Does lifestyle cause colorectal cancer? / Richard Nelson -- Screening for colorectal cancer : who, when, and how? / Robert Steele -- What can the pathologist tell the multidisciplinary team about rectal cancer resection? / Phil Quirke -- MRI-directed rectal cancer surgery / Brendan Moran, John H. Scholefield -- Minimally invasive surgery : where are we? : laparoscopic surgery for cancer of the colon and rectum / Pierre J. Guillou -- Minimally invasive surgery : where are we? : is there a role for TEM? / Theodore J. Saclarides -- What is the best strategy for the management of hereditary colorectal cancer? / Seung-Yong Jeong, David Chessin, Susan Ritchie, John H. Scholefield, Jose G. Guillem -- Adjuvant radiotherapy and chemoradiotherapy in the treatment of rectal cancer / Rachel Cooper, David Sebag-Montefiore -- Current challenges in the adjuvant therapy of colon cancer? / George P. Kim, Axel Grothey -- The role of the colorectal nurse specialist in the management of colorectal cancer / Jill Dean -- The role of the multidisciplinary team in the management of colorectal cancer / Julia Jessop, Ian Daniels -- Follow-up after colorectal cancer resection : is it worthwhile? / John Northover, Chris Byrne -- Chemotherapy of advanced colorectal cancer / Axel Grothey -- Surgery for metastatic disease in colorectal cancer / Timothy G. John, Myrddin Rees -- Palliative care of the colorectal cancer patient / Melanie Jefferson, Ilora Finlay -- Future directions in the oncological treatment of colorectal cancer / Anthony El-Khoueiry, Heinz-Josef Lenz