Developing Recommendations
SSO develops recommendations as an organization.
Collaborating with Other Organizations
SSO collaborates with other organizations to develop recommendations.
Providing Experts to External Projects
SSO provides surgical oncology experts for others’ recommendation projects.
Endorsing Work of Other Organizations
SSO endorses recommendations of collaborative work and/or the work of other organizations.
SSO has recommendations for the following disease sites.
Multispeciality
Choosing Wisely: SSO Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question (2021)
Breast
Society of Surgical Oncology Breast Disease Site Working Group Statement on Contralateral Mastectomy: Indications, Outcomes, and Risks
Germline Testing in Patients with Breast Cancer: ASCO-Society of Surgical Oncology Guideline
Editorial-Updated Guidelines on When to Consider Germline Testing for Patients with Breast Cancer
Partial Breast Irradiation for Patients with Early-Stage Invasive Breast Cancer or Ductal Carcinoma in Situ: An ASTRO Clinical Practice Guideline
Editorial-Surgical Perspectives on the Updated ASTRO Guideline on Partial Breast Irradiation for Breast Cancer
Management of Hereditary Breast Cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society for Radiation Oncology, and Society of Surgical Oncology Guideline
Editorial-Management of Hereditary Breast Cancer: ASCO, ASTRO and SSO Guideline
Society of Surgical Oncology-American Society for Radiation Oncology-American Society of Clinical Oncology Consensus Guideline on Margins for Breast-Conserving Surgery With Whole Breast Irradiation in Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
Society of Surgical Oncology-American Society of Radiation Oncology Consensus Guideline on Margins for Breast-Conserving Surgery With Whole-Breast Irradiation in Stages I and II Invasive Breast Cancer
In Development
Postmastectomy Radiotherapy: ASTRO-ASCO-SSO Guideline
International Consensus Guideline for 2nd Ipsilateral Breast Cancer Event (2nd iBCE) Management
SSO/ASBrS Collaborative Review: Advantages of Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy
Colorectal
ASTRO Guideline on Radiation Therapy for Rectal Cancer
Radiation Therapy for Anal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: An ASTRO Clinical Practice Guideline
Gastrointestinal
D2 Lymphadenectomy for Gastric Cancer: Advancements and Technical Considerations (2024)
In Development
ASTRO Radiotherapy for Gastric Cancer
Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary
External Beam Radiation Therapy for Primary Liver Cancers: An ASTRO Clinical Practice Guideline
Editorial-External Beam Radiation Therapy for Primary Liver Cancers: An ASTRO Clinical Practice Guideline-A Surgical Perspective
Radiation Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer: Executive Summary of an ASTRO Clinical Practice Guideline
In Development
Joint Consensus Guideline with NANETS: Surgical and Liver-directed Management of Neuroendocrine Liver Metastasis
Melanoma
ASTRO Guideline on Definitive and Postoperative Radiation Therapy for Basal and Squamous Cell Cancers of the Skin