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We’re proud to announce Dr. Matthew Castelo as the inaugural recipient of the $200K @BreastCancerCDN - CSSO Career Development Research Award 🎉 His project will study variation in breast cancer surgical care across Canada to improve equity, access, and outcomes patients 🧵 1/2

1 week to go until #CSSO2026! Highlights include: • Gastric cancer focus day • Immunotherapy sessions • SITC programming • National research presentations 🔗 Details: csso.surgery/annual-meeting

Heading to #CSSO2026 in Toronto? Spring travel fills up fast - secure your accommodations early! Join peers from across Canada for: • Immunotherapy updates • Multidisciplinary case discussions • Leading-edge research 📅 April 23–24 📍 Toronto 🔗 csso.surgery/annual-meeting

Registration is open for the 2026 Annual Spring Scientific Meeting, April 23–24. Join us to hear from a powerful lineup of invited speakers! Get real-world clinical insight in: • Immunotherapy • Multidisciplinary cancer care • Emerging treatments 🔗 csso.surgery/annual-meeting

Our Chippin' In Fundraiser is BACK! ❤️🐟 Order a 2-piece fish and chips to support our upcoming missions! Deadline is Thursday, April 2. gifttool.com/registrar/Show… Thank you to our sponsors Jungle Jim's and Jason Hickey, Shamrock City, Quinlan Brothers Ltd., and Browning Harvey!

An Iranian man left this comment on my YouTube channel. This is without a doubt the single best explanation of the reality facing Iranian people today👇 "As an Iranian, I can tell you the situation is no longer just political—it's existential. We are trapped between two collapsing structures: one internal, one external. On one hand, we face a deeply dysfunctional government, led by the Supreme Leader and the Islamic Republic’s unelected institutions. Decades of economic mismanagement, suppression of dissent, and brutal ideological control have alienated multiple generations. No one believes in reform anymore—because every attempt has either been co-opted or crushed. But here's the paradox: We are also terrified of regime collapse—because we've watched the aftermath of Western intervention in countries like Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Afghanistan. Each was promised freedom; each descended into chaos, civil war, or foreign occupation. So no, we don't trust the U.S. or Israel. Not because we support our regime—but because we know how imperial powers treat ‘liberated’ nations in the Middle East. Freedom, in their language, often means vacuum, fire, and permanent instability. Right now, many Iranians live with three truths at once: The Islamic Republic is morally and politically bankrupt. The alternatives offered by foreign actors are not liberation—they’re collapse. A bad government is survivable. No government is not. We are not silent because we agree. We are cautious because we’ve learned—too well—what happens when superpowers decide to "help." In a sentence: Iran is a nation held hostage by its own regime, but haunted by the fate of its neighbors. We are stuck in a house we hate, surrounded by fires we fear more."

✨$200K in academic funding available for Breast Surgical Oncologists! A new 2-year grant from @BreastCancerCDN and @_CSSO supports surgeons training abroad to return to Canada. 📆 Applications close Feb 27. ➡️ Learn more: CSSO.SURGERY #ProgressThroughResaerch

10-year follow-up of the LIR!C trial shows that patients with Crohn’s disease who had ileocaecal resection had better 10-year therapy-free remission rates than those who received infliximab @SWexner @nirhoresh @juliomayol @TheLancet thelancet.com/journals/langa…

#Marchblue arriving! #SCREESCO trial results showing importance of #screeningcoloncancer @sbcp @ASCRS_1 @escp_tweets @ColonCancerCoal @CCAlliance @AmCollegeGastro

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Calling all surgeons, trainees, and researchers! CSSO invites you to submit your abstract for the Spring Meeting. Share your ideas, connect with peers, and contribute to advancing surgical care. 🗓 Deadline: January 25 csso.surgery/annual-meeting

#AudioVisualAbstract : Predictors of #PathologicCompleteResponse with Neoadjuvant Chemo-Immunotherapy in Early-Stage Triple-Negative #BreastCancer @SDownsCanner rdcu.be/eZeiL @DrEmilySiegel @SyedAAhmad5

We have many missions of hope and care planned for the year ahead, thanks to your support. Follow us for updates and check out our website to donate! brokenearth.ca/donate/

The first person in the world to kick his own balls… That’s history right here!

This January, we'll be travelling to Jamaica, helping those affected by Hurricane Melissa. ❤️ And we're pleased to announce your donations go even further thanks to our friends at Fortis, who have generously committed to MATCH DONATIONS UP TO $20,000! 🙌 gifttool.com/athon/MyFundra…

This Special Communication discusses the development of evidence-informed, consensus and expert opinion-based guidelines for the management of benign fibroepithelial lesions of the breast. ja.ma/4qleQR4

🚨 The RNC is reminding drivers to make safe and responsible choices behind the wheel. Holiday celebrations should be festive, not fatal. During the busy party and travel season we will be increasing enforcement to target impaired driving. 💻 rnc.gov.nl.ca/news/celebrate…

🎄 Wishing everyone a joyful holiday season! 🌟 Save the date for the 2026 CSSO Annual Spring Scientific Meeting on April 23–24, 2026 — a fantastic opportunity for surgical oncology research and collaboration you won’t want to miss. 📣 Learn more 👉caio-fernandes-t5gj.squarespace.com/annual-meeting

Wishing you and yours a happy and healthy holiday season!