Eastern Canadian Gastrointestinal Cancer Consensus Conference 2014

Curr Oncol. 2015 Aug;22(4):e305-15. doi: 10.3747/co.22.2603.

Abstract

The annual Eastern Canadian Colorectal Cancer Consensus Conference was held in Montreal, Quebec, 23-25 October 2014. Expert radiation, medical, and surgical oncologists and pathologists involved in the management of patients with gastrointestinal malignancies participated in presentations and discussions resulting in consensus statements on such hot topics as management of neuroendocrine tumours, advanced and metastatic pancreatic cancer, and metastatic colorectal cancer.

Keywords: Neuroendocrine tumours; RAS testing; chemotherapy; colorectal cancer; pancreatic cancer; radiation therapy; screening.