50th ICON – GI Session [Video]

Session Coordinators: Dr. Viraj Lavingia & Dr. Vinayak Maka

a) Reshaping Rectal Cancer Care: Is Radiotherapy-Free Treatment a Viable Path for Locally Advanced Adenocarcinoma?
Rebuttal
No – Dr. Sujana Priya
Yes – Dr. Amish Vora
Verdict – Dr. Atul Sharma

b) Challenging the Surgical Norm: Can a ‘Wait and Watch’ Approach Be a Feasible Strategy for Surgery-Free Treatment in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer?
Rebuttal
No – Dr. Ashwin Desouza
Yes – Dr. Reena Engineer
Verdict – Dr. Kausik Bhattacharya

c) Navigating Postoperative Choices: Adjuvant Chemotherapy in a 60-Year-Old Male with High-risk Stage II Colon Cancer (pT3N0, LVI+, Grade 3) and Negative ctDNA at 4 weeks post-surgery
No – I will observe – Dr. Viraj Lavingia
Yes – I will give adjuvant chemotherapy – Dr. Sachin Hingmire
Verdict – Dr. Ghanashyam Biswas

d) Maintenance strategies in mCRC
Moderator – Dr. Ankur Bahl

e) TKIs for low-intermediate grade PanNETs
Speaker – Dr. S Krupa Shankar

f) Exploring PRRT beyond Lutetium in advanced NETs
Speaker – Dr. Vikram Lele

g) Case-based Panel Discussion on PanNETs
Moderator – Dr. Ashish Singh

h) How do I treat advanced GISTs after Imatinib failure?
Speaker – Dr. Vinayak Maka

i) How do I treat advanced anorectal melanoma?
Speaker – Dr. Mounika Boppana

j) How do I treat advanced GI small cell carcinomas?
Speaker – Dr. Manuprasad A

k) How to collaborate for research in rare GI tumors?
Moderator – Dr. Vikas Ostwal