Colorectal cancer

Working party members and contributors

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Colorectal Cancer Guidelines Working Party members and contributors[edit source]

Please see the Administrative Report for information on the process and criteria for selecting members.

Management Committee[edit source]

Name Affiliation
Professor Timothy Price (Chair) Chair, Management Committee and Colorectal Cancer Guidelines Revision Working Party

Medical Oncologist, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide

Professor Sanchia Aranda CEO, Cancer Council Australia
Dr Cameron Bell Gastroenterologist, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney
Professor Alexander (Sandy) Heriot Consultant Colorectal Surgeon

Director Cancer Surgery, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Director, Lower GI Tumour Stream, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre

Professor Finlay Macrae AO Gastroenterologist, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne
Dr Elizabeth Murphy Head, Colorectal Surgical Unit, Lyell McEwin Hospital Adelaide
Professor Michael Solomon Colorectal Surgeon, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
Professor James St John AO Emeritus Consultant Gastroenterologist, The Royal Melbourne Hospital; Honorary Senior Associate, Cancer Council Victoria; Honorary Clinical Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
Dr Bernie Towler Principal Medical Adviser, Population Health Division, Department of Health, Canberra
Ms Jutta Thwaites Head, Clinical Guidelines Network (maternity leave from November 2016 - November 2017)
Ms Laura Wuellner Acting Head, Clinical Guidelines Network (from November 2016 - January 2018)
Professor John R Zalcberg Head of Cancer at the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne

Guideline section leaders[edit source]

Name Specialty Section
Professor Finlay Macrae AO Gastroenterology Primary prevention
Professor James St John AO Gastroenterology Population screening for colorectal cancer (co-lead)
Dr Hooi Ee Gastroenterology Population screening for colorectal cancer (co-lead)
Professor Mark Jenkins Genetic epidemiology, cancer epidemiology (colorectal cancer, Lynch syndrome, genetic epidemiology) Risk and screening based on family history
Professor Jon Emery General practice The symptomatic patient
Professor Phyllis Butow Psycho-oncology Psychosocial care
Professor Barbara Leggett Gastroenterology High-risk familial syndromes
Dr Kirsten Gormly Radiology Imaging a patient with a diagnosis of colon/rectal adenocarcinoma
Dr Andrew Luck OAM Colorectal surgery Elective and emergency surgery colon
Professor Alexander (Sandy) Heriot Colorectal surgery Elective and emergency surgery for colon and rectal cancer
Dr Elizabeth Murphy Colorectal surgery Preparation for surgery and peri-operative optimisation
Professor Pierre Chapuis Colorectal surgery Pathology and staging (co-lead)
A/Professor Charles Chan Pathology Pathology and staging (co-lead)
A/Professor Peter Gibbs Medical oncology Adjuvant therapy for colon cancer
Professor Desmond Yip Medical oncology Neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy for rectal cancer (co-lead)
Dr Kathryn Field Medical oncology Neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy for rectal cancer (co-lead)
Dr Peter J. Lee Colorectal surgery Follow up after curative resection for colorectal cancer
Dr Cherry Koh Colorectal surgery Management of resectable locally recurrent disease and metastatic disease
Dr Louise Nott Medical oncology Management of non-resectable locally recurrent disease and metastatic disease; The role of systemic therapies in non-resectable metastatic disease

Additional working party members[edit source]

Name Specialty
Jeff Cuff Consumer representative
Jillian Arnott Consumer representative
Professor Karen Canfell Director, Cancer Research Division, Cancer Council NSW (Epidemiology expert)
Professor Dianne O’Connell Senior Epidemiologist, Manager, Cancer Research Division, Cancer Council NSW (Epidemiology expert)

Chapter details[edit source]

Colorectal cancer in Australia[edit source]

Name Affiliation
Dr Prema Thavaneswaran* Manager, Public Health Policy, Cancer Council Australia
Professor Jane Young Executive Director, Research, Institute of Academic Surgery, Executive Director, Surgical Outcomes Research Centre (SOuRCe) Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and University of Sydney, Professor in Cancer Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
Professor Michael Solomon Colorectal Surgeon, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney

*Section lead author

Primary prevention[edit source]

Name Affiliation
Professor Finlay Macrae AO* Gastroenterologist, Royal Melbourne Hospital, VIC
Dr Julie Clarke Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Adelaide
Professor Jon Emery General Practitioner
Professor Mark Jenkins Risk and screening based on family history
Dr Trevor Lockett Group Leader Personalised Health, CSIRO, Adelaide
Professor John McNeil Head, Monash University School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Melbourne
Professor Allan Spigelman Professor of Surgery, UNSW St Vincent's Clinical School, Sydney; Director, Cancer Genetics, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney and Hunter Family Cancer Service, Newcastle & Regional NSW
Dr Nicholas Pachter Clinical Geneticist, Genetic Services of Western Australia, King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, Perth, Western Australia
Dr Aung Ko Win Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Epidemiology & Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne
A/Professor Robyn Woods Associate Professor, Monash University
Professor Graeme Young AM Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor, Professor of Global Gastrointestinal Health, Flinders Centre for Innovation in Cancer, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University
Professor John R Zalcberg Head of Cancer at the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne

*Section lead author

Population screening for colorectal cancer[edit source]

Name Affiliation
Professor James St John AO* Emeritus Consultant Gastroenterologist, The Royal Melbourne Hospital; Honorary Senior Associate, Cancer Council Victoria; Honorary Clinical Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
Dr Hooi Ee* Gastroenterologist, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth
Professor Jon Emery Honorary Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Winthrop Professor of General Practice at the Western University of Australia and Professor of Primary Care Cancer Research at the University of Melbourne (also practising GP)
Professor Finlay Macrae AO Gastroenterologist, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne
Professor Mark Jenkins Director of the Centre for Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of Melbourne
Paul Grogan Director, Public Policy & Knowledge Management, Cancer Council Australia
Professor Karen Canfell Director, Cancer Research Division, Cancer Council NSW
Ms Jie-Bin Lew Senior Research Programmer, Cancer Council NSW
Ms Rachel Mulqueeney Cancer Screening Project Coordinator

Prevention Division Cancer Council Victoria

Dr Albert Chetcuti Senior Project Officer, Cancer Council Australia

*Section lead author

The symptomatic patient[edit source]

Name Affiliation
Professor Jon Emery* General Practitioner
Dr Cameron Bell Gastroenterologist – Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney
A/Professor Gregor Brown Head of Endoscopy, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
Professor Finlay Macrae AO Gastroenterologist, Royal Melbourne Hospital, VIC
Dr Iain Skinner Colorectal surgeon
A/Professor Justin Tse Director of Medical Student Education (Clinical Dean) St Vincent’s Clinical School, The University of Melbourne

*Section lead author

Risk and screening based on family history[edit source]

Name Affiliation
Professor Mark Jenkins* Director of the Centre for Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne.
Professor Alex Boussioutas GE at University of Melbourne, Pter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne
Dr Driss Ait Quakrim Research Fellow – Epidemiologist, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne
Professor John Hopper AM Academic, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
Professor James St John AO Emertius Consultant Gastroenterologist, The Royal Melbourne Hospital; Honorary Senior Associate, Cancer Council Victoria; Honorary Clinical Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
Dr Hooi Ee Gastroenterologist, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth
Professor Jon Emery Honorary Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Winthrop Professor of General Practice at the Western University of Australia and Professor of Primary Care Cancer Research at the University of Melbourne (also practising GP)
Professor Finlay Macrae AO Gastroenterologist, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne

*Section lead author

High-risk familial syndromes [edit source]

Name Affiliation
Professor Barbara Leggett* Gastroenterologist, Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital; Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Queensland; Honorary Group Leader, Queensland Institute of Medical Research Berghofer
Dr Nicola Poplawski Clinical Geneticist, SA Pathology, South Australia
Dr Nicholas Pachter Clinical Geneticist, Genetic Services of Western Australia, King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, Perth, Western Australia
Dr Christophe Rosty Anatomical Pathologist at Envoi Specialist Pathologist; Associate Professor, Molecular and Cellular Pathology, University of Queensland; Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne
A/Prof Ian Norton Head, Department of Gastroenterology, Royal North Shore Hospital
Professor Finlay Macrae AO Gastroenterologist, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne
A/Prof Caroline Wright Colorectal surgeon, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
Dr Aung Ko Win Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Epidemiology & Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne

*Section lead author

Imaging a patient with a diagnosis of colon/rectal adenocarcinoma[edit source]

Name Affiliation
Dr Kirsten Gormly* Radiologist, Dr Jones and Partners, SA
Dr Wendy Brown Senior Staff Specialist, Radiology Department, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW
Dr Damien Stella Director of CT, Department of Radiology, University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital, VIC
Professor Eva Segelov Professor/Director of Oncology, Monash Health and Monash University, VIC
Dr Elizabeth (Liz) Murphy* Head, Colorectal Surgical Unit, Lyell McEwin Hospital Adelaide, SA
Professor Timothy (Tim) Price Chair, Management Committee and Colorectal Cancer Guidelines Revision Working Party. Medical Oncologist, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, SA

*Section lead author

Pathology and staging[edit source]

Name Affiliation
Professor Pierre Chapuis* Head, Academic Surgery, the Concord Clinical School and Director of Postgraduate Surgical Education, Discipline of Surgery, the University of Sydney
Associate Professor Charles Chan* Senior Staff Specialist, Anatomical Pathology Department, Concord Repatriation General Hospital; Clinical Associate Professor, Concord Clinical School, Discipline of Medicine; School of Medical Sciences, Discipline of Biomedical Science, University of Sydney
Dr Louise Nott Medical Oncologist, Royal Hobart Hospital and St John’s Hospital
A/Prof Muhammad Khattak Consultant Medical Oncologist, Fiona Stanley Hospital
Professor Timothy Price Chair, Management Committee and Colorectal Cancer Guidelines Revision Working Party Medical Oncologist, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, SA
Dr Amanda Townsend Oncologist, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, SA
Dr Albert Chetcuti Senior Project Officer, Cancer Council Australia

*Section lead author

Preparation for surgery and peri-operative optimisation[edit source]

Name Affiliation
Dr Elizabeth (Liz) Murphy* Head, Colorectal Surgical Unit, Lyell McEwin Hospital Adelaide, SA
Dr Karen Barclay Colorectal Surgeon and Senior Lecturer in Surgery, Acting Head of the Academic Surgical Unit, NCHER, The Northern Hospital and the University of Melbourne, VIC
Dr Kate Burbury Lead Haematologist for Haemostasis and Thrombosis, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC
Dr Bernd Froessler Staff Specialist, Anaesthesia, Lyell McEwin Hospital; Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Adelaide
Professor Alexander (Sandy) Heriot* Colorectal Surgeon, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC
Dr Cherry Koh Colorectal surgeon, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
Professor Timothy (Tim) Price Medical Oncologist, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, SA
Dr Kathryn Robinson Transfusion medicine specialist, Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Haematologist, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, SA

*Section lead author

Elective and emergency surgery for colon and rectal cancer[edit source]

Name Affiliation
Professor Alexander (Sandy) Heriot* Colorectal Surgeon, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC
Dr Andrew Luck OAM* Colorectal Surgeon, Lyell McEwin Hospital, Adelaide, SA
Dr Cherry Koh* Colorectal surgeon, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
Dr Carina Chow Colorectal Surgeon , Royal Brisbane Hospital, QLD
Dr Chip Farmer Colorectal Surgeon, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC
Dr Henry Hicks General Surgeon, Wagga Wagga Specialist Medical Centre, NSW
Professor Cameron Platell Director of Colorectal Cancer Research, St John of God Subiaco Hospital, WA
Dr Bruce Stewart Colorectal Surgeon, The Specialist Centre, Ballarat; Consultant Medical Oncologist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre & Western Health Senior Research Fellow, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, VIC
Dr Andrew Stevenson Specialist Colorectal Surgeon, Head of Colorectal Surgery at Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital, Associate Professor, The University of Queensland, QLD

*Section lead author

Adjuvant therapy for colon cancer[edit source]

Name Affiliation
Professor Peter Gibbs* Laboratory Head, Walter & Eliza Hall, Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, VIC
Dr Margaret Lee Medical Oncologist, Department of Medical Oncology, Eastern Health and Western Health
Dr Jeanne Tie Consultant Medical Oncologist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre & Western Health Senior Research Fellow, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Professor Timothy (Tim) Price Medical Oncologist, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, SA

*Section lead Author

Neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapy for rectal cancer[edit source]

Name Affiliation
Professor Desmond Yip* Medical Oncologist and Clinical Director, The Canberra Hospital, Australian National University; Honorary Associate, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, ACT
Dr Kathryn Field* Medical Oncologist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Professor Les Bokey Colorectal Surgeon, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, NSW
Associate Professor George Hruby Senior Staff Specialist Royal North Shore Hospital and Genesis Cancer Care
Professor Ian Jones Colorectal Surgeon, Royal Melbourne Hospital, VIC
Professor Christos Karapetis Medical Oncologist, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, SA
Dr Elizabeth (Liz) Murphy Head, Colorectal Surgical Unit, Lyell McEwin Hospital, Adelaide, SA
A/Professor Sam Ngan Head of the GI Unit of the Department of Radiation Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC
Dr Kirsten Gormly* Radiologist, Dr Jones and Partners Medical Imaging, Adelaide, SA
Professor Alexander (Sandy) Heriot Colorectal Surgeon, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC

*Section lead author

Management of resectable locally recurrent disease and metastatic disease[edit source]

Name Affiliation
Dr Cherry Koh* Surgical Outcomes Research Centre (SOuRCe), Sydney, NSW
Dr Andrew Luck OAM Colorectal Surgeon, Lyell McEwin Hospital Adelaide
Dr Nicholas O’Rourke Surgeon (laparoscopic and hepatobiliary), Wesley Hospital, Brisbane, QLD
Dr Kirsten Gormly Radiologist, Dr Jones and Partners Medical Imaging, Adelaide
Professor Tristan Yan Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Professor of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at the Macquarie University Hospital and Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Sydney, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW
Dr Peter Lee Colorectal surgeon (visiting), Colorectal, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, St Luke's Hospital, Sydney, NSW
Professor Alexander (Sandy) Heriot Colorectal surgeon, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria

*Section lead author

Management of non-resectable locally recurrent disease and metastatic disease[edit source]

Name Affiliation
Dr Louise Nott* Medical Oncologist, Royal Hobart Hospital and St John's Hospital, TAS
A/Prof Muhammad Khattak Consultant Medical Oncologist, Fiona Stanley Hospital
Dr Amanda Townsend Senior Medical Oncologist the Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Professor Timothy (Tim) Price Medical Oncologist, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, SA

* Section lead author

The role of systemic therapies in non-resectable metastatic disease[edit source]

Name Affiliation
Dr Louise Nott* Medical Oncologist, Royal Hobart Hospital and St John's Hospital, TAS
A/Prof Muhammad Khattak Consultant Medical Oncologist, Fiona Stanley Hospital
Dr Amanda Townsend Senior Medical Oncologist the Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Professor Timothy (Tim) Price Medical Oncologist, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, SA

* Section lead author

Follow up after curative resection for colorectal cancer[edit source]

Name Affiliation
Dr Peter J. Lee* Colorectal surgeon (visiting), Colorectal, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, St Luke's Hospital, Sydney, NSW
Dr Andrew Gilmore Head: Colorectal Unit Liverpool Hospital; Chairman: Complex Pelvic Surgery Liverpool Hospital
Professor Phillip Beale Director, Cancer Services and Palliative Care, SLHD; Director Concord Cancer Centre; Head of Medical Oncology, CRGH; University of Sydney

*Section lead author

Psychosocial care[edit source]

Name Affiliation
Professor Phyllis Butow* Chair Psycho-Oncology Co-operative Research Group (PoCoG), and Co Director of the Centre for Medical Psychology and Evidence-based Medicine (CeMPED) and of the Surgical Outcomes Research Centre (SoURCe), University of Sydney
Professor Afaf Girgis Director, Psycho-Oncology Research Group, Centre for Oncology Education and Research Translation, Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research, South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of NSW

*Section lead author