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Welcome

WELCOME

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the 12th Dilemmas & Debates in Colorectal Surgery Conference (DDCRS) will be held from the 9-10th of January 2025 at Bush House, King's College London, WC2R 2LS. This year's conference is organized in collaboration with The International Society of University Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ISUCRS).

The event will feature 2 days of engaging debates, state-of-the-art lectures, and interactive sessions, offering ample opportunities for questions and discussions. The programme will cover a broad spectrum of topics relevant to professionals from various disciplines, with a special focus on controversial and complex issues in colorectal surgery.

On Thursday, 9th January, we will dedicate a full day to colorectal cancer topics. Friday, 10th January will focus on pelvic floor disorders and their management.

Don’t miss out! Join us in the heart of London this January for a unique educational and networking experience. You’ll also have the chance to explore the city and perhaps even attend a West End theatre performance.

Early bird registration is open until 9th December 2024.

Yours sincerely

Mr Joseph W Nunoo-Mensah, Professor Narimantas E. Samalavicius, Mr Pasquale Giordano, Mr Piero Nastro

12th DDCRS Co-Programme Directors

Programme

PROGRAMME

DDCRS 2025

COLORECTAL CANCER, PELVIC FLOOR AND FUNCTIONAL DISORDERS

9-10th January 2025

Bush House, King’s College London

Draft Programme

Thursday 9th January 2025 - Pelvic Floor & Functional Disorders

Co-Programme Convenor: Emma Carrington, St Mary's Hospital, London & Marc Gladman, King's College Hospital, London

08:30 - 09:00 Welcome

08:30 - 08:40 Pelvic Floor Conditions: 'The Big Picture' - Joseph Nunoo-Mensah, King's College Hospital & Cleveland Clinic London, London, UK

08:40 - 09:10 DEBATE Session I: This house believes that the anal sphincter is the most important organ for continence. I differ. – It's the rectum? Andrew Williams, London Bridge Hospital, London, UK vrs Emma Carrington, St Mary's Hospital, London

09:10 - 10:30 Diagnostics in pelvic floor assessments

Anorectal manometry – which patients and what technique - Linda Ferrari, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation, London, UK
Decline of the barostat – what does this mean in clinical practice - Mark Scott, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
Transperineal ultrasound – is this the future? - Giulio Santoro Treviso Regional Hospital, Treviso, Italy.
Why we need a standardized approach – The London protocol and classification - Emma Carrington, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK
Discussion

10:30 - 11:00 DEBATE SESSION II: MRI defecography vrs X‐ray video defecography in assessing ODS/prolapse. My way is the best! Tina Mistry, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation, London, UK (For MRI) vrs Mark Scott, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK (For X-Ray)

11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 - 12:45 Rethinking treatment for faecal incontinence

Anal sphincteroplasty - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly - Philip Bearn, Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals, Chertsey, UK
Faecal incontinence a standard algorithmic approach - Liliana Bordeianou, Mass General Brigham HealthCare Colorectal Surgery Collaborative, Boston, USA
Optimising and refining operative techniques for Sacral Nerve Stimulation (SNS) for Faecal Incontinence - Marc Gladman, King's College Hospital, London, UK
Gatekeeper, Sphinkeeper & injectables - Minimally invasive surgical treatment of faecal incontinence. Where do they fit? - Andrew Clarke, Poole Hospital, Poole, UK
Discussion

12:45 - 13:15 DEBATE SESSION III: Pelvic Organ Prolapse Suspension (POPS) vrs ventral rectopexy for Obstructed Defecation Syndrome (ODS) Joaquim Costa-Pereira, Braga, Portugal (For POPS) vrs Andrew Clarke, Poole Hospital, Poole, UK (For VR)

13:15 - 13:45 Sponsors Session

13:45 - 14:45 Lunch

14:45 - 16:30 More on the pelvic floor (ODS & OASIS)

Patient to avoid for obstructed defecation syndrome (ODS)/prolapse surgery - Liliana Bordeianou, Mass General Brigham HealthCare Colorectal Surgery Collaborative, Boston, USA
Rectocele repair – From a colorectal and gynaecological perspective - Giulio Santoro Treviso Regional Hospital, Treviso, Italy.
Does a missed obstetric anal sphincter injury at time of delivery affect short-term functional outcome - Gregory Thomas, St Mark’s Hospital, London, UK
Appropriate surgical repair of 3rd and 4th degree perineal lacerations and post-operative management - Alex Digesu, St Mary's Hospital, London
New perspectives for a reliable early detection and repair to improve outcome OASIS - Annika Taithongchai. King's College Hospital, London, UK
Discussion

16:30 - 18:00 Functional Problems after Cancer Treatment

Functional consequences of colon cancer treatment - Narimantas Evaldas Samalavicius, Republican Vilnius University Hospital, Vilnius, Lithuania
Low Anterior Resection Syndrome - Incidence, severity and pathophysiology - Tomas Poskus, Vilnius University Hospital, Vilnius, Lithuania
Low Anterior Resection Syndrome - Treatment options which work and those that don’t work? - Gregory Thomas, St Mark’s Hospital, London, UK
Sexual & urinary dysfunction following rectal cancer treatment - is there hope for our patients? - Jean-Jacques Tuech, Rouen, France
Discussion

18:00 Close

Friday 10th January 2025 - Colorectal Cancer

08:20 - 08:30 Welcome

08:30 - 08:40 Colorectal cancer 'The Big Picture' - Joseph Nunoo-Mensah, King's College Hospital & Cleveland Clinic London, London, UK

08:40 - 10:15 Colon Cancer Session:

Modernization of the TNM Staging System: Prioritizing EMVI and tumour deposits Over lymph node status - Gina Brown, Royal Marsden Hospital NHS, London, UK
Is Routine CME necessary for right sided colon cancer - Danilo Miskovic, St Mark’s Hospital, London, UK
Neo-adjuvant treatment for locally advanced colon cancer: what should we do based on current evidence - Paul Ross, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation, London, UK
Potentially curable stage IV colon cancer. Upfront surgery or neoadjuvant therapy? When or where?- Elaine Burns, St Marks Hospital, London, UK
Discussion

10:15 - 10:45 Coffee

10:45 - 12:15 Emerging Therapies & Strategies in Colorectal Cancer Management

Immunotherapy in colorectal cancer - Kai-Keen Shiu, University College Hospital, London, UK
Molecular profiling and personalized treatment - Nirupa Murugaesu, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation, London, UK
Deep learning modelling and molecular predictors of response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) - Kasia Owczarczyk, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation, London, UK
The clinical use of liquid biopsies and early detection technologies in the postoperative management of colorectal cancer - Naureen Starling, Royal Marsden Hospital NHS, London, UK
Discussion

12:15 - 12:45 DEBATE I: Total Neoadjuvant Treatment (TNT) in Rectal Cancer: Over or Under-utilised? Robert Glynne-Jones, Mount Vernon Hospital, London, UK (for overuse) vs. Mark Harrison (For underutilised) Mount Vernon Hospital, London, UK

12:45 - 13:15 DEBATE II: T2N0 Rectal cancer. Standard total mesorectal excision (TME) vs. Non-standard approach with NACRT & WW to achieve organ preservation. - Brendan Moran, Basingstoke, Hampshire Hospital Foundation. Basingstoke, UK (For TME) vrs Jérémie Lefevre, Saint-Antoine Hospital, Paris, France (for NACRT & WW)]

13:15 - 14:15 Lunch

14:15 - 15:45 Rectal Cancer Session

Challenges in defining and addressing staging and restaging of rectal cancer - Gina Brown, Royal Marsden Hospital NHS, London, UK
From TaTME to Watch & Wait: Does Norway's move to ban raise red flags! - Hans Wasmuth, Trondheim, Norway
How to implement an organ preservation strategy? Julio Garcia-Aguilar, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
Two years on at DDCRS! Am I still worried about The Achilles heel of Watch and Wait? Rodrigo Perez, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Discussion

15:45 - 16:00 The Fillor (Phi) Caushaj Oration Moderators: Joseph Nunoo-Mensah & Narimantas Samalavicius

Sphincter Preservation in Rectal Cancer: Is Robotic Surgery the 'New Gold Standard', or does TaTME prevail - Philippe Rouanet, Montpellier Cancer Institute, Montpellier, France

16:00- 16:30 Coffee

16:30 - 17:00 DEBATE III Does Neo-adjuvant chemoradiotherapy increase sphincter preservation - Paris Tekkis (For Yes) Royal Marsden Hospital NHS, London, UK vrs - Jean-Jacques Tuech, Rouen, France (For No)

17:00 - 18:30 Stage IV Peritoneal Colorectal cancer

Diagnosis and staging of peritoneal colorectal cancer - tbc
Prognostic factors in peritoneal colorectal cancer & current approaches to systemic therapy - Khurum Khan, University College Hospital, London, UK
Current controversies of cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) - Nirooshun Rajendran, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Romford, Essex,
Emerging, treatments, research and clinical trials in peritoneal colorectal cancer - Jamie Murphy, Cleveland Clinic London, London, UK
Discussion

18:30 Closing Remarks

Registration

IBD Masterclass

Proctology Masterclass Programme

REGISTRATION

NOTE

Registration fees include refreshments and lunch
All active ISUCRS members are welcome to physically attend for free. To become a member of ISUCRS, please visit www.isucrs.org

CANCELLATION POLICY

Up to 9th December 2024 - 100% refunds will be available. Thereafter there will be no refunds except for exceptional circumstances

ISUCRS SUPPORT

To enhance education with the aim of achieving global parity in the quality of medical and surgical care for patients with colorectal diseases, ISUCRS will be supporting a free webinar access to the meeting for the Low-Middle Income Countries as specified below in the map.

If you are from these countries and wish to join the webinar, please complete the registration below.

Please not the from will not be accessible to Non Low-Middle Income Countries

LMI REGISTER HERE

Conference Venue

CONFERENCE VENUE

Bush House

King's College London

London, WC2R 2LS

The meeting will be held at Bush House, a Grade II listed building which is located in an ideal central location of London, The Strand. The building was recently acquired by King’s College London and was previously the headquarters of the BBC World Service.

The Campus is close to:

The Houses of Parliament
St Paul's Cathedral
Somerset House and the Courtauld Institute of Art (next door)
Royal Courts of Justice
West End theatres, cinemas and shops
Covent Garden, where you will find markets, shops and theatres
Trafalgar Square, home to the National Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery.

The Venue

Travel & Accommodation

TRAVEL & ACCOMMODATION

Flights into London for January 2025 are also currently reasonably priced, so we recommend that you book early. To see flight options for your return trip to London, please CLICK HERE .

HOTEL RESERVATION

For a comfortable stay with stylish design and great value, we recommend this new compact hotel chain, which offers prime city-center locations at excellent rates close to the venue. Hub London Covent Garden, Hub Goodge Street, Hub London Tower Bridge, Hub Tower Bridge, Hub King's Cross.

Alternatively, you may book your accommodation through various search engines such as kayak.com, booking.com, hotels.com or airbnb.com. Other conservatively priced hotel chains within London include Best Western, Premier inn, Travelodge, Accor Hotels, Holiday Inn, Britannia & Days Inn.

London is a very convenient and easy place to travel within. There is a great network of underground tube trains and buses that generally allow contactless payments using your credit card or direct debit account. GoogleMaps will provide you with detailed information on how to plan your trip from your hotel to the conference venue.

Sponsoring & Exhibition

SPONSORING & EXHIBITIONS

It is our pleasure to invite your company to participate in the 12th Dilemmas & Debates in Colorectal Surgery Conference. With its top programme and a faculty of renowned speakers, the Dilemmas & Debates in Colorectal Surgery has achieved an local and international reputation. The meeting provides an excellent commercial opportunity for presenting products and services related to colorectal surgery and gastroenterology. Meet with this highly influential audience during the associated industrial exhibition and during sponsorship activities.

Companies who would like to sponsor/participate in the January 2025 event should contact Ms Tolu Salako & Mr Charles Everard, Conference Administrators at Email: contact@ddcrs.org or complete the form below.

Standard 2-Day Sponsorship Level - £3500 + VAT

Your company logo will be displayed on all preliminary conference marketing materials (subject to print deadlines).
3 complimentary all-day delegate places for your representatives and/or invited guests for the entire event
Your company will have an exhibition stand for 3 days of the event. Up to 3 company representatives may be allocated at the stand. Your company will be acknowledged in the final printed programme.
We will provide you with a final delegate list with contact details.
For your participation in a 2-day conference rate we are also willing to consider at 8-10 mins sponsors talk at the meeting.

Standard 1-Day Sponsorship Level - £2500 + VAT

Your company logo will be displayed on all preliminary conference marketing materials (subject to print deadlines).
1 complimentary all-day delegate place for your representatives and/or invited guests for the entire event.
Your company will have an exhibition stand for 1 day of the event. Up to 2 company representatives may be allocated at the stand. • Your company will be acknowledged in the final programme.
We will provide you with a final delegate list with contact details.