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What's New
Page last updated May 2, 2012
Current Events
The BC Surgical Oncology Network will be hosting the annual Fall Update on the topic of Malignancies of the Lower GI Tract, on Saturday October 20, 2012, in Vancouver.
Program
This accredited one-day course will feature topics that relate to the lower GI tract including:
- Surgical Techniques
- Uncommon Cancers
- Pathology
- Adjuvant Therapy
- Imaging
This conference is a must attend for colorectal and general surgeons and residents and will be of value to other related specialists.
Visiting Speakers
- Dr. Robert Gryfe Colorectal Surgical Oncologist, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
- Dr. Paul Johnson Colorectal Surgeon, QEII Health Sciences Centre, Halifax
- Dr. Tony MacLean Colorectal Surgeon, Foothills Hospital, Calgary
The agenda will also include presentations by local surgeons, pathologists, and radiation and medical oncologists.
Registration Fees (includes continental breakfast, lunch & refreshments)
- Early Bird $300.00 deadline September 28
- Regular $325.00 deadline October 12
- Residents $ 75.00
A detailed program and registration will be available in June.
Information
SON website: www.bccancer.bc.ca/son
Fatima Cengic: fcengic@bccancer.bc.ca 604.877.6000 ext. 673269
Publications
Shaila Merchant, Rona Cheifetz, Margaret Knowling, Fareeza Khurshed & Colleen McGahan. Practice referral patterns and outcomes in patients with primary retroperitoneal sarcoma in British Columbia. The American Journal of Surgery - May 2012 (Vol. 203, Issue 5, Pages 632-638)
Abstract
BACKGROUND: We examined practice referral patterns for primary retroperitoneal sarcoma (PRS) in British Columbia (BC) and associations between the timing of referral to tertiary care and patient outcomes.
METHODS: Using ICD-10 coding, the Cancer Agency Information System was used to identify patients with PRS from 2000 to 2009 who had been referred to tertiary care and had undergone a surgical resection.
RESULTS: Eighty-two patients were included. Those referred before surgery were significantly more likely to receive a complete resection (P = .0002) and adjuvant radiation (P=.0000) compared with patients referred after surgery. Referral before surgery was associated with a significantly increased overall (P =.0619) and recurrence-free (P=.0400) survival; however, in the multivariate model this was not significant.
CONCLUSIONS: Referral before surgery is associated with higher rates of complete resection and the use of adjuvant radiation; furthermore, it is associated with prolonged survival in the univariate but not in the multivariate model.
Network News
SURGICAL ONCOLOGY NETWORK LEADERSHIP
For the past four years, the Surgical Oncology Network (SON) has been chaired on an interim basis, pending the recruitment and appointment of a permanent Provincial Leader of Surgical Oncology. Dr. Paul Clarkson has been serving as the Provincial Program Leader and Network Chair since January 2010. After completing his two-year term, Dr. Clarkson stepped down from this role January 2012.
We thank Dr. Clarkson for all his work and commitment to the SON as Chair. He was instrumental in the success of a number of SON initiatives, including the collection of oncology data elements in the Surgical Patient Registry, and increasing the SON’s profile as the leading advisory and resource body for surgical oncology in BC. We value his contribution and look forward to his continued involvement with the SON.
Dr. Chris Baliski, has agreed to fill the position of SON Chair on an interim basis. Dr. Baliski is a surgical oncologist in Kelowna at the Centre for the Southern Interior. He has been an active member of the SON for over 6 years, where he serves on the Council Executive, the Clinical Practice Committee and as Chair of the Skin Surgical Tumour Group. Dr. Baliski’s areas of clinical and research interests are focused on breast, melanoma and endocrine oncology, and he also participates in these Tumour Groups.
We welcome Dr. Baliski in his new role as SON Chair and look forward to working with him in this capacity.
SURGICAL TUMOUR GROUP CHAIRS
The following Surgical Tumour Group Chairs completed their terms in 2011:
Dr. Sam Bugis, Chair, Endocrine STG
Dr. Greg McGregor, Chair, Proximal GI STG
We thank them for their committment and contribution to the Network.
SON welcomes the following Tumour Group Chairs:
Dr. Sam Wiseman, Chair, Endocrine STG
Dr. Andy McFadden, Chair, Proximal GI STG
Newsletter
To view previous issues of the SON newsletters please visit Newsletter page.
Rectal Cancer Monitoring Study Recognition
1. We are pleased to report that the rectal cancer monitoring study was included in the 2010 Cancer Knowledge Translation Casebook - Knowledge Translation to Improve Quality of Cancer Control in Canada.
The "Knowledge Translation to Improve Quality of Cancer Control in Canada: What we know and what is next" project, was a one-year (2009-2010), pan-Canadian initiative funded and supported by the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) and the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC). The overall aim of the project was to provide a synthesis and overview of the effectiveness of knowledge translation (KT) strategies for cancer control. The search to identify Canadian KT practices to improve cancer control yielded 30 nominations from various cancer control leaders across the country. These were projects that were developed and implemented using KT interventions to address a pre-identified need in the respective cancer system. Of the 30 nominations received, a total of 19 field initiatives were selected for a more in-depth profile and presentation of the initiative.
The KT for Cancer Control in Canada Casebook, is available online at http://www.cancerguidelines.ca/Guidelines/casebook/documents/casebook.pdf
Please refer to page 40 for the project profile of Effects of Change in Rectal Cancer Management to TME Surgery and Preoperative Short Course Radiation in Outcomes in a North American Population
BC Cancer Agency, Dr. Terry Phang, Ms. Colleen E. McGahan, Dr. Greg McGregor, Dr. John K. MacFarlene, Dr. Carl J. Brown, Dr. Manoj J. Raval, Dr. Rona Cheifetz, Mr. John H. Hay
2. Effects of change in rectal cancer management on outcomes in British Columbia, was published in the Canadian Journal of Surgery, Vol. 53, No. 4, August 2010. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2912020/
3. The article, Revisiting rectal cancer management in British Columbia, was published in the BCMJ Vol. 52, No. 10, December 2010, page(s) 510-513 http://www.bcmj.org/articles/revisiting-rectal-cancer-management-british-columbia
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