Updates in surgical oncology at ESSO 45

In this week’s VJOncology podcast, we had the opportunity to attend the 45th Congress of the European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO) in Madrid, Spain, where we explored the latest advances in surgical oncology. Join Sara Lonardi of the Veneto Institute of Oncology, Padua, Italy, Kaustubh Patel of HCG Aastha Cancer Centre, Ahmedabad, India, Domenico D’Ugo of Fondazione Policlinico Gemelli, Rome, Italy, Murtaza Makasarwala of Shalby Multispecialty Hospital, Surat, India, and Joanna Amkreutz of Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands, as they discuss emerging surgical strategies and research findings. Topics include total neoadjuvant therapy and multidisciplinary care in locally advanced rectal cancer, ThyroPredict for guiding thyroid nodule management, AI for improving surgical quality and minimally invasive surgery in esophagogastric cancer, AI prognostic models for recurrence in stage II colorectal cancer, and current practice in re-excision for cutaneous melanoma.