Archives for October 2017

SPECC

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Definition, Recognition, Documentation, Treatment and Strategic Planning

 

About SPECC
SPECC | Significant Polyp & Early Colorectal Cancer is a national development programme focussed on the treatment of significant polyps and small (T1) tumours. The programme is being delivered in FREE workshops across England and Wales from 2015 to 2017, helping Colorectal Cancer Multi-Disciplinary Teams (MDTs) deliver consistent treatment options for all patients, wherever they live.

Six core members (inc. surgeon, gastroeneterologist, CNS, radiologist and pathologist) of all colorectal MDTs in England and Wales are being invited to attend a one-day workshop on this complex topic.

 

Aims of SPECC
SPECC will help more patients live better for longer, support local cancer services and provide long-term savings for the NHS. It will advance local and regional practice in the definition, recognition, documentation, treatment and strategic planning for significant polyps and early colorectal cancer.

 

Why and how did we develop the SPECC programme?
Mr Brendan Moran, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at HHFT Basingstoke, identified the uncertainties and challenges for MDTs discussing SPECC. As the programme developed, these uncertainties became more evident, and we decided that it was a worthwhile topic for a national programme to help colorectal MDTs.

Six graduates from Cranfield University spent a month carrying out a Value Management exercise to identify the key project function for SPECC and provided a full report.

At DDF in 2015, we asked 60 people 4 questions on significant polyp and early colorectal cancer decision-making in their MDT. The replies were:

 

 

From these we felt that SPECC was a worthwhile programme, of interest to the majority of multi-disciplinary colorectal clinicians and could enhance decision-making for patients with SPECC.

Overview of SPECC Workshop Content

 

Roll-Out of SPECC
After nearly a year of planning with an eminent steering group, the programme launched in November 2015, and the SPECC faculty have since run the following workshops alongside local faculty:
• London (London Cancer) 06/11/2015
• Bradford (York & Humber) 22/01/2016
• London (London Alliance) 09/03/2016
• Birmingham (West Midlands) 13/05/2016
• Derby (East Midlands) 13/07/2016
• Basingstoke (Wessex) 14/09/2016

 

Read more about past SPECC workshops

View our upcoming SPECC Workshops

Impact of SPECC
We have contacted MDTs through the Pelican contact list and been able to offer 6 free places for each MDT in England and Wales. 383 people from 64 NHS Trusts have joined us at SPECC workshops to date (August 2016).

From the evaluation of the workshops to date, the most common change that people say they will make following their attendance of SPECC is a change at endoscopy:

  • ‘Drive to improve our selection / management’
  • ‘Look at the detail of polyp characteristics’
  • ‘Think twice before attempting polypectomies’

Secondly, many teams, even those with existing specialist MDTs, said that they would put more emphasis on having a specialist SPECC MDT, to allow for even more focussed discussions.

Thirdly, there was greater awareness of the role of biopsy for SPECC and the potential risks to future treatment options.

Online Resources for Delegates

 

“A word about the extremely important SPECC programme, which I attended recently in Basingstoke. Brendan Moran and his team’s enthusiasm, knowledge and commitment to this programme are extraordinary.”
ACPGBI President 2016-17, Mr Peter Dawson
SPECC Basingstoke 14.9.16

“Excellent day: thought-provoking topics & discussions.”
Delegate at SPECC East Midlands 13.7.16

“Case studies were most useful.”
“Very interesting, well organised, fascinating.”
Delegates at SPECC West Midlands 13.5.16

“Very influential meeting.”
“Excellent workshop with expert speakers.”
Delegates at SPECC York & Humber 22.1.16

 

Funding for SPECC
Funding for the SPECC programme has been the greatest challenge to date. We received generous support from Applied Medical (1st workshop), Exact Sciences (first 4 workshops) and Norgine (first 10 workshops).

We were also fortunate to receive some grants from charitable trusts towards the costs of SPECC.

Otherwise funding has come from charitable donations to Pelican and the charity’s reserves.

If you would like to support this important programme, please contact Pelican

Read more about Partners and Sponsors 

 

SPECC Leads, Steering Group and Faculty

Clinical Lead:
Mr Brendan Moran (Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, HHFT Basingstoke)

 

Other leaders in the field, from hospitals around England and Wales, are helping to develop and deliver the programme:

Local Leads:
Mr Ayan Banerjea (Surgeon, Nottingham)
Mr John Grabham (Surgeon, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust)
Mr Jim Hill (Surgeon, Manchester)
Mr Stephan Korsgen (Surgeon, Heart of England)
Mr Jonathan Robinson (Surgeon, Bradford)
Prof Matt Rutter (Gastroenterologist, University Hospital of North Tees)
Mr Jared Torkington (Surgeon, University Hospital of Wales)
Mr Paul Ziprin (Surgeon, London)

The Steering Group and Faculty:
Dr Richard Adams (Oncologist, Cardiff)
Professor Wendy Atkin (Epidemiologist, Imperial)
Dr Svetlana Balyasnikova (Radiologist, Royal Marsden)
Dr Conrad Beckett (Gastroenterologist, Bradford)
Prof Pradeep Bhandari (Gastroenterologist, Portsmouth Hospital)
Mr Neil Borley (Surgeon, Cheltenham)
Dr Corinne Brooks omega Deville replica (Gastroenterologist, HHFT Basingstoke)
Professor Gina Brown (Radiologist, Royal Marsden)
Mr Wayne Croves (Clinical Nurse Specialist, Nottingham)
Mr Chris Cunningham (Surgeon, Oxford)
Mr Mit Dattani (Pelican Research Fellow)
Dr Amandeep Dhadda (Oncologist, Hull & East Yorkshire)
Dr Sunil Dolwani (Gastroenterologist, Cardiff)
Mrs Sarah Duff (University of South Manchester)
Dr James East (Gastroenterologist, Oxford)
Dr Colm Ford (Radiologist, QE Birmingham)
Dr Ian Geh (Oncologist, Birmingham)
Dr Rob Glynne-Jones (Oncologist, Mount Vernon)
Dr Mark Goldstein (Radiologist, Heart of England)
Ms Donna Kellett (Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Bradford)
Dr Gerald Langman (Histopathologist, Birmingham)
Dr Andy Lowe (Radiologist, Bradford)
Mr Michael Machesney (Surgeon, London)
Dr Brian McKaig (Gastroenterologist, Wolverhampton)
Dr Jamie Mills (Oncologist, Nottingham)
Mr Michael Hershman (Surgeon, Wolverhampton)
Mr Mark Peacock (Surgeon, Gloucestershire)
Dr Andrew Plumb (Radiologist, UCL Hospitals)
Mr Rupert Pullan (Surgeon, Torbay)
Professor Phil Quirke (Pathologist, Leeds)
Prof Krish Ragunath (Gastroenterologist, Nottingham)
Mrs Nicky Richards (Clinical Nurse Specialist, HHFT)
Dr Velauthan Rudralingam (University of South Macnhester)
Professor Brian Saunders (Gastroenterologist, St Marks)
Professor John Scholefield (Professor of Surgery, Nottingham)
Mr Adam Scott (Surgeon, Leicester)
Mr William Speake (Surgeon, Royal Derby)
Mr John Stebbing (Surgeon, Royal Surrey)
Professor Bob Steele (Surgeon, Dundee)
Mr Mark Steward (Surgeon, Bradford)
Dr Alex Stewart (Oncologist, Royal Surrey Hospital)
Prof Arthur Sun-Myint (Professor of Clinical Oncology, Clatterbridge)
Dr Claire Taylor (Nurse Consultant, St Mark’s)
Prof Jan van der Meulen (Epidemiologist, LSHTM, London)
Dr Nick West (Histopathologist, Leeds)
Mr Graham Williams (Surgeon, Wolverhampton)

 

Zone Marketing – Table Football

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Tim and Catherine from our team had a great day fundraising for Pelican in the Zone Marketing table football competition and £500 was raised! Check out the highlights video from Zone Marketing Global Ltd.

Inspirational fundraising by Intermusica

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Intermusica’s 2017 Charity Concert held in aid of Pelican Cancer Foundation raised an incredible £2,458.60!

From the Renaissance strains of Monteverdi to the luscious sonorities of Elgar, this concert showcased the unique talents of the Intermusica staff team, along with guest appearances from  esteemed artists.

Highlights included a piece composed by Intermusica’s Head of International Touring, Peter Ansell, as well as a performance of the late Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’ unforgettable Farewell to Stromness by Intermusica Managing Director, Stephen Lumsden. The evening culminated in Brahms’ stunning Geistliches Lied, originally written for choir and organ, and heard in a special arrangement for string orchestra and choir by Sir John Eliot Gardiner.

Intermusica were joined by a number of representatives, including Pelican CEO Sarah Crane and Head of Community Fundraising, Tim Lockwood.

View photographs from the evening on Flickr.

Thank you so much to Intermusica for a wonderful year of fundraising events in aid of Pelican Cancer Foundation!

Natasha – Tough Mudder 2017

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Natasha  decided to raise money for Pelican due to her father’s cancer diagnosis and subsequent major operations and chemotherapy.  Natasha and team completed Tough Mudder for Pelican in September, raising a fantastic £1,130 for the charity.

Thank you!

  

Carys – Cardiff Half Marathon

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First-time half marathon runner Carys smashed her fundraising target by 340% when she sprinted to success for Pelican Cancer Foundation.

She was delighted to raise £2,550 for the Basingstoke charity by competing in the Cardiff half marathon after a family member was diagnosed with the rare cancer of the appendix, Pseudomyxoma Peritonei.

Carys and her family were moved by the positivity and kindness of the team of doctors and nurses at Basingstoke Hospital who provided great support during their loved one’s treatment.

“Our family member had a life-changing operation at Basingstoke, one of only two hospitals in the UK that specialises in the illness which is very stubborn to treat with chemotherapy,” she said.

“It was a very emotional time and our family pulled together. During the five weeks he was in hospital I always tried to be positive, but it was hard at times. The day we went to bring him home to recover was a happy day.”

Carys’ relative went on to receive chemotherapy in Cardiff and she was inspired to sign up for the city’s half marathon to raise awareness and funds for Pelican, which is dedicated to improving the quality of life for patients with bowel, liver, bladder and prostate cancers.

“I completed the Cardiff half marathon with a time of two hours 13 minutes – I was rather happy and shocked with that time. How I made it the last mile and a half I don’t know! This was a massive achievement for me.

“I was delighted to raise so much money for Pelican as it is a cause close to my heart – the charity’s clinical trials helped with the quick diagnosis of our family member and for that we will always be thankful.”

Pelican chief executive Sarah Crane said: “Congratulations to Carys for completing the Cardiff half marathon and huge thanks to her for raising these much-needed funds for Pelican.

 

 

IMPACT for Greater Manchester – 23rd November

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Pelican Cancer Foundation invites MDT members to join us at our IMPACT workshop on 23rd November. To be held at LifeCentre, Sale, Manchester. We offer 7 free places per MDT, any additional places will be charged at £95 per person. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept individual registrations.

To book your place, please return your IMPACT Booking Form to courses@pelicancancer.org 

Alternatively – you can post it to us at:

Pelican Cancer Foundation

The Ark, Dinwoodie Drive

Basingstoke

RG24 9NN

We look forward to seeing you there!

 

IMPACT for North East – 17th September

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Pelican Cancer Foundation invites MDT members to join us at our IMPACT workshop on 17th September. To be held at the Royal Victoria Infirmary Education Centre, Newcastle. We offer 7 free places per MDT, any additional places will be charged at £95 per person. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept individual registrations.

To book your place, please return your IMPACT Booking Form to courses@pelicancancer.org 

Alternatively – you can post it to us at:

Pelican Cancer Foundation

The Ark, Dinwoodie Drive

Basingstoke

RG24 9NN

We look forward to seeing you there!

IMPACT for South East – 29th June

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Pelican Cancer Foundation invites MDT members to join us at our IMPACT workshop on 29th June. We offer 7 free places per MDT, any additional places will be charged at £95 per person. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept individual registrations.

To book your place, please return your IMPACT Booking Form to courses@pelicancancer.org 

Alternatively – you can post it to us at:

Pelican Cancer Foundation

The Ark, Dinwoodie Drive

Basingstoke

RG24 9NN

We look forward to seeing you there!

 

IMPACT for Scotland – 2nd May

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Pelican Cancer Foundation invites MDT members to join us at our IMPACT workshop on 2nd May. To be held at the Royal College of Surgeons, King Khalid Building, Edinburgh. We offer 7 free places per MDT, any additional places will be charged at £95 per person. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept individual registrations.

To book your place, please return your IMPACT Booking Form to courses@pelicancancer.org 

Alternatively – you can post it to us at:

Pelican Cancer Foundation

The Ark, Dinwoodie Drive

Basingstoke

RG24 9NN

We look forward to seeing you there!

 

IMPACT for Yorkshire – 21st March

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Pelican Cancer Foundation invites MDT members to join us at our IMPACT workshop on 21st March. To be held at the University of York, Spring Lane Building.

We offer 7 free places per MDT, any additional places will be charged at £95 per person. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept individual registrations.

To book your place, please return your IMPACT Booking Form to courses@pelicancancer.org 

Alternatively – you can post it to us at:

Pelican Cancer Foundation

The Ark, Dinwoodie Drive

Basingstoke

RG24 9NN

We look forward to seeing you there!

FRCS – 16th March

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5th Annual FRCS (General Surgery) Revision Day: Surgical Specialities for the Non-Specialist

Pelican Cancer Foundation
Friday, March 16, 2018 from 8:45 AM to 5:30 PM (GMT)
Basingstoke, United Kingdom

Ticket Information:

Course fee: £75.00

RSM or ASiT Members: £40.00

 

 

Event Details
A one day workshop designed to prepare candidates for their exit exam in the generality of surgery and critical care. It gives an update from each of the major sub-specialities, which will enable the candidates to confidently manage questions from outside of their own speciality area, along with a comprehensive update on critical care.

This course is run in conjunction with The Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) Section of Surgery and The Association of Surgeons in Training (ASiT). Ideal for higher surgical trainees and core trainees.

IMPACT for Basingstoke – 26th January

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Pelican Cancer Foundation invites MDT members to join us at our IMPACT workshop on 26th January. We offer 7 free places per MDT, any additional places will be charged at £95 per person. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept individual registrations.

To book your place, please return your IMPACT Booking Form to courses@pelicancancer.org 

Alternatively – you can post it to us at:

Pelican Cancer Foundation

The Ark, Dinwoodie Drive

Basingstoke

RG24 9NN

We look forward to seeing you there!

SPECC for Ireland – 13th December 2017

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SPECC | Significant Polyp and Early Colorectal Cancer
This is a national programme with workshops hosted in Wales and Scotland and around England in 2015-2017. Six core members (including surgeon, gastroenterologist, CNS, radiologist and pathologist) of all 164 colorectal MDTs in England and Wales will be invited to attend a one day workshop on this complex topic.

Course Convenors: Mr Brendan Moran
Location: Dublin

This course is provided free by Pelican Cancer Foundation. If you would like to book this course please download our booking form and return it completed to admin@pelicancancer.org.

SPECC for South West Coast – 8th December 2017

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SPECC | Significant Polyp and Early Colorectal Cancer
This is a national programme with workshops hosted in Wales and Scotland and around England in 2015-2017. Six core members (including surgeon, gastroenterologist, CNS, radiologist and pathologist) of all 164 colorectal MDTs in England and Wales will be invited to attend a one day workshop on this complex topic.

Course Convenors: Mr Brendan Moran

Location: Engineers’ House Conference Venue Bristol

This course is provided free by Pelican Cancer Foundation. If you would like to book this course please download our booking form and return it completed to admin@pelicancancer.org.

Anthony – Pelican Festive Fun Run 2017

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Tony was diagnosed with bowel cancer in July 2016 which had spread to his liver. Now recuperating from three major operations this year and now tumour/cancer free, Tony (Team Dude) decided to take part in our Festive Fun Run in order to raise funds for Pelican. Through friends and family, he raised a spectacular £2,515 including gift aid. Tony set up a page on the Virgin Money Giving website in order to collect sponsorship.

Thank you so much Tony for all your efforts in raising this incredible amount for us! We are incredibly grateful.

Linda & Lea – Rock the Night Away with Scott Elvis

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This year’s Scott Elvis event, the fifth organised by Linda, was again held at the Great Danes Hotel in Kent, raising funds for Pelican Cancer Foundation and Breast Cancer Care.

Linda’s world turned upside down when she was told that she had Pseudomyxoma Peritonei. She learnt that she would need to be treated in Basingstoke, one of the two centres of excellence in the UK. In 2011, Linda successfully underwent cytoreduction surgery with HIPEC carried out by Mr Brendan Moran and his team. The surgery is incredibly complex and she learnt that Pelican Cancer Foundation’s work towards making precision surgery for this sort of cancer is the best it can be. Pelican is continually researching and analysing best practice and training surgical teams across the country with a view to making sure that patients like Linda receive the best care possible and don’t just survive cancer, but have a life after it as well.

At this year’s event, Scott Elvis gave a great night’s entertainment to 140 guests and the dance floor was full all evening!

Through everyone’s generosity, Linda and family were delighted to have raised £2,341 for Pelican Cancer Foundation, bringing the total raised through this event and other fundraisers to over £14,000.

Next year’s event is already planned – so please mark it in your diary for the 12th October 2018!

 

Pelican Festive Fun Run – 10th December 2017

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If you’re looking for a festive challenge and really want to earn those mince pies this Christmas why not take part in Pelican Cancer Foundation’s first ever Festive Fun Run!

All the family are welcome to sign up and join us on Sunday 10thDecember 2017 in the War Memorial Park with choices of either a 5km or 2.5km course.

We’re asking all participants to pledge to raise £50 to go toward the work of Pelican Cancer Foundation.

Santa suits are included in the registration fees and everyone who takes part receives a medal!

How to register

Registration is now closed but you can register on the day!

 

SPECC for Wales – 29th November 2017

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SPECC | Significant Polyp and Early Colorectal Cancer
This is a national programme with workshops hosted in Wales and Scotland and around England in 2015-2017. Six core members (including surgeon, gastroenterologist, CNS, radiologist and pathologist) of all 164 colorectal MDTs in England and Wales will be invited to attend a one day workshop on this complex topic.

Course Convenors: Mr Brendan Moran

Location: Cardiff

This course is provided free by Pelican Cancer Foundation. If you would like to book this course please download our booking form and return it completed to admin@pelicancancer.org.

Third International Workshop on Managing Bowel Function after Cancer Treatment – 1st November 2017

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This meeting is suitable for consultant surgeons, oncologists and gastroenterologists involved in the treatment and support of patients who have undergone therapy for pelvic malignancies.

We will cover gastrointestinal, urinary and sexual side-effects, review the latest concepts of best practice and discuss developing future pathways to improve patient experience.

Course Cost: £95.00

 

 

Course Convenors: 
Dr Jervoise Andreyev, Brendan Moran and Francesco Di Fabio

Reduced course fees are available for individual roles.

Draft Programme

Convenors: Mr Francesco di Fabio and Mrs Kerry Feltwell

08.30    Registration
08.45    Welcome & introduction – Mr Jervoise Andreyev
08.50    The patient’s perspective – Mr David Jillings

Chair: Brendan Moran The scale and range of acute and chronic GI toxicity.

09.20    An overview of bowel toxicity issues and treatment – Dr Jervoise Andreyev
09.45    The oncologists view on the size and nature of the problem – Prof David Sebag Montefiore
10.10    Panel Discussion – Panel: as above + SL

10.30    Coffee

Chair: David Sebag-Montefiore Recognising the issues

11.15    From “one size fits all” to personalized treatment planning – Mr Francesco Di Fabio
11.30   Multi-disciplinary collaboration on bladder and sexual dysfunction after surgery – Mr Christian Philips
11.50   Anterior resection syndrome – Prof Soren Lauberg

Chair: Soren Laurber

12.10   Discussion
12.20  The psychological and psychiatric morbidity of cancer treatment and effective management – Dr. Andrew Hodgkiss
12.40  The economics of GI toxicity – Dr. Mirella Longo

13.00  Lunch

13.45  Case study – Panel: JV, F Di F, SL, CV, PK, TD, AH
14.15   Managing incontinence and diarrhea – Dr. Mirella Longo
14.35   The role of sacral nerve stimulation in managing ARS – Mr Tom Dudding
14.55   Discussion

15.00   Tea

Chair: Jervoise Andreyev Measuring Low Anterior Resection Syndrome

15.50   Outcomes – Prof Soren Laurberg
16.15   Questions and discussion
16.30   Summary and close

Bowel Cancer Research

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Bowel cancer research

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Pelican supports research that informs and improves bowel cancer treatment today. The charity’s research studies to date have underlined that a multi-disciplinary approach to treatment is vital to achieving the best possible outcome for bowel cancer patients.

The Total Mesorectal Excision (TME) precise surgical technique that was pioneered by Professor Bill Heald, founder of the Pelican Cancer Foundation. TME saves more lives than any other treatment for bowel cancer. It halves the chance of the cancer returning and reduces negative side effects such as damage to urinary and sexual function. TME has already made a life-saving, life-enhancing difference to thousands of patients all over the world.

Following this direction Pelican has continued to aid ground-breaking research into bowel cancer. Their first major research programme, MERCURYinvestigated the role of MRI in detecting and clearly staging disease, and in planning precision surgery. The study found that MRI could identify the features of a lower bowel (rectal) tumour pre-operatively, allowing for individualised optimal treatment, to be planned by the multi-disciplinary team, including pre-operative therapies, such as radio- or chemotherapy which can shrink the tumours.

MRI allows early tumours to be identified, for which surgery alone is best and pre-operative therapy is not necessary. By informing clinical decision-making, MRI is now providing an opportunity to downstage even poor prognosis rectal tumours and improve patient outcomes.

Building on the wealth of data from the MERCURY project, one of Pelican’s principle research projects at the moment, MERCURY II (Low Rectal Cancer Study), is investigating the ability of MRI-planned surgery and selective pre-operative therapy to reduce the rates of local tumour recurrence and improve overall survival for patients. This is the work of Nick Battersby, based at the Pelican Centre under the project leadership of Mr Brendan Moran and Professor Gina Brown.

Another significant area of research that Pelican is involved in is the Deferral of Surgery Study at the Royal Marsden Hospital. This research looks at the tumour response in low rectal cancers to pre-operative chemoradiation and whether, if it is good, surgery can be safely delayed or avoided to improve patient quality of life. It aims to establish the time needed for maximum down-staging of the tumour and therefore the optimum timing for surgery. In a small number of cases surgery can be avoided altogether but the challenge is discovering which tumours are most likely to respond.

SPECC Workshops

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Every Colorectal Cancer Multi-Disciplinary Team in England and Wales will receive an invitation to join a free one-day workshop on SPECC. Teams will be invited to join other hospitals from the same Strategic Clinical Network.

The programme for the workshop has been devised by an expert steering group and a general overview of the programme’s workshop content can be seen below. The speakers at every workshop will be a mix of national and local experts, with local clinicians joining the faculty within each network.

Forthcoming SPECC Workshops

So far there have been 9 workshops attended by 660 clinicians from 94 NHS trusts. We are running the following workshops:

Cardiff, Wales – 29th November 2017

Bristol, South West of England – 8th December 2017

If you would like to book onto any of these courses please download our booking form and return it completed to admin@pelicancancer.org.

Sample Workshop Content Overview

Workshop Aims: To advance local and regional practice in the definition, recognition, documentation, treatment and strategic planning for significant polyps and early colorectal cancer.

Background
• Strengths and local interest; who does what within the region

Case Study
• Stimulating discussion & debate on the diagnosis and management of a SPECC lesion

Definition and Anatomy | Surgeon
• A significant polyp is a large (20mm) sessile or flat colorectal lesion
• Early colorectal cancer is generally a small (3cm) malignant colorectal lesion with a low risk of nodal involvement.

Screening | Epidemiologist
• Changing incidence of SPECC with screening era

The overall pathway for SPECC patients | Gastroenterologist
• Endoscopy tips, tricks, tools, and troubleshooting

Recognition and assessment | Gastroenterologist
• Endoscopic assessment, characterization, documentation
• Strategic planning – today or another day / another place / another person?
• Endoscopic adjuncts, chromo-endoscopy, narrow band imaging

Triple assessment for rectal lesions | Surgeon
• Planning optimal management, more than staging accuracy
• Different endorectal ultrasound platforms and their use by the surgeon – when and how to use ultrasound

Significant lesions on MRI Rectum | Radiologist
• Staging with MRI for rectal SPECC to assess depth of invasion and lymph node involvement

CT colonoscopy: in detecting polyps and early cancer | Radiologist
• Outline principles of CTC – bowel preparation – full mechanical versus tagged faeces
• Methods, tips, tricks and tools

Case study for SPECC managed by endoscopic treatment | Gastroenterologist
• A case that might be commonly found but universally challenging and controversial

The pathologists view? | Pathologist
• Technical difficulties in categorizing benign or malignant polyps

The patient perspective | Colorectal Nurse Specialist
• Balancing risk and individual choice – cases to demonstrate different individual choices?

Endoscopic excision techniques – EMR/ESD | Gastroenterologist
• Advantages and challenges of EMR and ESD, tips, tricks

Transanal excision for rectal lesions | Surgeon
• Suspected early rectal cancer management – indications, evidence, technique and follow-up

Contact X-ray Brachytherapy (Papillon) | Oncologist
• What is brachytherapy, who is it suitable for and how does it work

Pelican 25th Anniversary Celebration Dinner – 19th January 2018

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All the seats for our 25th anniversary dinner are now sold out. Tickets to the drinks reception, plus talks with William Boyd and Professor Heald are still available.

Dress code will be smart with a touch of silver.

Itinerary:

18.30 Drinks reception

19.15 Talk by Professor Heald

19.45 Hannah MacInnes in conversation with William Boyd

20.30 Dinner

22.30 Carriages

We are holding this event at The Pavillion, The Ark, Basingstoke, RG24 9NN.

Tickets for the drinks reception and talks are £50. Please note that these do not include the dinner.

Book your place

Booking form

If you wish to be added to the waiting list for the dinner then please contact events@pelicancancer.org or call 01256 314746

Join us on what promises to be a fabulous night in aid of Pelican Cancer Foundation. We look forward to seeing you there!

 

 

Pelican Cancer Foundation Golf Day – 16th May 2018

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Join us for a morning of golf at the wonderful Donnington Valley Golf Club and help the Pelican Cancer Foundation fight below-the-belt-cancers.

Teams of four are invited to take part in this 18 hole Stableford competition on a stunning parkland course set in beautiful rolling countryside. Players will be greeted at 8am with bacon rolls and morning refreshments preparing them for a shotgun start at 9am.

After the competition, a three course lunch will be served in the Wine Press Restaurant at the Donnington Valley Hotel followed by a prize giving ceremony and raffle.

Handicap limits of 28 for men and 36 for women.
Non-playing guests are welcome to join us for lunch at £35.00 per head.

To enter we ask for a registration fee of £400 per team of four plus a bottle of wine from each team member for our wheel barrow of wine raffle!

The entry fee includes: Bacon roll and morning refreshments on arrival, homemade snacks available throughout the day, a gourmet 3 course lunch with wine, player welcome gifts and prizes.

For golf buggy bookings please contact Donnington Valley Golf Course directly.

Rezum Water Vapor Therapy Masterclass for BPH – 30th November

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Thursday 30th November 9.30 – 18.30 Rezum Water Vapor Therapy Masterclass for BPH

Suitable for consultant urologists

Join us for a masterclass on Water Vapour Therapy for BPH, which will be at Pelican Cancer Foundation Basingstoke. Click here to find out more. With a live cases from theatre, the day will include background information on Rezum Water Vapour Therapy, practical advice about patient selection and multidisciplinary considerations. To sign up for this free workshop please email Fraser Murfet or contact Pelican.