52% pts with clinical stage III melanoma who got immunotherapy or BRAF inhib tx did NOT get LND from 2018-2022 even though it was NCCN standard of care. Outcome without surgery: fewer progressions, no difference in overall survival. Camille Stewart, MD ow.ly/FeJO50UZHi0

Life pro tip - if you are slowly compressing the stapler for a distal pancreatectomy, put on Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well” 10 min version and plan to finish the staple fire at the end of the song. Yuman Fong

Featured: Annals of Surgical Oncology Practice Guidelines Series: Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Therapy for #Melanoma . @jeffreyfarma Vernon K Sondak MD ow.ly/Kc9x50VasoX Camille Stewart, MD Syed A. Ahmad

Looking forward to another great meeting! #ahpba2025

New member and member appreciation breakfast ⁦Society of Surgical Oncology⁩ #SSO2025

New member and member appreciation breakfast ⁦Society of Surgical Oncology⁩ #SSO2025

James Ewing Lecture at #SSO2025 - Cool concept - intercepting cancer before it causes a problem ⁦Society of Surgical Oncology⁩

Getting ready for the surg onc bowl!! There will be an open bar and all of your friends will be here!! Come join the fun at 5:30 pm at the Hub theater ⁦Society of Surgical Oncology⁩ #SSO2025

Miral is a celebrity! ⁦Society of Surgical Oncology⁩ #SSO2025

Love seeing the City of Hope folks at SSO every year. It really fills my cup. ⁦City of Hope Surgical Oncology⁩

April Issue: Robotic Real Anatomical Right #Hepatectomy Preserving the Caudate Lobe: Separate Dissection of the Right Anterior and Posterior Glissonean Pedicles, Combined with the Use of ICG Fluorescent Imaging rdcu.be/ef1xu Camille Stewart, MD Syed A. Ahmad

Looking for Society of Surgical Oncology or AHPBA trained HPB Surgeon. #HPBHeroines apply! nshs.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ns-eeh/j… IHPBA SSAT ACS Cancer Programs Assoc4AcademicSurgery 🎓 Associate Professor level 🥼 Researcher 🤖 Robot experience/ ❤️er preferred ⛽️ HAI pump interest / liver ❤️er preferred

This is a different kind of article than I normally read, but very interesting, esp for people who love rescue dogs and mutts 😊🐕 science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Featured: Minimal Invasive #Pancreatoduodenectomy : A Comprehensive Systematic Review and Metanalysis of Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials. Riccardo Casadei ow.ly/ol3z50VIQhr Laleh Melstrom Syed A. Ahmad

Are you looking for a 1 year, productive, breast research fellowship? The #Rojaslab at UMiami looks at sexual survivorship program outcomes, and the impact of opioids on the gut microbiome, DM for details

Melphalan/Hepatic Delivery System Demonstrates Benefit over best alternative care in Uveal Melanoma cancernetwork.com/view/melphalan… via @CancerNetwork® Moffitt Cancer Center

Excellence will never be recognized, valued, or celebrated by leaders who’ve only achieved mediocrity.

Wow, this trial showed no OS benefit to FOLFIRINOX vs. single agent gemcitabine in locally advanced pancreas cancer (different than adjuvant & metastatic trials - both w OS improvement!) PFS increased by 2 mo, but this came at cost of increased toxicity, $, treatment burden.

Please join us on July 26 for a Masterclass On Innovations In Pancreatic Surgery. Register to get the link. Shailesh V. Shrikhande Sadiq Sikora Biju Pottakkat masterclass.surgeonsforsurgeons.com/2?utm_source=s…

From the August Issue of Annals of Surgical Oncology: Surviving #GallbladderCancer : When Overall Survival is not Enough rdcu.be/ezf88 Camille Stewart, MD Syed A. Ahmad