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Appendix cancer affects 1 to 2 people per 1 million per year and is rising. Awareness and dedication to the treatment of this disease can help change that. #AugustforAppendixCancer #UPMC hillman.upmc.com/cancer-care/su…

Excited to share our new manuscript in @AnnalsofSurgery showing that prospective #frailty screening as part of routine practice is both feasible and informative, even in high-volume settings. @PittSurgery @PittOncology @UPMCSurgOnc @UPMC @UPMCnews journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger…

This will be a great session at #sso2020 featuring our great surg onc PA #heatherjonesPAC and her colleagues. Encourage everyone to attend!

500 robotic Whipples @UPMC! Monumental feat by a great team. @herbert_zeh @HoggNDMD @DavidBartlettMD @UPMCHillmanCC @UPMCPhysicianEd #PancreaticCancer #surgery #whipple #robotic insights.ovid.com/pubmed?pmid=31…

Go Amer

Great mentors and friends. Miss these guys. @ACSNews @SocSurgOnc @PittOncology @herbert_zeh @DavidBartlettMD #amerzureikat

We had a very special visitor at @UPMCHillmanCC today! @JamesConner_ thanks for brightening our patients’ days!

The Phase II COLET study, led by @UPMCHillmanCC clinical investigator, Dr. Adam Brufsky continues to look at combination therapies for hard to treat triple negative breast #cancer Poster and discussion @UPMCNews #ASCO2019

Facing a bile duct #cancer diagnosis with a grim prognosis, Patrick saw his luck turn around after a genetic test developed by @PancPathologist matched him with targeted therapy. Learn more. upmc.me/2ICL6hd

Randy Brand from @UPMC tells us that pancreatic cancer has a 15-18 year window of development. Problem is that neoplasia hard to detect early. Need better biomarkers and imaging especially for high risk individuals. #CGAIGC2018

Jay and his daughter Kristin made a promise a long time ago that they'd always be there for each other. In June, Kristin gave her father the gift of life as he underwent a successful living-donor liver transplant. bit.ly/upmc_pauleys via @WOWK13News #DonateLife

SSO President-Elect, David Bartlett, MD presents select abstracts from the Best of SSO 2018 at the EGSSO 18th Annual Conference in Cairo, Egypt. #SSO #SurgOnc

Attend the May 12th Thyroid Cancer Symposium in Pittsburgh, PA on May 12. Register at, ccehs.upmc.com

Largest Prospect. Study of Preop. NGS Testing of #PancreaticCysts for #EarlyDetection #PancreaticCancer in @Gut_BMJ tinyurl.com/y9orvgnd

ICYMI: Clinical trial to determine whether thyroid #cancer test can distinguish between strains of the disease: bit.ly/2k93Xk8

.marenwhymd Main duct IPMNs are all referred to @UPMCSurgOnc @UPMCnews due to high rate of #PancreaticCancer #PathJC

@PanCAN @JNCCN Also should acknowledge @FoundationATCG for performing the sequencing. Truly a combined effort @PanCAN @JNCCN @UPMCnews @UPMCSurgOnc

New Review: is DNA testing of #pancreatic #cyst fluid ready for prime time? ow.ly/8UJx306ZYyO #pancreaticcancer #pancSM

@PurpleRide @batgirl852 @PanCANPgh Nov. 17th has been proclaimed World Pancreatic Cancer Day in da 'burgh!!! #PANCaware

Our Whipple team @UPMCnews assembling for #WPCD against #PancreaticCancer #WageHope