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Neoadjuvant chemotherapy significantly improves 5-year OS, DFS, and surgical margin outcomes in locally advanced colon cancer Richard Sassun M.D. Annaclara Sileo David Larson, MD MBA

The value 💍 of active surveillance of IPMN 🍇 goes beyond cysts evolution… 🇯🇵 3.6k ipmn / 63 concomitant PDAC detected! ☢️ Earlier stage diagnosed 🪡 57% R0 resected 💪 Concomitant PDAC found during IPMN surveillance benefit from early diagnosis journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger…

The #LEOPARD2 trial changed our nationwide practice dramatically: near ❌ stop laparoscopic #Whipple, rapid ✅ increase #Robot Whipple. See our letter in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 🧐#DIPLOMA2 trial Robot vs open Whipple coming up. ⏩️thelancet.com/journals/langa…

🧵Only THREE weeks to go!!🕙 There are now only three weeks left to go until the Tripartite Colorectal Meeting in Paris, and we couldn't be more excited!🤩 We are hosting our✨10th Anniversary Session✨ on Thursday 11th September from 13:15 until 15:15 in The Salle Passy Room.

🫵 Do you drain a left pancreatectomy?! 🇩🇪 PANDRA II trial 246 pts ❌ No drain CCI not inferior / 50% vs. 71% overall complications rate 🐳 POPF and PPH similar reinforcing NO drain policies of the PANDORINA trial 👉thelancet.com/journals/langa… 👉journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger…

Latest by Richard Sassun M.D. on tumor deposits in DCRjournal

In our latest work, we demonstrate that risk estimates for patients are HUGELY uncertain due to model uncertainty, data uncertainty, and population uncertainty. Even when based on large sample sizes. Laure Wynants @laurewynants.bsky.social Ewout Steyerberg arxiv.org/abs/2506.17141

Nice to see this work profiled by OpenEvidence: openevidence.com/feed/42540

⬇️⬇️⬇️ TASMAN Collaborative nature.com/articles/s4174…

Less than 1 week to go until PARIS ✨🙌 We are so excited to get to Paris for ESCP 2025 and the Tripartite Colorectal Meeting! Here is an ex-EuroSurg member, Niall, talking about his time with us, and why you should get involved🫵‼️ European Society of Coloproctology #tripartite25 #escp25

Today I had the chance to observe Dr. Kendrick in the OR. He recently reached an incredible milestone of 1,000 pancreatic head resections (PD+TP). Today’s lineup: 4-hr laparoscopic PD + 1.5-hr laparoscopic DP. Amazing skills on full display—truly inspiring to watch!

Thank you Zhi Ven Fong, MD MPH DrPH for being such an amazing mentor!!

The Beahrs Surgical Innovation Summit brings together key players from each sector of the #medtech industry to foster collaboration and drive innovation in surgical care. Learn more about the event from Mayo Clinic Department of Surgery Chair Dr. Michael Kendrick.