The impact of research presented at annual gastrointestinal cancers symposium.

757Background: The Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancers Symposium provides a multidisciplinary forum to both present research and gain expertise in the management of GI cancers. We conducted a study to understand the research trends, publication rate and the overall impact of research presented. Methods: A bibliometric review of the conference proceedings of the Symposium from 2013-2015 was undertaken. Data collected on each abstract included author number, demographic information of the presenting author, presentation type, cancer type, research focus (multidisciplinary treatment; prevention, diagnosis and screening; translational research) and research design. A PubMed search was used to determine overall and specific publication data. Descriptive statistics were compiled. Chi-square was used to compare groups. Results: The number of abstracts presented has increased (584 in 2013, 652 in 2014 and 794 in 2015). Fraction of oral presentations by year were similar (2.0%, 2.1% and 1.8%). Median number of authors p...