Report from the Western Canadian Gastrointestinal Consensus Cancer Conference-Management of Total Neoadjuvant Therapy in Rectal Cancer

• Published in: Current oncology (Toronto) Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 924 - 927
• Main Authors: Lim, Howard, Abraham, Aswin George, Ahmed, Shahid, Ahmed, Shahida, Brown, Carl J, Brunet, Bryan, Davies, Janine, Doll, Corinne, Dueck, Dorie-Anna, Gordon, Vallerie, Hagel, Kimberly, Hebbard, Pamela, Kim, Christina A, Le, Duc, Lee-Ying, Richard, McGhie, John Paul, Mulder, Karen, Park, Jason, Renouf, Daniel J, Schellenberg, Devin, Wong, Ralph P W, Zaidi, Adnan
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI 08.02.2022; MDPI AG
• Subjects: Alberta; colorectal cancer; Conference Report; Consensus; Gastrointestinal Neoplasms - therapy; Humans; neo-adjuvant chemotherapy; Neoadjuvant Therapy; Rectal Neoplasms - therapy; surgery; Alberta; neo-adjuvant chemotherapy; colorectal cancer; surgery
• ISSN: 1718-7729; 1198-0052; 1718-7729
• DOI: 10.3390/curroncol29020078

An educational session related to the Western Canadian Gastrointestinal Cancer Consensus Conference (WCGCCC) was held virtually on 14 October 2020. The WCGCCC is an interactive multidisciplinary conference attended by health care professionals from across Western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba), who are involved in the care of patients with gastrointestinal cancer. Surgical, medical, and radiation oncologists; pathologists, radiologists, and allied health care professionals participated in presentation and discussion sessions for the purpose of developing the recommendations presented here. This consensus statement addresses current issues in the management of total neoadjuvant therapy in rectal cancer.