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Peritoneal Surface Malignancies

E372: Pathway to Publication: Results from the 2018-2021 Society of Surgical Oncology Conference Abstracts for Peritoneal Surface Malignancies

    Author(s)

  • SR

    Suedeh Ranjbar, MD

    General Surgery Resident
    NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine, United States

  • Eihab N. Abdelfatah, MD

    Clinical Assistant Professor
    New York University, Long Island School of Medicine, Department of Surgery
    Mineola, New York, United States

  • MW

    Megan D. Winner, MD

    Assistant Professor of Surgery
    NYU Langone Health
    Mineola, NY, United States

  • JA

    John Allendorf, MD

    Professor of Surgery
    NYU Langone Health, United States

    • ePoster Abstract Author(s)

  • Zachary J. Brown, DO

    Assistant Professor of Surgery
    NYU Langone Health
    Mineola, New York, United States

    • Submitter(s)

  • Zachary J. Brown, DO

    Assistant Professor of Surgery
    NYU Langone Health
    Mineola, New York, United States

    • Author(s)

  • Zachary J. Brown, DO

    Assistant Professor of Surgery
    NYU Langone Health
    Mineola, New York, United States

Introduction: A previous Cochran review demonstrated 37.3% of conference abstracts lead to full peer-reviewed publications. Additionally, a recent evaluation of breast abstracts from the American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS) and Society of Surgical Oncology (SSO) meetings demonstrated a publication rate of approximately 29.2%. However, the publication rate of studies concerning peritoneal surface malignancies (PSMs) is unknown. Herein, we seek to determine the rate at which abstracts concerning PSMs presented at the 2018-2021 SSO meetings were published in a peer-reviewed journal.

Methods:

Abstracts from the 2018-2021 SSO conferences were searched in PubMed using the abstract title and/or first or last author. Video presentations were not included.


Results:

From 2018-2021, 196 abstracts were presented concerning PSMs. (Table 1) Abstracts concerning PSMs involved appendiceal/colorectal cancer (CRC) (n=85, 43.4%), followed by gastric cancer (n=16, 8.2%), ovarian cancer (n=10, 5.1%), hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) cancer (n=8, 4.1%), and mesothelioma (n=7, 3.6%). Seventy abstracts (35.7%) did not specify or had a mixed histology. Thirty-eight abstracts were presented as an oral presentation (plenary, parallel, or quick shot session) while 158 abstracts were presented as posters. Most abstracts were retrospective in nature (n= 145, 74.0%), followed by scientific studies (n= 36, 18.4%), and clinical trials (n=15, 7.6%). Of the 196 PSM abstracts presented, 100 (51.0%) resulted in a full publication. Forty-four (51.8%) of appendiceal/colorectal cancer resulted in full publication, while 12 (75.0%) of gastric, 1 (10.0%) of ovarian, 4 (50.0%) HPB, 5 (71.4%) mesothelioma, and 34 (48.6%) of not-specified/mixed histology resulted in full publication. Twenty-four oral presentations (63.2%) resulted in full publication compared to 71 (44.9%) of poster presentation.


Conclusions:

Approximately 51% of the PSM abstracts presented at SSO conferences between 2018-2021 resulted in a full peer-reviewed publication. Disease histology for PSMs spanned a broad range of histologies with CRC/appendix being the most common. A higher publication rate for oral presentations indicates the abstract review process properly stratifies the research.

Learning Objectives:

  • Upon completion, participants will be able to identify the rate at which abstracts concerning peritoneal surface malignancies presented at the 2018-2021 SSO meeting were published in a peer-reviewed journals.
  • Upon completion, participants should be able to describe the diverse histologies of peritoneal surface malignancies presented as abstracts.
  • Upon completion, participants should be able to recognize oral presentations have a higher overall publication rate.