The barbecue was held in the courtyard of House 65. We invited the supporters of the Biobank team, which consists of the operating room nurses and physicians from surgery, the gastrolaboratory, EXRAD, and INKA.

From 08.06. - 10.06.2023 the 11th meeting of the "Young Surgeons in Central Germany" took place in Magdeburg. 40 posters were presented and we cordially congratulate our collaborators Ms. Anna Schaufler and Mr. Ahmed Y. Sanin for the best poster of this meeting and for the poster award 2023 of the Central German Society of Gastroenterology and the Central German Surgical Association e.V. with the poster topic "Sensory System for Tumor Detection".

Liver cancer is a prevalent gastrointestinal carcinoma and is closely linked to chronic inflammation, including both hepatic and extrahepatic inflammations. However, the genetic association between inflammatory traits and liver cancer has not been systematically investigated. See the paper

Glioblastoma is a rapidly progressing tumor quite resistant to conventional treatment. These features are currently assigned to a self-sustaining population of glioblastoma stem cells. Anti-tumor stem cell therapy calls for a new means of treatment. See the paper

A chromatin regulator-related gene signature was calculated, and this signature provides the strong independent predictive capability for clinical prognosis and immunotherapy efficacy for patients See the paper published in J of Oncology.