Technical Quality in Cancer Surgery

Moderator(s)

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  Haejin In, MD, MPH, MBA (she/her/hers)

  Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology
  Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, United States

  Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
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  Nabil Wasif, MD, MPH

  Professor of Surgery
  Mayo Clinic in Arizona
  Paradise Valley, Arizona, United States

  Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

An increasing body of evidence demonstrates that adherence to specific operative techniques during cancer surgery directly improves key patient outcomes, including survival and quality of life. For many patients with cancer, surgery is the only treatment modality with the potential to cure. Standards for the technical conduct of cancer operations are increasingly used to guide practice and are vital for ensuring the generalizability of clinical trials incorporating oncologic surgery. However, data to support them are not uniformly available and measuring quality can be extremely difficult. This session will discuss the value, importance, and measurement of technical quality. The session will review the evidence supporting technical quality standards, discuss their roles in surgical quality improvement and education, and describe the clinical infrastructures required to measure them.

Presentations:

• 9:45am – 9:55am ET

  How do we and why must we Measure Surgical Quality?
  

  Presenter: Lee G. Wilke, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI
• 9:55am – 10:07am ET

  Standards for Major Oncologic Surgery: Where is the Evidence and Where are the Gaps?
  

  Presenter: Fergal Fleming, MD MPH FRCSI FACS – University of Rochester Medical Center
• 10:07am – 10:22am ET

  Educating the Next Generation of Surgeons on Surgical Technique
  

  Presenter: Melissa Hogg, MD MS (she/her/hers) – Department of Surgery, NorthShore University HealthSystem
• 10:22am – 10:45am ET

  Q & A