“[…] in terms of oncologic safety, patients with upper-third AGC or Siewert type II EGJ cancer may be considered as candidates for proximal gastrectomy with standard LN dissection.” 📝

AnnalsSurgOncology Society of Surgical Oncology Kelly McMasters, MD, PhD Syed A. Ahmad

Is it safe to stop placing drains in left pancreatectomy?

Yes! #PANDORINA trial by Ward van Bodegraven in the Best of the Best #IHPBA24

Morbidity reduced by NOT placing a drain. 15% reduced grade B/C grade if NO drain.

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⁦Katie McKay⁩ representing ⁦PSORC⁩ at APSA/IPSO meeting while summarizing multi-institutional experience with pediatric renal sarcomas. n=158 patients, 11 different sarcoma types. Histology, stage, & met pattern associated with survival. ⁦Vanderbilt Surg Res⁩

Moffitt's Timothy Shaw, PhD (Tim Shaw 🇺🇸..🇹🇼..🇺🇸) worked with St. Jude Research to find 156 potential CAR targets across brain and solid tumors, validating a top result in the laboratory. A special thank you to Live Like Bella® Childhood Cancer Foundation for supporting this research! #CancerResearch

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First post on my X Account -- thrilled to share our paper on the safety of axillary dissection omission after downstaging with NAC in node+ breast cancer patients --> today in JAMA Oncology🎗️jamanetwork.com/journals/jamao… #bcsm Andrea Barrio Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center #OncoplasticBreastConsortium

We are beyond excited to announce that Dr. Nicholas Yung Nicholas Yung from Yale Surgery has matched to us here Le Bonheur Children's for pediatric surgery fellowship starting in 2025! Congratulations Nicholas! UTHSC Department of Surgery Yale Surgical Residency

Thrilled to be heading to Stanford Ped Surg for fellowship! Thanks so much to everyone from Duke General Surgery Residency, especially Lisa Tracy John Migaly and Ryan Antiel, MD, MSME!

my life’s dream come true! so proud and grateful to have matched into pediatric surgery at IUSM Pediatric Surgery !! the honor of a lifetime… so glad to be a part of the fam (:

We are so excited and proud to welcome Maria Knaus, MD to the Riley Children's family as our 2025-2027 fellow! Dimitra Lotakis, MD Benjamin T. Many MD, MS IU School of Medicine Department of Surgery #pedsurgbestsurg

April Issue: Surgeon Perspectives on the Management of Aborted Cancer Surgery: Results of a Society of Surgical Oncology Member Survey Emily Huang Joal Beane Timothy M. Pawlik Jordan Cloyd The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

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Fabian Johnston, M.D., M.H.S

🚨 JUST RELEASED 🚨

v9 of AJCC staging for gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs):

* separates poorly differentiated NEC from grade 3 GEP-NETs

* recommends AGAINST checking chromogranin A

* includes endoscopic staging of T1NxM0

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Great discussion on the management of locally advanced extremity sarcomas on the Society of Surgical Oncology SurgOnc Today podcast! Complex decision making strategies, and recorded live from #SSO2024 ! AnnalsSurgOncology Syed A. Ahmad Kelly McMasters, MD, PhD

We are saddened to share that ACS Past-President Dr. Edward (Ted) M. Copeland III recently passed away. Dr. Copeland was a distinguished surgeon, patient care advocate, and leader.

Read about his incredible contributions to the field and to UF Surgery: brnw.ch/21wIJCK

So proud of Allison Martin, MD MPH on receiving her @ahpba training certificate after #HPB fellowship MD Anderson Cancer Center An absolute 🌟🌟 and even better person! Can’t wait to see all you do!

Ching-Wei D. Tzeng Hop S. Tran Cao Jean-Nicolas Vauthey MD #oncsurgery Duke Surgical Oncology Duke Health Michael Lidsky, MD, FACS

All star panel discussing multidisciplinary management of colorectal liver metastases (resection, transplant, systemic tx, hai, ablation… ) #CRLM AHPBA #AHPBA2024 Shimul A. Shah Hop S. Tran Cao Sepideh Gholami, MD, MAS, FACS, FSSO Kevin Billingsley MD, MBA COLONTOWN

.@marcgasol & Tyler back together in the 〽️

shoutout @stjude for moments like these.

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