24th Annual CGA Meeting

24th Annual CGA Meeting is organized by Collaborative Group of the Americas on Inherited Gastrointestinal Cancer (CGA-IGC). This Online CME Course will be held from Nov 14 - 15, 2020.

Who Should Attend?
The 2020 CGA Annual Online Meeting is produced for the colorectal surgeons, medical oncologists, gastroenterologists, internists, gynecologists, researchers, geneticists, nurses, colorectal cancer registry coordinators, genetic counselors, psychologists, and other professionals involved in the care of individuals with hereditary gastrointestinal cancer, including colorectal, esophageal, pancreatic, gastric, and small bowel cancers.

What is the significance of the 2020 CGA Annual Online Meeting?

Course Description:
The CGA Annual Meeting will present the critical data and information outlined to keep clinicians and scientists up-to-date on current developments in hereditary gastrointestinal cancer research, along with the implications for physicians, psychologists, nurses, and genetic counselors to make versed with decisions about the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with hereditary gastrointestinal cancer syndromes.

What are the benefits of attending the 2020 CGA Annual Online Meeting?

Objectives:
At the conclusion of this webcast, participants will be able to do the following:
• Review the current research on the basic biology of gastrointestinal cancer development, along with the modifiers of the hereditary phenotypes
• Explain potential implications for clinical practice
• Employ new approaches to screening and preventing gastrointestinal cancers
• Review the evidence for new diagnostics, devices, and pharmaceuticals
• Define the influence of newly discovered genes and the use of recently introduced gene panels to diagnose and manage hereditary gastrointestinal cancer syndromes
• Initiate the use of clinical and genetic modifiers of the hereditary cancer risk in their clinical practice 
• Determine the changing care models for diagnosis and management of various hereditary cancer syndromes
• Note the surgical approaches to hereditary gastrointestinal cancer syndromes for both treatment and prophylaxis 
• Define patient guidelines for referral for surgery that offers optimal outcomes 

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available.