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Wednesday, September 04, 2025
Angelita Habr-Gama Golden Hall
08:00-10:00
SESSION: CHALLENGES IN RECTAL CANCER
Presentation of clinical case
Role of upfront TME
TNT for organ preservation always
Neoajuvant chemo and radiotherapy is generally the consensus
Robotic TME: from equivalence to superiority
Presentation of clinical case outcomes
Discussion
Debater: Carlos Frederico Sparapan Marques (SP)
Debater: Sami Chadi (Canada)
Presentation of clinical case
Role of upfront TME
Speaker: Roel Hompes (Netherlands)
TNT for organ preservation always
Speaker: Julio Garcia-aguilar (United States)
Neoajuvant chemo and radiotherapy is generally the consensus
Robotic TME: from equivalence to superiority
Speaker: Laila Rashidi (United States)
Presentation of clinical case outcomes
Discussion
10:30-12:00
SESSION: LOCALLY ADVANCED RECTAL CANCER
Lateral pelvic lymphadenectomy: decisions and technique after chemo and radiotherapy
rmT4a Rectal cancer: neoadjuvant therapy or surgery?
Rectal amputation: mesh, flap or primary closure?
Robotic multivisceral resection?
Radiotherapy: when can't it be missed and when can we omit it?
Discussion
Moderator: Carlos Augusto Real Martinez (SP)
Debater: Caio Sergio R. Nahas (SP)
Debater: Marleny Novaes Figueiredo de Araujo (RJ)
Lateral pelvic lymphadenectomy: decisions and technique after chemo and radiotherapy
Speaker: Tsuyoshi Konishi (online) (United States)
rmT4a Rectal cancer: neoadjuvant therapy or surgery?
Speaker: Ian Jenkins (United Kingdom)
Rectal amputation: mesh, flap or primary closure?
Speaker: Julio Garcia-aguilar (United States)
Robotic multivisceral resection?
Speaker: Sami Chadi (Canada)
Radiotherapy: when can't it be missed and when can we omit it?
Speaker: ícaro Thiago de Carvalho (SP)
Discussion
14:00-15:30
SESSION: RECTAL CANCER - POST-TREATMENT DECISIONS
Case presentation: almost complete response
Watch and wait: how long to wait?
Local resection is the best choice
Total mesorectal excision: safer
What can and cannot MRI help in assessing response?
Complete response with resodual adenoma: what now?
ctDNA and response assessment
Discussion
Moderator: Tiago Leal Ghezzi (RS)
Debater: Pedro Carlos Basílio (RJ)
Case presentation: almost complete response
Speaker: Gustavo Leandro Rossi (Argentina)
Watch and wait: how long to wait?
Speaker: Andre D’hoore (Belgium)
Local resection is the best choice
Speaker: Julio Garcia-aguilar (United States)
Total mesorectal excision: safer
Speaker: Rodrigo Gomes da Silva (MG)
What can and cannot MRI help in assessing response?
Speaker: Cinthia Denise Ortega (SP)
Complete response with resodual adenoma: what now?
Speaker: Guilherme Pagin São Julião (SP)
ctDNA and response assessment
Speaker: Julio Garcia-aguilar (United States)
Discussion
Monday, September 06, 2025
Angelita Habr-Gama Golden Hall
15:00-16:00
SESSION: CLINICAL CASES OF COLON CANCER
Locally advanced D colon cancer (MSI)
Left-Sided T4b Colon Cancer (MSI)
Neoadjuvant Treatment for MSI Colon Cancer
Moderator: Carlos Ramon Silveira Mendes (BA)
Panelist: Guilherme Cutait de Castro Cotti (SP)
Panelist: Julio Garcia-aguilar (United States)
Locally advanced D colon cancer (MSI)
Left-Sided T4b Colon Cancer (MSI)
Neoadjuvant Treatment for MSI Colon Cancer