May

Last month, the British Columbia Medical Journal published the first three articles in this series designed to update physicians throughout the province on the management of patients with colorectal cancer. The following three articles are the last in the group and will deal with issues regarding chemotherapy, surgery, and follow-up.

Preoperative staging assessments

Introduction
The role of chemotherapy in the overall management of colorectal cancer (CRC) has changed significantly in the past decade. This has come about through the introduction of new active drugs for the treatment of patients with advanced or metastatic colorectal cancer and the demonstration of the efficacy of postoperative adjuvant therapy for high-risk patients who have undergone surgical resection.

Introduction