Multidisciplinary Treatment of Colorectal Cancer

Multidisciplinary treatment of colorectal cancer: Organizing the team.- Multidisciplinary treatment – influence on outcome. Surgery: Introduction to surgery.- Surgical anatomy of the rectum and the TEM specimen.- Low risk early rectal cancer.- High-risk early rectal cancer.- The total mesorectal excision.- Locally advanced rectal cancer and recurrence.- Reconstruction after neoadjuvant treatment and APR. Oncology: Introduction to oncology.- Chemotherapy for colon and rectum cancer.- Radiotherapy and radio-chemotherapy for rectal cancer.- Side effects from adjuvant and neoadjuvant treatment.- What should we do with complete responders. Imaging and staging: Introduction to imaging and staging.- MRI and CT for preoperative T and N staging of rectal cancer.- Transanal ultrasonography for rectal tumours. Pathology: Introduction to pathology.- Early colorectal cancer.- Quality of surgery – reporting on surgical specimen.- Pathological staging of colorectal cancer. The palliative team: Introduction to palliation.- Surgical treatment in palliative care.- Nausea. Recommendations: Patient related factors – patient’s preference.- Allocation to local treatment of rectal cancer.