Y. Nancy You, MD, MHSc: This individual has no financial relationships with ineligible companies.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
Describe clinical features that would support upfront surgery for rectal cancer.
Recognize the key decision factors surrounding no radiation, short vs. long course pelvic radiation, particularly for mid-rectal intermediate-risk tumors.
Discern the appropriateness of non-operative management when sphincter preservation is possible.
CME Credit: 0.75 Contact Hours: 0.75
This symposium will address cutting-edge topics in the rapidly changing multidisciplinary treatment of rectal cancer, including watch and wait, options for sphincter-sparing surgery for low rectal cancers, management of lateral lymph nodes, management of early rectal cancers, and other emerging topics
