Provincial Cancer Care Conference 2020

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are offering the 2020 annual conference in a modified, virtual format.

Advances in the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Cancers

Date: October 2, 2020
Time: 7:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Registration is now closed.
 
This virtual educational event will focus on the treatment of colorectal and pancreatic cancers and will offer a variety of plenary and breakout sessions on topics such as surgery, systemic therapy, radiation, living with ostomies, and pain and symptom management.

The program will also include a presentation by CCMB Chief of Research Dr. Neil Watkins on the impact of basic research in the development of immunotherapy as a treatment option for colorectal cancers.      

All health care providers with an interest in oncology are welcome to attend. Join this excellent educational event!

This Group Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Manitoba Chapter for up to 3.25  Mainpro+ credits.

Special thanks to CancerCare Manitoba Foundation for allowing us to offer this high-quality oncology educational program.

View the agenda.

Videos from the Conference

• Immunotherapy: From Bench to Bedside in the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer- Dr. Neil Watkins, Chief of Research - CCMB
• Everything You Wanted to Know About Colorectal Cancer Surgery but Were Afraid to Ask - Dr. Jason Park, Surgeon, Associate Staff - CCMB
• The Reluctant Butterfly: Helping our Patients through the Transformative Changes of Life with an Ostomy - Carisa Lux, Coordinator, Manitoba Ostomy Program
• Systemic Therapy for Patients with Pancreatic Cancer: What Regimens and for Which Patients? - Dr. Christina Kim, Medical Oncologist - CCMB
• How Can I Best Support My Patient with Pancreatic Cancer? Addressing Symptom Management Issues - Dr. Paul Daeninck, Medical Oncologist and Consultant in Palliative Medicine - CCMB
• Hereditary Cancer - Syndromes in Colorectal Cancer, Dr. Neil Watkins, Chief of Research - CCMB
• Radiotherapy for Rectal Cancer: A Treatment for All Seasons, Dr. Maged Nashed, Radiation Oncologist - CCMB
• Hot Chemo: The What, Where, Why of Carcinomatosis Surgery, Dr. Pam Hebbard, General Surgical Oncologist, CCMB, SH-WRHA
• Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Manitoba: Not an Orphan Cancer Anymore - Dr. Maged Nashed, Radiation Oncologist - CCMB
• Any New Treatments for GI Cancers Upcoming? - Marc Geirnaert, Director - Provincial Oncology Drug Program - CCMB

The CancerCare Manitoba Board Annual Public Forum will commence after Advances in the Treatment of Gastrointestinal Cancers. The forum will include a presentation on the Roadmap to Cancer Control for Manitoba by CCMB President and CEO Dr. Sri Navaratnam. View the poster.

**Note: The link for the Forum will open at 11:55 a.m. 

For information and presentations from previous Provincial Cancer Care Conferences, please click here.