This summer SSO’s education efforts have showcased new formats for learning including virtual tumor boards and podcasts via SurgOnc Today™. In fact, 13 new activities were conducted from June to August. All of these activities are available on-demand in ExpertEd@SSO. Some of the most popular programs include Virtual Tumor Board: Breast Disease – August 2020: Pregnancy-Associated Breast Cancer, Virtual Tumor Board: Gastrointestinal Cancer – July 2020: Regimen for Potentially Curable Gastroesophageal Junction, Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer and MSI Status, and Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer and the cross-disciplinary SurgOncToday podcast episode, Cancer Network Affiliations 2020.
The abundance of educational programs continues throughout the rest of the year with an additional 33 programs planned. These activities span topics that focus on breast, endocrine, melanoma, colorectal, sarcoma, gastrointestinal, peritoneal surface malignancy, and hepato-pancreato-biliary diseases. Registration will open soon for two melanoma webinars based on the SSO 2020 session, The Role of the Surgical Oncologist in Locally Advanced and Metastatic Melanoma. Current and Future Systemic Therapies and Neoadjuvant Therapy: Patient Selection and Perioperative Management will be held on Wednesday, October 21 and Management of In-transit Disease and Current Status of Infusion/Perfusion in the Era of Immunotherapy will be held on Tuesday, October 27.
Recently, the video interview learning format was introduced. The first such program, Clinical Trials in Colorectal Cancer, features moderator Heather Yeo, MD interviewing J. Joshua Smith, MD and Garrett Nash, MD about the PROSPECT, NRG-GI002, RAPIDO, PRODIGE 23, ICARuS trials and more. In the second video interview program, moderator Genevieve Boland, MD, explores Clinical Trials in Localized, Advanced and Metastatic Melanoma with Tawnya Bowles, MD and Craig Slingluff, MD. Watch these programs now in ExpertEd@SSO. The video interview, Clinical Trials are Transforming Breast Cancer Management in 2020, will take place on October 14th. Watch for registration details on Twitter and in your email inbox.
These programs would not be possible without the work of the SSO Education Council, chaired by Glenda Callendar, MD, the SSO Disease Site Work Groups and SSO members who enthusiastically share their knowledge.