Final Programme

Postgraduate Educational Programme
16:00 - 17:30 Room B
What I Should Know About Imaging for Staging Cancer
CC 1216
Primary tumor staging (4): Gastrointestinal tumors
Moderator: R.G.H. Beets-Tan; Maastricht/NL
A-259 16:00
A. Pancreas
G. Morana; Treviso/IT
Learning Objectives:
1. To learn staging classifi cation for pancreatic cancer and implications for patient management.
2. To understand the role of imaging in TNM staging and to defi ne the best approach for lesion staging.
3. To defi ne imaging fi ndings at different stages of disease.
4. To understand pitfalls in lesion characterisation and staging, and to understand atypical features of
imaging.
A-260 16:45
B. Rectum
G. Brown; Sutton/UK
Learning Objectives:
1. To understand the staging and anatomy of the mesorectal margin in relation to total mesorectal excision
surgery.
2. To defi ne the role of the radiologist in preventing margin positive disease.
3. To learn the techniques and pitfalls of pre- and post-chemoradiotherapy assessment of mesorectal
margins.
16:00 - 17:30 Room C
State-of-the-Art Symposium
SA 12
CT colonography
Moderator: J. Stoker; Amsterdam/NL
A-261 16:00
CT colonography (Introduction)
J. Stoker; Amsterdam/NL
Session Objectives:
1. To recall the epidemiology of colorectal cancer.
2. To describe the relevance of screening and surveillance for colorectal cancer.
3. To describe the role of other diagnostic techniques for colorectal cancer.
4. To describe the technique of CT colonography.
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