4pm – 4.05pm

Opening remarks

Raul Cutait

4.05pm – 5.25pm

Case 1: Cancer of the lower rectum rmT3-T4N0, no distant metastasis

Moderator: Raul Cutait

Panelists: George Chang, Steven Wexner, Fernanda Capareli, Fernando Arruda, Sergio Araujo, Helio Moreira Jr.

New neoadjuvant schemes of treatment

George Chang (USA)

Lateral lymph node dissection: when and how?

George Chang (USA)

TME: open, laparoscopic or robotic surgery?

Steven Wexner (USA)

5.25pm – 5.45pm

Conference:  The national accreditation program for rectal cancer (American College of Surgeons)

Steven Wexner (USA)

5.50pm – 7.10pm

Case 2: Cancer of the middle rectum rmT2N0

Moderator: Carlos Martinez

Panelists: Julio Garcia-Aguilar, Nicolas Rotholtz, Fabio Ferreira, Tulio Pfiffer, Fernando Arruda, Henrique Filmann, Maria Widmar

Is TME the best option?          

Nicolas Rotholtz  (Argentina)

When watch and wait?

Julio Garcia-Aguilar (USA), Maria Widmar (USA)

Local resection: a good option?

Julio Garcia-Aguilar (USA), Maria Widmar (USA)

4pm – 5.20pm

Case 3: Lynch Syndrome

Moderator: Benedito Rossi

Panelists: Scott Steele, Francisco Lopez, Carlos Vaccaro, Maria Isabel Achatz

Genetic diagnosis of the Lynch syndrome

Maria Isabel Achatz (Brazil)

Total colectomy vs segmental colectomy

 Scott Steele (USA)

Prophylatic surgery

Francisco Lopez (Chile)

5.20pm – 5.50pm

Conference. Peritoneal carcinomatosis in 2021

Scott Steele (USA)

5.50pm – 7.10pm

Case 4: Obstructive cancer of the sigmoid in a patient with liver metastasis

Moderator: João Aguiar Pupo

Panelists: Eduardo Londoño, Jorge Latif, Antonio Lacerda Filho, Paulo Herman, Jorge Sabbaga

Initial approach: stent or colectomy?

Eduardo Londoño (Colombia)

Colectomy after chemotherapy: when?

Antonio Lacerda Filho (Brazil)

Liver metastasis in stage IV patients: how to handle?

Paulo Herman (Brazil)

7.10pm – 7.15pm

Closing remarks