The Surg Onc Files
Summary: Welcome to the Surg Onc Files! We are Washington University general surgery residents with an interest in surgical oncology. This is us trying to digest the latest research and trends in surg onc and often enlisting a lot of help to get us all the way there. Our goal is to cover surgical oncology from head to toe, discuss interesting topics in surgical oncology, and for each topic including where we are now, how got here, and what the future holds.
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- Artist: Brad Krasnick, Linda Jin, Alston James
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Today we resume our discussion of neoadjuvant therapy for rectal cancer. In this episode we welcome on special guests, Dr. Matt Silviera, Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery and Dr. Paragh Parikh, Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, both at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine.
Listen to the part 1 of the 2 part inaugural episode of the Surg Onc Files, where Linda and Brad dive into the morass of trials regarding the optimal preoperative radiation regimen for rectal cancer. Spoiler alert: it's complicated! But hopefully less confusing after the episode. For part 1 of this episode gives an overview of the workup/ management for rectal cancer.