Nuts and Bolts of Watch and Wait/nonoperative Management for Rectal Cancer

Thursday, March 10, 2022

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM CST

Location:HUB Theater

Session Moderator(s)

Pamela Daher, MD

Assistant Professor Colon and Rectal Surgery
University of Texas Medical Branch - Galveston, TX
Galveston, Texas, United States

Participants should be aware of the following financial/non-financial relationships:

Pamela Daher, MD: Disclosure information not submitted.

Watch and wait has gained popularity especially for patients with low rectal cancers that require abdominoperineal resection or coloanal anastomosis. However many questions remain including the optimal neoadjuvant regimen, timing of evaluation of response, and long-term surveillance schedules. The surgical oncologist needs to be familiar the different neoadjuvant regimens to treat rectal cancer when considering watch and wait, how to deal with near complete responses and have long-term surveillance strategies.

non-CME

Presentations:

9:00 AM – 9:02 AM CST

Introductions
9:02 AM – 9:08 AM CST

Choosing Neoadjuvant Regimens
HUB Presenter: Steven Nurkin, MD, MS, FACS – Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Cancer
9:08 AM – 9:14 AM CST

How to Deal with the Near-complete Response
HUB Presenter: Seth Felder, MD – Moffitt Cancer Center
9:14 AM – 9:20 AM CST

Long-term Surveillance and Timing of Surgery for Regrowth
HUB Presenter: J. Joshua Smith, MD, PhD, FACS – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
9:20 AM – 9:30 AM CST

Q&A