Abstract
The 17th annual Western Canadian Gastrointestinal Cancer Consensus Conference (wcgccc) was held in Edmonton, Alberta, 11-12 September 2015. The wcgccc is an interactive multidisciplinary conference attended by health care professionals from across Western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba) who are involved in the care of patients with gastrointestinal cancer. Surgical, medical, and radiation oncologists; pathologists; radiologists; and allied health care professionals participated in presentation and discussion sessions for the purposes of developing the recommendations presented here. This consensus statement addresses current issues in the management of gastric cancer.
Highlights
The 17th annual Western Canadian Gastrointestinal Cancer Consensus Conference was held in Edmonton, Alberta, 11–12 September 2015
The conference welcomes medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, surgical oncologists, pathologists, radiologists, gastroenterologists, and allied health professionals from western Canada who are involved in the care of patients with gastrointestinal malignancies (Table i)
Multiple studies have demonstrated that microscopically positive (R1) margins after resection can be associated with worse prognosis, the prognostic effect can differ between early- and advanced-stage gc[25,26,27,28,29,30,31]
Summary
The aim of the Western Canadian Gastrointestinal Cancer Consensus Conference is to develop the consensus opinion of oncologists and allied health professionals from across Western Canada, attempting to define best care practices and to improve care and outcomes for patients with gastrointestinal cancers
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