
Ignacio G. Merlo, MD, FACS
@nachomerlo
HPB Surgeon. Surgical Oncology Department @IAF_Fleming Opinions are my own.
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20-01-2010 22:06:32
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Is your hospital meeting the benchmark values for gallbladder cancer surgery? This study Annals of Surgical Oncology reveals the best achievable results, and the findings might surprise you! Boston U Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine MD Anderson Cancer Center Moffitt Hepatobiliary Università di Verona Università Cattolica Kyoto University Stanford Surgery AHPBA



New episode! 🤩 Listen to the amazing Shishir K. Maithel and our conversation about surgeon-led 👏👏 clinical trials in biliary tract cancer! Eduardo A. Vega Timothy Vreeland, MD Timothy Newhook Elizabeth Carpenter, MD E-AHPBA IHPBA AHPBA podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi…



Grateful to have been part of this international study on gallbladder cancer. Honored to contribute to the fight against this disease. 🙏 #CancerResearch #GallbladderCancer Cirugía General Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires Read the full article: rdcu.be/ecwlV Congratulations to Eduardo A. Vega et al



Great debate between Flavio G Rocha, MD, FACS, FSSO and Syed A. Ahmad at #SSO2025 on treatment sequencing in PDAC. AHPBA Society of Surgical Oncology IHPBA

🆕🎙️ The AHPBA Podcast LATAM Juan P Rocca🇦🇷🇺🇸 ✔️Hablamos de los riesgos que asumimos, la reinvención profesional, la familia, la visa, el idioma, y lo que significa abrir camino en contextos desconocidos. ✔️Rocca comparte anécdotas potentes, reflexiones profundas y lecciones


Published in The Lancet, our review on #PancreaticCancer 📎Epidemiology🌎 📎Pathogenesis🔬 📎Risk factors & surveillance🕵️ 📎Diagnostics🩺 📎Treatment💊 📎Future directions🔍 … by Ammar Asrar Javed, MD PhD 🇺🇸, Atsushi Oba, T. Seufferlein, JW Wilmink, Bas Groot Koerkamp & Marc Besselink


🎸 Robotic PD significantly reduces CR-PF compared to open surgery. Importantly, this clinical advantage was achieved without increasing total hospital costs. 📄 the open-access article: Eduardo A. Vega Asif Halimi EMRE BOZKURT HPB unit Hospital del Mar Adnan Alseidi Naruhiko Ikoma MD MS link.springer.com/article/10.100…



Biologically resectable #PDAC (no vessel involvement but ⬆️CA 19-9, cN+, pain) is a distinct #pancreaticcancer entity Read our last work! AISP OncoAlert IHPBA E-AHPBA EPC-Europ Pancr Club Pancreatic Cancer Action SoMe4HPB SoMe4Surgery Surgical Oncology Insight STITCHES - the Best Papers in General Surgery TeamSurgery Pancreatic Cancer Europe (PCE)


Our latest research on gallbladder cancer explores T3/T4. Grateful to the team and Eduardo A. Vega for making this possible. #CancerResearch #GallbladderCancer #OncoSurg #HPBsurgery IHPBA AHPBA The AHPBA Podcast Cirugía General Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires 🔗 [authors.elsevier.com/c/1lBCe,Op-49r…]


Honored to share highlights of Reena Engineer’s presentation of POLCAGB phase III trial at #ASCO2025, a game changer for locally advanced gallbladder cancer Neoadj CRT vs CT alone: 🌟 Nearly doubled mOS (21.8 vs 10.1 months) 🌟 Significantly improved R0 resection (51.6% vs 29.7%)


We can't wait to share our next episode with the amazing 🌟Callisia Clarke MD 🌟! Neuroendocrine tumors, mentorship 👐👭, and much more! Eduardo A. Vega Timothy Newhook Timothy Vreeland, MD Elizabeth Carpenter, MD E-AHPBA IHPBA AHPBA podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi…

