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Conflict of interest register and management for working party members

The Clinical Practice Guidelines for Surveillance Colonoscopy - in Adenoma Follow-Up, Following Curative Resection of Colorectal Cancer, and for Cancer Surveillance in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Working Party Members were asked to declare in writing, any interests relevant to the guideline development, prior to commencement. Members were asked to update their information if they became aware of any changes to their interests.

All declarations were added to a register of interests as listed below. The register was made available to the Working Party throughout the development of the guideline, allowing members to take any potential conflicts of interest into consideration during discussions, decision making and formulation of recommendations.

If Working Party Members were identified as having a significant real or perceived conflict of interest, the Chair could decide that the member either leave the discussion whilst the specific area they were conflicted in was discussed or the member could remain present but not participate in the discussion, or decision making on the specific area where they were conflicted. There were no instances where this occurred during the development of this guideline.

Dr Cameron Bell Chair Gastroenterologist – Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney NSW	No conflict of interest to declare
A/Professor Terry Bolin Gastroenterologist - A/Professor Medicine UNSW, Emeritus Consultant - Prince of Wales Hospital, President – Gut Foundation, Sydney NSW	No conflict of interest to declare
Dr Andrew Clouston Anatomical Pathologist - Envoi Specialist Pathologists, Brisbane QLD	No conflict of interest to declare
Dr William Connell Gastroenterologist – Chairman, Gastroenterological Society of Australia IBD section	No conflict of interest to declare
Dr Katie Ellard Gastroenterologist - Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney NSW	No conflict of interest to declare
Professor James Kench (NSW) Anatomical Pathologist – Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney NSW	No conflict of interest to declare
Dr Orly Lacham Kaplan Project Officer	No conflict of interest to declare
Dr Andrew Luck Colorectal surgeon – Adelaide SA	No conflict of interest to declare
Professor Finlay Macrae Gastroenterologist – Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne VIC	Professor Macrae is a Board member of Genetic Health Services Victoria, and the Human Variome Project International Pty Ltd and is a Director for the International Society for Gastrointestinal Hereditary Tumours. He is a Consultant for CSIRO (Australia), S.L.A. Pharmac AG and Endogen Pty and an international advisory faculty consultant to Given Imaging. He is involved in clinical trials with • Abbott Australasia • Centocor • ChemoCentryx • Endogene Pty Ltd • Given Imaging • Glutenon Pty Ltd • MerckSharpe Dohme • Optiscan • Pentax • Shire • UCB • Bristol Myer
Professor Ian Olver AM Convenor, Working Party/ CEO, Cancer Council Australia, Sydney NSW	No conflict of interest to declare
Professor Cameron Platell Colorectal surgeon – Winthrop Professor of Surgery, University of Western Australia, Perth WA	No conflict of interest to declare
Emeritus Professor Tom Reeve AC CBE Convenor Working Party until 2 July 2010	No conflict of interest to declare
A/Professor James St John AM Gastroenterologist – Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne VIC	No conflict of interest to declare
Mr John Stubbs Consumer - Cancer Voices Australia, Sydney NSW	No conflict of interest to declare
Ms Christine Vuletich Manager, Clinical Guidelines Network - Cancer Council Australia, Sydney NSW	No conflict of interest to declare

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