Tony Affigne Barbara B. Bardes Lucius J. Barker Robert H. Bates Susan C. Bourque John G. Bretting Thomas M. Carsey Robert F. Durant Luis Ricardo Fraga James L. Gibson Betty Glad Ira Goldstein John Mark Hansen John P. Harrod Martin O. Heisler Jennifer L. Hochschild Karen M. Hult Samuel P. Huntington Gary C. Jacobson Malcolm E. Jewell Bryan D. Jones Joyce K. Kallgren Mary Fainsod Katzenstein Ira Katznelson Margaret Levi Theodore J. Lowi Jane Mansbridge Valerie J. Martinez-Ebers Paula D. McClain Cynthia McClintock Dianne M. Pinderhughes Jewel L. Prestage Lucian W. Pye J. Austin Ranney Ben F. Reeves David B. Robertson Catherine E. Rudder Kay Lehman Schlozman Eric J. Scott Howard J. Silver William O. Slayman Rogers M. Smith Paul M. Sniderman Mary E. Stuckey James A. Thurber Charles V. Walker Kenneth N. Waltz James Q. Wilson Jason H. Windett Thomas R. Wolanin Nancy H. Zingale Section 11 University of New Mexico
The annual Eastern Canadian Colorectal Cancer Consensus Conference was held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, October 20-22, 2011. Health care professionals involved in the care of patients with colorectal cancer participated in presentation and discussion sessions for the purposes of developing the recommendations presented here. This consensus statement addresses current issues in the management of rectal cancer, including pathology reporting, neoadjuvant systemic and radiation therapy, surgical techniques, and palliative care of rectal cancer patients. Other topics discussed include multidisciplinary cancer conferences, treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumours and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours, the use of folfirinox in pancreatic cancer, and treatment of stage II colon cancer.
This list celebrates the generous contributions of our members in giving to one or more of the following programs from 1996 through 2011: APSA awards, programs, the Congressional Fellowship Program, the Centennial Campaign, and the newly created APSA Teaching Award. APSA thanks these donors for ensuring that the benefits of membership and the influence of the profession will extend far into the future. APSA updates and publishes this list annually in the January issue of PS.
The annual Eastern Canadian Colorectal Cancer Consensus Conference was held in Ottawa, Ontario, October 22-23, 2010. Health care professionals involved in the care of patients with colorectal cancer participated in presentation and discussion sessions for the purpose of developing the recommendations presented here. This consensus statement addresses current issues in the management of colorectal cancer, such as the use of epidermal growth factor inhibitors in metastatic colon cancer, the benefit of calcium and magnesium with oxaliplatin chemotherapy, the role of microsatellites in treatment decisions for stage II colon cancer, the staging and treatment of rectal cancer, and the management of colorectal and metastatic pancreatic cancers.
This list celebrates the generous contributions of our members in giving to one or more of the following programs from 1996 through 2006: APSA awards, programs, the Congressional Fellowship Program, and the Centennial Campaign. APSA thanks these donors for ensuring that the benefits of membership and the influence of the profession will extend far into the future. APSA will update and print this list annually in the January issue of PS.