Navigating the GI Cancer Journey: Collaborative Care in Practice

GP-focused insights into GI cancer detection, referrals, surveillance & collaborative care for better patient outcomes.

Join us for a practical GP-focused education symposium designed to support early detection, appropriate referral, surveillance, and ongoing management of gastrointestinal disease and malignancy in primary care.

This 5 CPD-hour self-recorded program will deliver concise, evidence-based updates across key areas relevant to general practice, including inflammatory bowel disease, intestinal metaplasia, Barrett’s oesophagus, upper GI malignancy, colorectal cancer, serrated lesions, and post-polypectomy risk reduction.

Attendees will gain practical insights into recognising red flags, understanding pathology reports, optimising referral pathways, and supporting long-term patient care through multidisciplinary collaboration.

The day will conclude with an open panel discussion, giving GPs the opportunity to ask questions, discuss real-world clinical scenarios, and engage directly with specialist presenters on challenges commonly encountered in general practice.

Learning outcomes

• Identify patients at risk of gastric intestinal metaplasia, understand the role and limitations of gastroscopy findings, and apply appropriate referral, surveillance, and follow-up strategies in general practice.
• Identify symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease, recognise early signs of disease activity or complications, and apply evidence-based management, monitoring, and referral strategies in general practice.
• Identify patients with Barrett’s oesophagus, recognise features suggesting progression to dysplasia or malignancy, and apply evidence-based surveillance, management, and referral strategies in general practice.
• Understand the common presentations and red flags of UGI malignancy. Gain an appreciation of the various approaches to management, focusing on the surgical approaches
• Identify key colorectal cancer risk factors to guide early detection in primary care. Apply screening recommendations for younger patients at increased risk of colorectal cancer.
• Develop an evidence-based post-polypectomy surveillance plan by interpreting serrated and adenomatous pathology findings, applying Cancer Council Australia/NHMRC colonoscopy surveillance guidelines, and recognising the GP’s role in coordinating appropriate follow-up based on both histological and endoscopic risk factors.
• Identify and implement key diet and lifestyle strategies to reduce adenoma recurrence risk following high-risk polyp detection.