ESMO Deep Dive: Lower Digestive Cancers - The Practice and Promise of Locoregional Therapies for the Management of Patients with Oligometastatic Colorectal Cancers 2023

It is with great pleasure that I invite you to participate in the ESMO webinar on Deep Dive into Lower Digestive Cancers that will elaborate on the practice and promise of locoregional therapies for the management of patients with oligometastatic colorectal cancer.

This webinar is developed with the aim to acquire a deeper understanding of the clinical course of malignant disease of the lower digestive system and understand biological hypotheses on classification and risk stratification, ongoing/required research in therapeutics and knowledge of use of omics technologies for biomarker-enabled precision medicine for lower digestive cancers. Furthermore, the programme will enhance development of skills and abilities for critical analysis, interpretation of research data and therapeutic strategies, as well as becoming better equipped for informed, innovative thinking and engagement in ongoing or new research projects. 

I am delighted to announce the distinguished speakers who will join me in this webinar. We will begin with a lecture on radioembolisation and TACE in terms of biology principles, efficacy and toxicity of monotherapies and combinations with systemic therapy. Then we will cover intra-arterial ports in real life, how to set them up and use, complications, and their management. Furthermore, we will elaborate the role of surgery in the multidisciplinary management of patients with oligometastatic colorectal cancer in the context of resection, ablation, and drugs. The lectures will be followed by live discussion by speaker’s panel. 

The programme is designed to provide an overview of the state of the art and ongoing research in locoregional therapies for patients with oligometastatic colorectal cancer. It will offer expert opinion exchange and provide some important considerations for practice and research in this field. I strongly encourage and invite you to register and join us all in this new ESMO activity.

Prof. Michel Ducreux
Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
Paris-Saclay University, Paris, France