John Libbey Eurotext is continuing to publish the gastroenterology courses given by leading European specialists organised by the EAGE (European Association for Gastroenterology and Endoscopy). The aim of the book is to present the major clinical and therapeutic advances observed during the year 2000. It pays particular attention to the disease of the oesophagus known as Barrett's disease and to imaging in gastrointestinal tumours and cancer.