2006 Moynihan Prize
Winning Paper
10382: A Prospective Trial to Evaluate The Value Of B-Type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) in Predicting Cardiac Morbidity After Major Surgery
S C Gibson*, A Marsh, C Berry, J J Morton, C Payne, S Ramsay, H Dargie, D S Byrne, D B Kingsmore (Glasgow)

This is the Association’s most prestigious scientific award. The award consists of £1,000 together with a medal and is presented to the author of the best research work delivered at the Annual Scientific Meeting. The person reading the paper must be the principal research worker and have been qualified for less than fifteen years. In the case of multiple-author papers, the Medal will be presented to the person reading the paper and the award may be divided between authors. The paper should have a scientific basis and clinical application; case reports and audit reports should not be submitted. The paper must not have been submitted previously to any other national or international association nor published in any Journal at the time of submission. Short listed papers which are found to have been presented elsewhere, or have been accepted for presentation elsewhere, will be disqualified.

If selected, competitors will be required to submit a manuscript suitable for publication. The Moynihan Prize paper shall become the property of the Association and will normally be published in the Association of Surgeons’ issue of the British Journal of Surgery.

Papers submitted for the Moynihan Prize and not short listed will be considered for the Short Paper section of the Meeting.

2006 'Six of the Best' Prizes
Winning papers
'Six of the Best' General Papers
10676 Cured of Cancer? A Comparison of Yearly Mortality Rates for Breast, Ovarian and Colorectal Carcinoma
A T Stearns*, D Hole, W D George and D B Kingsmore (Glasgow)

'Six of the Best' Vascular Papers
10406 C-Reactive Protein as a Prognostic Marker in Vascular Surgery
S C Gibson*, C Berry, D S Byrne, H Dargie and D B Kingsmore (Glasgow)

'Six of the Best' Breast Papers
10658 Cancer in Radial Scars and Complex Sclerosing Lesions of the Breast: Does the Size of Lesion Increase the Chance of Associated Malignancy?
J A Rink*, K B Muhammed, C Holgate, J R Steel, P A Jones and R M Watkins (Plymouth)

'Six of the Best' Upper GI Papers
10533 Management of Cholecystitis in England – 2003/04
G David*, A Al-Sarira, D J Corless and J P Slavin (Crewe)

'Six of the Best' Colorectal Papers
9831 Should Colectomy be Delayed or Avoided to Prevent Desmoid Diseas in Patients with Fap and Desmoid Region APC Mutations?
D Speake*, D G Evans, F Lalloo, N A Scott and J Hill (Manchester)

'Six of the Best' Laparoscopic Papers
10750 Ventral Hernia Mesh Repair: Lessons Learned from Introducing a Laparoscopic Approach in 113 Cases
M G C Pellen*, H Andrew, S M Bawa, L F Horgan, M Youssef and S E Attwood (Ashington)

John Farndon Prize for Best Manuscript
All paper presenters at the ASGBI Annual Scientific Meeting in May 2006 are invited to submit a manuscript of their paper to the British Journal of Surgery to be considered for publication in the Journal and the John Farndon Prize. The John Farndon Prize of £500, generously endowed by the British Journal of Surgery, is awarded to the best manuscript published, as judged by ASGBI.

Details of how to submit your manuscript can be found in the ‘Instructions to Authors’ document enclosed with this letter. Please note that submissions should be made online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/bjs.

Hard copy submissions can not be accepted this year. Manuscripts can be submitted up until Friday 5th May 2006 but early submission is recommended as the publication process can be lengthy.

Please indicate clearly that your paper is being presented at the ASGBI meeting on the title page to accelerate processing.

2006 David Dunn Medal
Winning Paper
Ventral Hernia Mesh Repair: Lessons Learned from Introducing a Laparoscopic Approach in 113 Cases
M G C Pellen*, H Andrew, S M Bawa, L F Horgan, M Youssef and S E Attwood (Ashington)

The David Dunn Medal, together with the British Journal of Surgery Prize of £500, will be awarded to the presenter of the best paper at the Association of Lapaorscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ALSGBI) meeting held as part of the ASGBI meeting. The medal is in memory of David Dunn, an eminent endoscopic surgeon, founder member and a previous officer of ALSGBI.