The Colorectal Cancer MDT – a global perspective

Chairs: Elaine Burns (London), Ioanna Drami (London) and Martha Quinn (Glasgow)

• Young onset rectal cancer - Nancy You (USA)
• Lateral pelvic side wall nodes: the Singapore experience - Ian Tan (Singapore)
• Peritoneal disease: role of CRS and HIPEC - Michael White (USA)
• Use of TNT in rectal cancer: the MDACC approach - Ollie Peacock (USA)
• Pelvic exenteration in rectal cancer: boundaries of resection etc - Brian Bednarski (USA)
• Watch and wait in rectal cancer - George Chang (USA)

Early Years Consultant Network

Chair: Justin Davies (Cambridge)

• EYCN yearbook 22/23 - Ash Bhalla (Derby)
• ACP mentoring programme review - Ahsan Javed (Liverpool)
• Choose your own adventure - Jon Evans (Nottingham) and Abhi Patel (Coventry)
• A peak in to the future - Jeremy Williamson (Newport)

Short Papers: Training and mentoring / PROMS and qualitative studies

Chairs: Nick Battersby (Cornwall) and Nauman Ahmed (Manchester)

7 mins for each presentation and 3 minutes Q&A

• "Happy to close?": The relationship between surgical experience and incisional hernia rates following abdominal wall closure in colorectal surgery - Laurie Smith (Cardiff)
• Qualitative exploration of gastrointestinal recovery following surgical admission: Phase I of the PRO-diGI study - Matt Lee (Sheffield)
• Competency assessment and performance measures in robotic assisted surgery: a systematic review - Charlotte El-Sayed (London)
• An interim report: who's keeping doctors safe? A study on the bullying, suspension and investigation of UK-registered doctors and its impact on their physical and mental health - Shon Novintan (Southend)
• The development of a cryptoglandular Anal Fistula Quality of Life scale (AF-QoL) - Nusrat Iqbal (London)
• Evaluation of a novel digital ostomy device on leakage incidents, quality of life, mental well-being, and patient self-care: an interventional, multicentre clinical trial - Richard Brady (Newcastle)

Short Papers: Cancer surgery and endoscopy / Cancer biology

Chairs: Becca Saunders (Mersey) and Sayed Eldesouky (London)

7 mins for each presentation and 3 minutes Q&A

• Biomarkers of the future in colorectal cancer - Faddy Kamel (Chertsey)
• Matrisomal proteomic profiling of appendiceal mucinous neoplasms and pseudomyxoma peritonei - Milly McAllister (Manchester)
• Is an uncomplicated post-operative recovery following total pelvic exenteration a more important prognostic factor than achieving R0 in the first two years? - Charlotte Ralston (London)
• Complete Mesocolic Excision (CME) and high tie for right hemicolectomy in colonic cancer - Usman Rafique (Manchester)
• An international multi-site experience of resection and reconstruction of the non-expendable vessels of the aortoiliac system in pelvic exenteration for cancer - Cameron Loan (Southampton)
• Short-term outcomes of D3 versus D2 dissection in patients undergoing open, laparoscopic, and robotic colectomy for right colon cancer - Valentin Butnari (Essex)

Short Papers: Cancer diagnosis / surveillance / risk assessment and pathology

Chairs: Ahsan Javed (Liverpool) and Ramy Shaalan (Dundee)

7 mins for each presentation and 3 minutes Q&A

• Trends of colorectal cancer incidence in Singapore: rising incidence among young adults - Lionel Chen (Singapore)
• A novel computer aided diagnosis algorithm for characterisation and sizing of colorectal polyps meets PIVI 1 and PIVI 2 threshold for implementation - Katie Siggens (Portsmouth)
• Patients with FIT-negative colorectal cancer have a distinct clinico-pathological profile - Toritseju Sillo (Worcester)
• Impact of peritoneal metastasis histological grade on prognosis of pseudomyxoma peritonei arising from appendiceal mucinous neoplasms - Awen Hasan (Manchester)
• Volumetric aortic calcification measurement in a colorectal cancer cohort and its relation to their body composition phenotype and post-operative outcomes - Ioanna Drami (London)
• Sustained complete response to neoadjuvant (chemo)radiotherapy in patients with rectal cancer: before and after 2016 in the OnCoRe Research Database - Lee Malcomson (Manchester)

Short Papers: Proctology / IBD / EGS and QI

Chairs: Gianluca Colucci (Worthing) and Khaldoon Nadi (Bangor)

7 mins for each presentation and 3 minutes Q&A

• Long-term perineal reoperation and wound healing after proctectomy or ileal pouch-anal anastomosis extirpation in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: a retrospective multicentre study - John Berhog (Sweden)
• Faster diagnostic standards (FDS) in the lower GI cancer pathway with introduction of a primary care managed community hub: a closed loop audit - Amal Boulbadaoui (Stoke-on-Trent)
• Monitoring surgeon fatigue and performance in pelvic exenteration surgery: the FaME feasibility study - Miriam Khalil (Leeds)
• Management of acute appendicitis: a comparative assessment of COVID-19 cohort study - Hanaa N Mughal (Macclesfield)
• Real world outcomes following surgery for pilonidal sinus: the PITSTOP Study - Matt Lee (Sheffield)
• Validation of a novel computer aided detection algorithm for detection of neoplasia in IBD: data from image based and real-time evaluation - Katie Siggens (Portsmouth)

10:00-10:15
Exchange Auditorium

Sustainability Lecture

Chairs: Farah Khasawneh (Leicester) and Naomi Mackenzie (Wigan)

• Sustainable colorectal surgery: why me, why now? - Emma Carrington (London)

Arris and Gale Lecture

Chair: Nicola Fearnhead (Cambridge)

• Why do colorectal cancers with increased metastatic potential contain activated fibroblasts? - Rahul Bhome (Salisbury)

Coffee break

Robotics - pushing the boundaries

Chairs: Charlotte Elsayed, Jim Khan (Portsmouth) and Neena Randhawa (Newcastle)

• Dexter - Dieter Hahnloser (Switzerland)
• Setting up a robotic service in South Africa - Ebrahim Dalwai (South Africa)
• Robotics and pelvic exenteration - George Chang (USA)
• Robotics and lateral pelvic lymph node dissection - Brian Bednarski (USA)
• Robotic right CME in primary and recurrent disease with the SMV first approach - Ollie Peacock (USA)

Genomics - all you need to know as a colorectal surgeon

Chairs: Sue Clark (London), Frank McDermott (Exeter) and James Wyatt (Liverpool)

• The Polyposis Rare Disease Collaborative Network - Katy Newton (Manchester)
• Lynch syndrome: National transformation project, BCSP in Lynch - Kevin Monahan (London)
• Mainstreaming in colorectal cancer and beyond - Laura Monje-Garcia (London) and Tracie Miles (Bath)
• Lynch syndrome, research, immunotherapy and future direction - Frank McDermott (Exeter)

Panel Discussion and Q+A

Colorectal Disease Poster Prize

Chairs: Rob Padwick (Salisbury), Jenny Pipe (PLG) and Adele Sayers (Sheffield)

5 minutes for each presentation and 2 minutes Q&A

• Impact of patient choice and hospital competition on patient outcomes after rectal cancer surgery: a national population-based study
  JM Boyle, (TBC) L Han, K Walker, A Kuryba, MS Braun, NS Fearnhead, D Jayne, R Sullivan, J van der Meulen, A Aggarwal
• Completion Total Mesorectal Excision After Transanal Local Excision of Early Rectal Cancer - A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
   K Altaf, J Wyatt, S Powell, H Barrow, J Alfred, S Ahmed
• Results from 145 patients undergoing the KHANS technique (Key enHancement of the Anastomosis for No Stoma) for total mesorectal excision
  A Yiu, S Stefan, R Duhoky, J Khan
• What is the risk of peritoneal recurrence from a non-perforated low grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasms?
  C Lakmal, Christine Tan, Rohit Kochher, Hamish Clouston, Malcom Wilson, Paul Sutton, Jonatha Wild, CR Selvasekar, R Fish, AG Renehan, S O’Dwyer, Bipasha Chakrabarty, Omer Aziz
• The Impact of Prehabilitation on Sarcopenia in Colorectal Cancer Surgery
  A Khan, J Wong, J Kong, S Warrier, H Ismail, B Riedel, A Heriot
• Comparison of outcomes of short course radiation with chemotherapy with long course chemoradiation in patients with extra-mural vascular invasion positive locally advanced rectal cancer - A propensity-matched analysis
  A Saklani, Janesh M, Prudvi Raj S, A Sharma, A Bhoyar, M Kazi, A L Desouza, A P Saklani
• Psycho-social outcomes following emergency laparotomy (POLO): Preliminary results
  L Silva, A Meggy, JH Ng, L Jones, R Skinner, J Torkington, S Moug, JA Cornish

The Dukes' Club Lecture

Chair: Mohamed Rabie (London)

• The mindset and learning curve in surgery - Mark Soliman (USA)

Presentations

• Certificates/prizes
• Presidential handover

14:15-16:00
Exchange Auditorium

Emergency Surgery

Chairs: Sue Blackmore, Richard Guy (Oxford) and Dom Slade (Salford)

• What is emergency general surgery and who should be doing it? - George Ramsay (Aberdeen)
• How do we train the next generation of emergency surgeons? - Farah Khasawneh (Leicester)
• KPIs in emergency colorectal surgery: what should the standards be? - Mike Thornton (Wrexham)
• The acute abdomen in pregnancy: who should be managing the patient? - Bharathan Baramurali (Nottingham)
• The non-operated acute abdomen: surgical futility or anaesthetic resistance? - Anthony McBrearty (Belfast)
• Emergency surgery in rural areas - Ted Watts (Madagascar)