Eastern Canadian Colorectal Cancer Consensus Conference 2013: emerging therapies in the treatment of pancreatic, rectal, and colorectal cancers

T Di Valentin; T Asmis; J Asselah; F Aubin; N Aucoin; S Berry; J Biagi; C M Booth; R Burkes; N Coburn; B Colwell; C Cripps; L A Dawson; M Dorreen; D Frechette; R Goel; S Gray; N Hammad; D Jonker; P Kavan; J Maroun; S Nanji; D Roberge; B Samson; M Seal; W Shabana; M Simunovic; S Snow; M Tehfe; M Thirlwell; E Tsvetkova; M Vickers; T Vuong; R Goodwin

doi:10.3747/co.23.2897

Eastern Canadian Colorectal Cancer Consensus Conference 2013: emerging therapies in the treatment of pancreatic, rectal, and colorectal cancers

Curr Oncol. 2016 Feb;23(1):52-5. doi: 10.3747/co.23.2897. Epub 2016 Feb 18.

Authors

T Di Valentin¹, T Asmis², J Asselah¹, F Aubin¹, N Aucoin¹, S Berry², J Biagi², C M Booth², R Burkes², N Coburn², B Colwell³, C Cripps², L A Dawson², M Dorreen³, D Frechette¹, R Goel², S Gray⁴, N Hammad², D Jonker², P Kavan², J Maroun², S Nanji², D Roberge¹, B Samson¹, M Seal⁵, W Shabana¹, M Simunovic², S Snow³, M Tehfe¹, M Thirlwell¹, E Tsvetkova², M Vickers⁶, T Vuong², R Goodwin²

Affiliations

¹ Quebec: Centre de Cancérologie de l'Hopital de Gatineau, Gatineau (Di Valentin, Fréchette); Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal (Aubin, Tehfe); McGill University Health Centre, Montreal (Asselah, Thirlwell, Roberge, Kavan); Monteregie Cancer Center, Charles-LeMoyne Hospital, Longueuil (Samson); Cité de Santé de Laval, Laval (Aucoin);
² Ontario: The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, Ottawa (Asmis, Cripps, Goel, Goodwin, Jonker, Maroun, Tsvetkova); Department of Imaging, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa (Shabana); Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario, Kingston (Biagi, Hammad); Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto (Coburn); Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre, Toronto (Berry); Queen's University, Kingston (Booth, Nanji); Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto (Burkes); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto (Dawson, Vuong); Juravinski Cancer Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton (Simunovic);
³ Nova Scotia: QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax (Colwell, Dorreen, Snow);
⁴ New Brunswick: Saint John Regional Hospital, Saint John (Gray);
⁵ Newfoundland and Labrador: Memorial University, Saint John's (Seal);
⁶ Alberta: Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary (Vickers).

Abstract

The annual Eastern Canadian Colorectal Cancer Consensus Conference held in Montreal, Quebec, 17-19 October 2013, marked the 10-year anniversary of this meeting that is attended by leaders in medical, radiation, and surgical oncology. The goal of the attendees is to improve the care of patients affected by gastrointestinal malignancies. Topics discussed during the conference included pancreatic cancer, rectal cancer, and metastatic colorectal cancer.

Keywords: Gastrointestinal cancer; consensus.