Super Session Malignant Symposium: Technical Challenges in the Pelvis

Co-Moderator(s)

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  Samantha Hendren, MD, MPH, FACS, FASCRS

  Professor of Surgery
  Indiana University
  Indiana University
  Indianapolis, IN, United States

  All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated.
  This individual has no financial relationships with ineligible companies.
• EP

  Erica Pettke, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  University of Pennsylvania
  University of Pennsylvania
  Philadelphia , PA, United States

  All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated.
  This individual has no relevant relationships with ineligible companies.

CME: .75 hours

Patients with locally advanced or recurrent rectal cancer may require surgery outside of the TME plane. These operations often require specialized teams of surgeons and are sometimes best performed in referral centers. Recognizing and properly working up these cases is essential for achieving the best outcomes. This panel brings together speakers from some of the world's top centers for pelvic exenteration surgery to discuss strategies for achieving negative margins in cases appropriately selected for radical resection. Evolving exenteration techniques will be discussed, including minimally invasive surgery and multiple approaches to tumors with pelvic bone involvement.

Presentations:

• 2:15 PM - 2:20 PM ET

  Introduction
• 2:20 PM - 2:33 PM ET

  Pelvic Exenteration: How Do We Achieve the Best Outcomes?
  

  Faculty: George J. Chang, MD, MS, MHCM (he/him/his) – University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
• 2:33 PM - 2:46 PM ET

  Recognizing and Managing Bony Involvement in the Pelvis
  

  Faculty: Eric Joseph Dozois, Professor of Surgery – Mayo Clinic
• 2:46 PM - 2:59 PM ET

  What is the Role of Robotics in Pelvic Exenteration?
  

  Faculty: Richard Garfinkle, MD, MSc, PhD – Jewish General Hospital, McGill University
• 2:59 PM - 3:00 PM ET

  Audience Questions