Kandace McGuire, MD, Chair of the SSO Breast Disease Site Work Group, moderates as Breast DSWG member Jennifer Plichta, MD, MS, presents practice changing studies from 2019.

Tina J. Hieken, MD, Vice Chair of the SSO Melanoma Disease Site Work Group, moderates as Melanoma DSWG members, Jessica Cintolo-Gonzalez, MD, and Kelly Olino, MD, present practice changing studies from 2019.

Anthony Yang, MD, MS, Chair, and Carmen Solorzano, MD, Vice-Chair of the SSO Endocrine Disease Site Work Group, moderate as Linwah Yip, MD, from the Endocrine DSWG presents the following practice-changing studies in endocrine surgical oncology from 2019.

1. Executive Summary of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons Guidelines for the Definitive Surgical Management of Thyroid Disease in Adults. Patel KN, Yip L, Lubitz CC, Grubbs EG, Miller BS, Shen W, Angelos P, Chen H, Doherty GM, Fahey TJ 3rd, Kebebew E, Livolsi VA, Perrier ND, Sipos JA, Sosa JA, Steward D, Tufano RP, McHenry CR, Carty SE.  Ann Surg. 2020 Mar;271(3):399-410. PMID: 32079828
2. Thyroid Lobectomy for T1b-T2 Papillary Thyroid Cancer with High-Risk Features. Suman P, Razdan SN, Wang CE, Tulchinsky M, Ahmed L, Prinz RA, Winchester DJ. J Am Coll Surg. 2020 Jan;230(1):136-144. PMID: 31672668
3. Five-Year Results of Radiofrequency and Laser Ablation of Benign Thyroid Nodules: A Multicenter Study from the Italian Minimally Invasive Treatments of the Thyroid Group. Bernardi S, Giudici F, Cesareo R, Antonelli G, Cavallaro M, Deandrea M, Giusti M, Mormile A, Negro R, Palermo A, Papini E, Pasqualini V, Raggiunti B, Rossi D, Sconfienza LM, Solbiati L, Spiezia S, Tina D, Vera L, Stacul F, Mauri G. Thyroid. 2020 Jul 24. PMID: 32578498
4. Clinical Presentation, Treatment, and Outcome of Parathyroid Carcinoma: Results of the NEKAR Retrospective International Multicenter Study. Lenschow C, Schrägle S, Kircher S, Lorenz K, Machens A, Dralle H, Riss P, Scheuba C, Pfestroff A, Spitzweg C, Zielke A, Nießen A, Dotzenrath C, Riemann B, Quinkler M, Vorländer C, Zahn A, Raue F, Chiapponi C, Iwen KA, Steinmüller T, Kroiss M, Schlegel N; NEKAR study group. Ann Surg. 2020 Jul 7. PMID: 32649472
5. Value of Molecular Classification for Prognostic Assessment of Adrenocortical Carcinoma. Assié G, Jouinot A, Fassnacht M, Libé R, Garinet S, Jacob L, Hamzaoui N, Neou M, Sakat J, de La Villéon B, Perlemoine K, Ragazzon B, Sibony M, Tissier F, Gaujoux S, Dousset B, Sbiera S, Ronchi CL, Kroiss M, Korpershoek E, De Krijger R, Waldmann J, Quinkler M, Haissaguerre M, Tabarin A, Chabre O, Luconi M, Mannelli M, Groussin L, Bertagna X, Baudin E, Amar L, Coste J, Beuschlein F, Bertherat J.JAMA Oncol. 2019 Jul 11;5(10). PMID: 31294750 

Lesly Dossett, MD interviews Dan Boffa, MD about his work exploring the rationale and potential advantages of cancer networks, while also reviewing the data on patient perceptions and surgical quality within cancer networks. 

Join moderator Vance Sohn, MD and his guests Sarah DeSnyder, MD and Ching-Wei Tzeng, MD from the MD Anderson Cancer Center as they resume their conversation on opioid optimization. These experts will discuss lessons learned in advancing post-operative pain management as well as practical tips on how to implement optimization pathways.

Join moderator Vance Sohn, MD and his guests Sarah DeSnyder, MD and Ching-Wei Tzeng, MD from the MD Anderson Cancer Center as they discuss the important role that surgical oncologists play in post-operative opioid optimization.  Learn about innovative ways being implemented in the outpatient and inpatient settings that are leading to safer, patient-centered, post-operative pain management.  

SSO Secretary, Kelly Hunt, MD interviews Mehra Golshan, MD, and Eleftherios (Terry) Mamounas, MD, about their involvement with the manuscript, “COVID-19 Pandemic Breast Cancer Consortium’s Considerations for Re-Entry.” Dr. Golshan and Dr. Mamounas were appointed as SSO representatives to a consortium consisting of experts from The American Society of Breast Surgeons, the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, the American College of Radiology and the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

SSO President, James Howe, MD, interviews George Chang, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, about his experience being diagnosed with and recovering from COVID-19. Dr. Howe and Dr. Chang discussed symptoms, testing, his hospitalization, returning to work and Dr. Chang’s experience donating his plasma to help give others passive immunity.

In this episode of SurgOnc Today™, Armando Giuliano, MD, Tari King, MD and Melissa Pilewskie, MD, discuss the management of the axilla after preoperative systemic therapy. Evaluation of the axilla pre- and post chemotherapy along with surgical management is discussed in a case with a 3 cm, poorly differentiated invasive ductal carcinoma.

In this episode of SurgOnc Today™, Armando Giuliano, MD, Tari King, MD and Otto Metzger, MD, discuss the choice between preoperative endocrine therapy and preoperative chemotherapy in hormone receptor positive breast cancer patients. Evaluation and treatment is discussed for a post-menopausal woman presenting a 3.4 cm node negative, invasive ductal carcinoma