Session #13: Cancer in the Young

Learning Objectives:

Convince you that all Canadians who want a screening colonoscopy, should get a screening colonoscopy, regardless of age or risk factors
Recognize that the biggest modifiable risk for a young patient with GI cancer is how long it takes to diagnose.

Speaker:

Dr. Michael Raphael MD, MSc, FRCPC

GI Medical Oncologist
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Odette Cancer Centre
Assistant Professor, Division of Medical Oncology, University of Toronto
Medical Oncology Lead, Hepatic Arterial Infusion Pump Program
Medical Oncology Lead, Early Age Onset Colorectal Cancer Program
Head, GI Medical Oncology Clinical Trials

Dr. Raphael is a GI Medical Oncologist at the Odette Cancer Center at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center. His practice is dedicated to the care of patients with gastrointestinal cancers. He completed his medical degree at Queen’s University and his internal medicine and medical oncology training at the University of Toronto. He then completed an advanced cancer health services research fellowship and a Master’s of Science (Healthcare Quality, Risk and Safety) at Queen’s University. His research focus is on population-based cancer care. His research aims to identify ways to optimize the coordination and delivery of cancer care services, and to describe gaps in care, disparities in access to treatment, uptake of cancer therapies, and real-world toxicity and effectiveness. His research has already influenced practice guidelines globally, and led to a new quality metric that is routinely captured by Cancer Care Ontario (“time to initiating adjuvant chemotherapy”).

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