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Sub-typing to select NAT in #PDAC? NeoPancONE 🇨🇦 #ASCO25 @CHPBAsurg 👥84 resectable PDAC 💉mFOLFIRINOX NAT Median OS 34 months😀 🔬Classical vs basal sub-type main predictor EFS & OS What next🤔: sub-type all PDAC prior to chemo? wait for more data? ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JC…

Proud of our fellows, Dr. Santiago Rubio (Kidney Transplant) and Dr. Zuhaib Mir (HPB/Liver Transplant) on successfully completing their training with us. With 300+ transplants, you have helped change so many lives in Atlantic Canada! @ASTSChimera @AHPBA @CHPBAsurg

Should we chase margins intraop for PDAC? ✅Yes - R0 is key for cure ❌No - R1 reflects biology, not technical cure Great summary & sharp debate on surgical cure vs disease reality from #SSO2024 in @AnnSurgOncol between @wei_ac & @DavidKoobyMD 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.124…

We’re hiring an HPB Surgeon!@UnityHealthTO @StJoesHPB. Check out the posting 👉🏽 oags.org/job/st-josephs… @CHPBAsurg @CAGS_ACCG @IHPBA @SAGES_Updates

Great moment that honores a great surgeon: impact on patients

Good times in 🇮🇪for #eahpba2025 representing the @ahpba region with colleagues & friends 👩🏻‍🏫Many podium & poster presentation 🤝 @IHPBA meetings Much Guinness🍺 Catching up with friends around 🌍 Thanks Dublin! ☘️Congrats @EAHPBA @MarcBesselink & all on an great meeting 👏🏻

Great day, and a worthy winner of the BJS Award 2025: James Shapiro.

Did you hear that Professor James Shapiro won the 2025 #BJSAward? “I am completely humbled and very touched to receive this award. When we talk to patients who have undergone islet cell transplantation, many tell us it is transformational. It allows them to lead fully…

Great showing by @CHPBAsurg

🇨🇦 in #eahpba2025 champions league 🏆 HELIX RCT of TXA vs placebo for hepatectomy by @PaulKaranicolas No change in 🩸transfusion but ⬆️ morbidity with TXA ⚠️ don’t use TXA for hepatectomy See 📝 @JAMA_current 👉🏻 jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

More 🇨🇦 trials for #eahpba2025 champions league session 🏆 PRICE2 RCT of hypovolemic phlebotomy in hepatectomy - hemodynamics data by @ChamoGui ⬇️⬇️ CVP & PPV with phlebotomy - supports ⬆️ hypovolemia 👉🏻 ⬇️🩸transf Primary analysis in @LancetGastroHep thelancet.com/journals/langa…

🔥NeoPancOne🇨🇦 ➡️mFFX in resectable PDAC ➡️exploring GATA6&subtypes ➡️mEFS &OS 16.3 &34.2mths ➡️1yr EFS 90% in GATA6 hi vs 50% lo ➡️1yr OS classical 95% vs.57% basal-like ⭐️Time to subtype upfront in all PDAC recognising plasticity @OncoAlert #ASCO25 @OICR_news @pmcancercentre

Join AHPBA Monday, 06/23, for Pushing the Envelope & the Next Frontier for HCC & Cholangiocarcinoma Register Today: tinyurl.com/374ttdun @HPB_Surgeon @skmaithel

This is Antonio, he had a #Whipple 6years ago for #PancreaticCancer. He permitted me to share this picture to help other patients who are starting/earlier on their journey. @PanCAN @PanCancerCanada @UnityHealthTO @CHPBAsurg @IHPBA @CAGS_ACCG @StJoesHPB

🚨 #AHPBA2025 recap🎙️ Missed the meeting? Spent time at the beach🏖️? Too many sessions to pick from? Get your update in 🆕 #SurgOncToday with @RyanEllisMD & @michael_lidsky: HAIP⛽️, locally advanced PDAC, PNETs, NSQIP & more! 🔗open.spotify.com/episode/3AJT5y…

🚨PSA: the ALLIANCE A021806 for neoadjuvant vs adjuvant chemo in pancreas cancer is 4️⃣0️⃣ patients short of completing accrual Answer Dr Ferrone’s call: if each centre enrols 1️⃣ patient, enrolment will be complete! Lets do it! 💪

With #AHPBA2025 & #SSO2025 back to back, we had a chance to recap AHPBA during live #SurgOncToday podcast 🎙️recording in Tampa Bay🌴 Thanks @michael_lidsky and @RyanEllisMD for reviewing top studies presented in Miami! HAIP, pancreas cancer, POPF, ablation & more. Stay tuned!🎧

MIS pancreatoduodenectomy - why & how? 🎙️Learn about the data, tips to get started, & requirements for safe programs with experts @MarcBesselink 🇳🇱 and @AmerZureikatMD 🇺🇸 on #SurgOncToday🎧 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/sur…

MIS for liver resection - Should we? Why? How? 🤔💭 🎙️Dissecting the data & tips for uptake with the author of the first lap liver trial @AAFretland and robotic expert @laleh_melstrom with @PatricioPolanc0 & @SandraDiBrito in #SurgOncToday 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/sur…

📢More HPB cancer surgery content at #SSO2025 Add this lunch to your agenda! Advanced techniques in liver surgery 3D imaging 🖥️ @DanielAnayaMD Ablation💥 @AAFretland @HopSTranCao Robotics🤖 w Z. Jutric