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Meeting Report

Eastern Canadian Colorectal Cancer Consensus Conference: Setting the Limits of Resectable Disease

by
M. Vickers
1,*,
B. Samson
2,
B. Colwell
3,
C. Cripps
1,
D. Jalink
1,
S. El-Sayed
1,
E. Chen
1,
G. Porter
3,
R. Goel
1,
J. Villeneuve
1,
S. Sundaresan
1,
J. Asselah
2,
J. Biagi
1,
D. Jonker
1,
L. Dawson
1,
R. Letourneau
2,
M. Rother
1,
J. Maroun
1,
M. Thirlwell
2,
M. Hussein
3,
M. Tehfe
1,
N. Perrin
2,
N. Michaud
2,
N. Hammad
1,
P. Champion
4,
R. Rajan
2,
R. Burkes
1,
S. Barrette
2,
S. Welch
1,
N. Yarom
1 and
T. Asmis
1
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The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre (Vickers, Cripps, El-Sayed, Goel, Jonker, Maroun, Yarom, Asmis) and The Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa (Villeneuve, Sundaresan), Ottawa; Queen’s University (Jalink, Hammad) and Kingston Regional Cancer Centre (Biagi), Kingston; Princess Margaret Hospital (Chen, Dawson) and Mount Sinai Hospital and the University of Toronto (Burkes), Toronto; Peel Regional Cancer Centre and Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga (Rother); and London Regional Cancer Centre (Welch), London, ON, Canada
2
Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (chum) (Letourneau), Hôpital Notre Dame du chum (Tehfe), McGill University Health Centre (Thirlwell), Montreal General Hospital (Rajan), Montreal; Hôpital de Verdun (Barrette), Verdun; Hôpital Charles LeMoyne (Samson), Greenfield Park; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (Asselah), Sherbrooke; and Centre de Santé et de Services Sociaux de Sept-Îles (Perrin, Michaud), Sept Iles, QC, Canada
3
QEII Health Sciences Centre (Colwell, Porter), Halifax, and Cape Breton Regional Hospital (Hussein), Sydney, NS, Canada
4
PEI Cancer Treatment Centre, Charlottetown, PE, Canada
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Submission received: 1 May 2010 / Revised: 7 May 2010 / Accepted: 15 May 2010 / Published: 1 June 2010

Abstract

The annual Eastern Canadian Colorectal Cancer Consensus Conference was held in Montreal, Quebec, October 22–24, 2009. Health care professionals involved in the care of patients with colorectal cancer participated in presentation and discussion sessions for the purposes of developing the recommendations presented here. This consensus statement addresses current issues in the management colorectal cancer, such as the management of hepatic and pulmonary metastases, the role of monoclonal antibodies to the epidermal growth factor receptor, and the benefits and safety of chemotherapy in elderly patients. The management of gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumours and gastric cancer are also discussed.
Keywords: consensus guideline; colorectal cancer; gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumour; gastric cancer consensus guideline; colorectal cancer; gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumour; gastric cancer

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Vickers, M.; Samson, B.; Colwell, B.; Cripps, C.; Jalink, D.; El-Sayed, S.; Chen, E.; Porter, G.; Goel, R.; Villeneuve, J.; et al. Eastern Canadian Colorectal Cancer Consensus Conference: Setting the Limits of Resectable Disease. Curr. Oncol. 2010, 17, 70-77. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3747/co.v17i3.610

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Vickers M, Samson B, Colwell B, Cripps C, Jalink D, El-Sayed S, Chen E, Porter G, Goel R, Villeneuve J, et al. Eastern Canadian Colorectal Cancer Consensus Conference: Setting the Limits of Resectable Disease. Current Oncology. 2010; 17(3):70-77. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3747/co.v17i3.610

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Vickers, M., B. Samson, B. Colwell, C. Cripps, D. Jalink, S. El-Sayed, E. Chen, G. Porter, R. Goel, J. Villeneuve, and et al. 2010. "Eastern Canadian Colorectal Cancer Consensus Conference: Setting the Limits of Resectable Disease" Current Oncology 17, no. 3: 70-77. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3747/co.v17i3.610

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