2014 Western Canadian Gastrointestinal Cancer Consensus Conference
 

Program

The 2014 Advance Program is available here

Presentations from the 2014 Conference, for which we have consent to share, are available here:

Conference Topic: Colorectal Cancer

Friday, September 5, 2014

7:00 am - 8:00 am Breakfast and Registration
Battleford Foyer, Battleford Ballroom
8:00 am - 8:05 am Opening Remarks
Dr. Shahid Ahmed, SK, Conference Co-Chair
Dr. Amer Sami, SK, Conference Co-Chair
8:05 am - 8:55 am JOINT EC5-WC5 TOPIC:
Use of EGFRI in First-Line Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Dr. Scott Berry, ON
8:55 am - 10:10 am LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION:
What Is the Best Way to Determine Rectal Tumor Location?


a) Radiology Perspective
    Dr. Farid Rashidi, SK

b) Surgical Perspective
    Dr. Don Buie, AB

c) Pathology Perspective
    Dr. Edward Jones, SK
10:10 am - 10:25 am Break
10:25 am - 11:40 am RADIATION THERAPY FOR RECTAL CANCER

a) Why should I Care About Location When Making
    Radiation Decisions?

    Speaker TBC

b) Short Course Radiation
    Dr. Chad Lund, BC

c) Neo-Adjuvant Chemo and Selective Radiation in Rectal Cancer
    Dr. Hagen Kennecke, BC
11:40 am - 12:00 pm EASTERN UPDATE
Dr. Jean Maroun, ON
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm CASE-BASED PANEL DISCUSSION:
Multidisciplinary Management of Colorectal Cancer
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm Break
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm Provincial Working Groups
Manitoba/Saskatchewan - Battleford Ballroom
British Columbia - Salon Batouche
Alberta - Terrace Lounge
7:00 pm  Dinner

Saturday, September 6, 2014

7:00 am - 8:00 am Breakfast
8:00 am - 9:45 am Provincial Working Group Reports, Roung Table Discussions and Consensus Statements
9:45 am - 10:00 am Future Meeting and Closing Remarks
10:00 am Participant Travel