SSO Education Series: Fertility and Family Planning for Surgical Oncologists
In this episode of SurgOnc Today, Dr. Katherine Poruk from Mayo Clinic Florida and Dr. Erika Rangel of Massachusetts General Hospital discuss fertility and family planning for surgeons. Together, they explore how surgical culture impacts childbearing decisions, the risks of infertility and pregnancy complications, and the systemic changes needed to support surgeons with or without children.
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SSO Education Series: Highlights of the ASBrS 2025 Meeting
In this episode of SurgOnc Today®, members of the Society of Surgical Oncology’s Disease Site Working Group will discuss several presentations from the ASBrS 2025 meeting that have significant implications for current practice or are potential inflection points for breast surgical oncologists in the future.
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SSO Education Series: SSO 2025 HPB Best Papers Recap
In this episode of SurgOnc Today, Dr. Miral Grandhi of Rutgers University and Dr. Neha Lad of Mount Sinai Medical Center—both members of the HPB Disease Site Working Group—provide a curated summary of the most impactful hepato-pancreato-biliary malignancy papers presented at the Society of Surgical Oncology’s 2025 Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida. The discussion is moderated by Dr. Patricio Polanco of UT Southwestern Medical Center, who also serves as Vice Chair of the HPB Disease Site Working Group.
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ASO Article Series: Money Matters: The Effect of Income on Postsurgical Outcomes in Stage IA Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.
In this new episode of Speaking of SurgOnc, Dr. Rick Greene discusses with Dr. Pedro Dos Santos the results of a study that examined whether patients of the lowest income quartile with stage IA NSCLC experience worse survival after resection when compared to higher-income patients, as well as other identified survival disparities, as reported in as reported in the article article, "Money Matters: The Effect of Income on Postsurgical Outcomes in Stage IA Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.”
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SSO Education Series: Navigating Goblet Cell Carcinoma Pathology, Prognosis, and Practice
In this podcast, Dr. Adam Khader (Richmond VA Medical Center & Assistant Professor at VCU School of Medicine) moderates a focused discussion with Dr. Jula Veerapong (UC San Diego Health) and Dr. Zachary Brown (NYU Langone Medical Center) on the clinical assessment and treatment of goblet cell carcinoma (GCC). The panel explores how evolving pathologic classifications impact management, the role of staging, and treatment considerations including systemic therapy and surgery. This episode provides practical, expert-driven insights for clinicians managing patients with this rare appendiceal malignancy.
SurgOnc Today® is an educational podcast for cancer surgeons from the Society of Surgical Oncology. Each episode features conversations with individuals who are experts within their respective fields and are members of SSO.