Program

• After attending this Congress, participants should be able to:
• Identify current controversies in the management of patients with gastric or esophageal cancers
• Discuss contemporary treatment options for patients with gastric or esophageal cancers
• Comment on available treatment options for rare gastrointestinal and neuroendocrine tumors
• Recognize the epidemiology and pathogenesis of hepatocellular carcinoma
• Discuss management of patients with cancer of the liver
• Understand adjuvant and neoadjuvant treatment options for patients with locally advanced and metastatic cancer of the pancreas
• Select the most appropriate detection, screening, and chemoprevention methods for colorectal cancer
• Generalize the use of molecular markers for screening and prognosis of colorectal cancer and gastric cancer
• Select the most appropriate adjuvant and neoadjuvant treatments for colorectal cancer patients
• Comment on new agents in the treatment of colorectal cancer and the latest clinical trials results
• Identify treatment strategies for rectal cancer
• Distinguish appropriate surgical techniques for the treatment of gastrointestinal cancers

Scientific Sessions:

• Presentation of selected abstracts
• Cancer of the pancreas and bile ducts
• Cancer of the liver
• Esophageal cancer
• Rare tumors: Neuroendocrine tumors and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST)
• Gastric cancer
• Colorectal cancer: Prevention, screening, and follow-up
• Colorectal cancer: Liver metastases and peritoneal disease
• Multimodality therapy for rectal cancer
• Imaging in gastrointestinal cancer
• Metastatic colorectal cancer
• Adjuvant therapy for colon cancer
• Report on expert discussion
• Meet the Expert presentations
• Nurses symposium
• Focus on young medical oncologists

View the scientific agenda here