Virginia Mason Symposium on Surgical and Medical Management of Colorectal Cancer


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Date & Location
Friday, July 10, 2020, 7:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Target Audience
Specialties - Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine, Oncology - Colorectal Cancer, Surgery - Colorectal, Surgery - General

Overview

Online registration for this event is closed.

 

Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in North America. National guidelines for screening have recently changed, as have the indications for referral for hereditary counselling and germline testing. While circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) assays are widely available and reimbursed by private and public payers, there is a lack of knowledge in when to offer them and how they should guide therapy for early stage and advanced disease. For early stage cancers, there is new data to support less intensive systemic chemotherapy and organ-sparing “watch and wait” loco regional therapy. For patients with advanced colorectal cancer, there is new randomized evidence describing the benefit of HIPEC and cyto-reductive surgery. Attendees will engage with these new developments as well as with “prehabilitation” strategies to optimize fitness of fragile patients for colorectal surgery. The course will also address management strategies for minimally invasive, trans-anal surgery, and who to test and how to follow up in the context of hereditary colorectal cancer. These educational needs span the continuum of primary care, prevention and complex multidisciplinary care.

Teaching methods include lecture, question and answer with faculty, case presentation, and case discussion with audience response system.

COVID-19: To maintain the safety of all, this course is designed for online presentation via livestream. Attendees will interact with faculty through email,  messaging and audience response system.
We are continuing to monitor current health and safety guidelines. As we move closer to the event date, if state and local recommendations permit; we will offer an option for live attendance on site.

System requirements: HTML5 capable browser on sound-capable computer or smart device; (most modern browsers are HTML5 capable).


Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  1. Discuss methods for maximizing function before colorectal cancer surgery.
  2. Review colorectal cancer risk factors and recommend prevention strategies.
  3. Outline surgical approaches to early stage colorectal cancer and describe innovative surgical techniques and patient selection criteria.
  4. Outline criteria for assessing response to therapy.
  5. Discuss rationale for cyto-reductive surgery in gastrointestinal malignancies.
  6. Describe evidence for new duration of therapy recommendations and discuss current trials in adjuvant colorectal malignancies.
  7. Summarize the role of ctDNA in directing systemic therapy and in detecting minimal residual disease.
  8. Utilize criteria for referral to genetic counseling in the setting of colorectal cancer.

Registration

Register to participate in the online livestream of the conference - $100.00
Broadcast from Volney Auditorium at Virginia Mason

Online registration will be open through Wednesday, July 8, 2020. For registration assistance, call the CME department at 206.341.0142.

Accreditation



The Virginia Mason Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Virginia Mason Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.


Credits
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ (4.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (4.00 hours)