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Dr. Monica Morrow -- SSO's new President -- speaks of exciting changes occurring at SSO, including Board Certification, enhanced member services, transition to self management, addition of Maintenance of Certification offerings, and new Society structure. |
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Surgical Oncology News
May 22, 2012
CLEVELAND, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- A novel pancreatic cancer vaccine shows promise in improving survival and represents a potential breakthrough in the treatment of this deadly disease. Jeffrey Hardacre, MD, of University Hospitals Case Medical Center's Seidman Cancer Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine presented results of a Phase 2 clinical trial in patients with pancreatic cancer testing the Algenpantucel-L vaccine today at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, part of Digestive Disease Week in San Diego.
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May 21, 2012
THE WASHINGTON POST - May 21. 2012 - Brachytherapy - For breast cancer, radioactive implants affect complications but not survival
The Question: The standard way to administer radiation after breast cancer surgery is with an external beam of high-energy X-rays. An increasingly popular newer method is brachytherapy, which involves implanting radioactive seeds or wires in the body. How do the results compare?
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Upcoming Events
May 31, 2012
3rd Annual Women in Surgery Career Symposium
June 3, 2012
National Cancer Survivors Day
June 9, 2012
4th Annual Symposium: Contemporary Management of Thyroid and Parathryoid Diseaes
June 14, 2012
World Conference on Interventional Oncology 2012
Top Annals Articles
- Annals of Surgical Oncology Impact Factor/Rating Has Dramatically Increased
- Rate of Freeze Alters the Immunologic Response After Cryoablation of Breast Cancer
- The Training of Surgeons in America
- Does Surgical Resection of Pulmonary Metastases of Head and Neck Cancer Improve Survival?
- Urinary Diversion: The Patient’s Choice
