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Strike action between Monday 2 October to Thursday 5 October 2023

Consultants and junior doctors at The Christie will both strike between 7am on Monday 2 October to 7am on Thursday 5 October 2023. Both consultants and junior doctors will still provide emergency care during their strikes.

We are proactively contacting patients with appointments that may be affected by this strike. If you have an appointment at the Trust on any of these dates, please continue to come to The Christie and our other centres as planned unless we contact you to tell you otherwise. There may be longer waits than usual in clinics during this time.

Please do not call to check if your appointment is still going ahead.

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Rectal cancer MDT update: future directions for Greater Manchester

Wednesday 24 May 2023, 9am to 5pm - hybrid event

A study day for Greater Manchester and Cheshire colorectal multidisciplinary teams to discuss the management of patients with rectal cancer.

  • Treatment selection for rectal cancer
  • Early rectal cancer
  • Neoadjuvant therapy including total neoadjuvant therapy (TNT)
  • Response evaluation
  • Locally advanced and recurrent rectal cancer
  • Living with and beyond rectal cancer

Oncologists, surgeons, specialist nurses, radiologists, pathologists and senior trainees working within a colorectal multidisciplinary team.

Time Session
08:30 Registration
  Session 1: Treatment Selection for Rectal Cancer
Chaired by Professor Jim Hill, Deputy Clinical Director, Lynch Syndrome Genetic Pathway, NHS North West Genomic Medicine Service Alliance 
08:50 Introduction/MMR
Professor Jim Hill, Deputy Clinical Director, Lynch Syndrome Genetic Pathway, NHS North West Genomic Medicine Service Alliance 
09:00 Early Rectal Cancer
Professor Simon Bach, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, University of Birmingham 
09:30 TNT- Trials to date and Greater Manchester experience
Dr Claire Arthur, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
10:00 Immunotherapy with and without radiotheraphy in rectal cancer
Professor Campbell Roxburgh, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Glasgow Royal Infirmany 
10:30 Audience Questions and Panel Discussion
Chaired by: Professor Jim Hill, Deputy Clinical Director, Lynch Syndrome Genetic Pathway, NHS North West Genomic Medicine Service Alliance
Panel Members: Dr Claire Arthur, Professor Campbell Roxburgh, Kalena Marti 

11:00 - coffee break

Time Session
  Session 2: Assessment of Response
Chaired by Dr Noreen Alam, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
11:30 MRI: Response Evaluation
Dr Rohit Kochhar, Consultant Radiologist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
12:00 Near Complete Response
Professor Per Nilsson, Associate Professor of Surgery, Karolinska Institutet 
12:30 An update in Watch and Wait
Professor Andrew Renehan, Honorary Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
13:00 Audience Questions and Panel Discussion
Chaired by: Dr Nooreen Alam, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Panel Members: Dr Rohit Kochhar, Professor Per Nilsson, Professor Andrew Renehan 
13:30 Ethicon Sponsored Session
* this is an Ethicon sponsored session organised and funded presentation (Ethicon products may be discussed)

13:45 - lunch

Session 3: Parallel Sessions- delegates to choose which sessions (3A or 3B) they would like to attend on the day of the event

Session 3A: Locally Advanced and Recurrent Rectal Cancers, chaired by Professor Sarah O'Dwyer, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Time Session
14:30 Surgery for locally advanced and recurrent disease (anterior and lateral compartments)
Dr Hamish Clouston, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
14:50 Surgery for locally advanced and recurrent disease (posterior compartments)
Mr Paul Sutton, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
15:10 Pelvic Reirradiation for Locally Recurrent Rectal Cancer
Dr Vicky Lavin, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
15:30 Audience Questions and Panel Discussion
Chaired by: Professor Sarah O'Dwyer, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Panel Members: Mr Hamish Clouston, Mr Paul Sutton, Dr Vicky Lavin 

Session 3B: Living With and Beyond Rectal Cancer, chaired by Ms Rachel Connolly, Colorectal and Peritoneal Tumour Clinical Nurse Specialist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Time Session
14:30 Late Pelvic Effects: Male
Mr Arie Parnham, Consultant Urological Surgeon, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
14:50 Late Pelvic Effects: Female
Ms Helen Savage, Gynaecology Clinical Nurse Specialist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
15:10 Psycho-Oncology Support
Dr Anita Ghosh, Consultant in Psycho-Oncology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Anne Crook, Counsellor Psycho-Oncology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
15:30 Audience Questions and Panel Discussion
Chaired by: Ms Rebecca Halstead, Colorectal Clinical Nurse Specialist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Panel Members: Mr Arie Parnham, Ms Helen Savage, Mr Malcolm Wilson 

Session 4

Time Session
16:00 Wellbeing assessment during cancer treatment: The Christie experience
Dr Kostas Kamposorias, Consultant Medical Oncologist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
16:20 Audience Questions and Panel Discussion
Chaired by : Ms Rebecca Halstead, Colorectal Clinical Nurse Specialist, The Christie NHS Foundation
Panel Members: Dr Kostas Kamposorias, Consultant Medical Oncologist, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
16:30 Summary and Close 

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Last updated: July 2023

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