Oncology

Oncology

EXCEMED has made a strong commitment to medical education in oncology and is developing live events such as workshops, expert meetings and preceptorships, online activities, and other programs that will focus on key issues in oncology and the multidisciplinary approaches to patient management.

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Video presentations: Clinical case studies
2015 Preceptorhip in metastatic colorectal cancer, Liverpool, UK

Based on current evidence, a multidisciplinary approach is strongly recommended for improving the clinical outcome and survival rates of metastatic colorectal  cancer  patients. EXCEMED presents a new video series of clinical case study discussions from this Preceptorship held in July 2015. View the introctory video from Prof G. Poston, followed by four informative clinical case studies.

New online course: Head and neck cancer This online course, developed by Prof. Frederic Peyrade, takes the form of an interactive clinical case that allows you to explore the diagnostic procedures and optimal treatment strategies for individuals based on their clinical characteristics. Read the brochure Explore the online course

ESMO satellite resources available now EXCEMED convened a successful symposium in conjunction with the  ESMO 17th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer on 1 July 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. Scientific Highlights and presentations from Hypoxia: An emerging determinant of pancreatic tumor malignancy are available here.

Consensus paper published in Cancer Treatment Reviews Following  the  success of  the Consensus  conference on “Criteria for resectability of  liver metastasis in colorectal cancer” held in 2011 in Rome, a second Consensus conference took place in Florence, Italy on October 24-25, 2014.The event, supported by EXCEMED with Scientific Organizer Professor René Adam, reunited professors in the EGOSLIM group with the aim of forming a consensus on appropriate treatment for synchronous colorectal liver metastases. A consensus paper based on discussions at the meeting has been published in Cancer Treatment Reviews. Read the paper on the journal’s website: Managing synchronous liver metastases from colorectal cancer: A multidisciplinary international consensus.

1st Sino-Euro-US Colorectal MDT Workshop Presentations are now available online from this exciting event held in Shanghai, China, 12 June 2015.

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