18th Annual Meeting - Collaborative Group of the Americas on Inherited Colorectal Cancer 2014

Key Topics

• Research on the basic biology of colorectal cancer pathogenesis
• Approaches to screening and preventing colorectal cancers
• Use of clinical and genetic modifiers of the hereditary cancer risk in clinical practice
• The impact of newly discovered genes and the use of recently introduced gene panels to diagnose and manage hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes
• Care models for diagnosis and management of various hereditary cancer syndromes
• Surgical approaches to hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes for both treatment and prophylaxis

Who should Attend

Health care professionals and researchers interested in hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes, including:

• Medical oncologists
• Colorectal surgeons
• Geneticists
• Gastroenterologists
• Colorectal cancer registry coordinators
• Nurses
• Psychologists
• Genetic counselors