poster in the ISS/SIC program

Presenting Author: Hiroaki Harada, Japan

COMBINED ANALYSIS OF EPIGENETIC INACTIVATION OF MDFI, DLX4, AND PCDH10 IN STAGE I NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF PROGNOSTIC IMPACT

Hiroaki Harada^*,1,2, Kazuaki Miyamoto³, Kazuko Mihara¹, Takeshi Mimura⁴, Yoshinori Yamashita^1,4, Kiyomi Taniyama¹, Morihito Okada⁵

¹Institute for Clinical Research, NHO Kure Medical Center/Chugoku Cancer Center, Kure, ²Respiratory Surgery, ³Surgery, NHO Higashihiroshima Medical Center, Higashihiroshima, ⁴Respiratory Surgery, NHO Kure Medical Center/Chugoku Cancer Center, Kure, ⁵Surgical Oncology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan