Global Forum of Cancer Surgeons: A Steady Voice for Cancer Surgeons to Improve Surgical Care for Cancer Patients Globally

Ann Surg Oncol. 2018 Aug;25(8):2114-2116. doi: 10.1245/s10434-018-6553-z. Epub 2018 Jun 7.

Authors

Chandrakanth Are¹, Kelly M McMasters², Armando Giuliano², Charles Balch², Benjamin O Anderson², Russell Berman², Riccardo Audisio³, Tibor Kovacs³, Dhairyasheel Savant⁴, Rajendra Toprani⁴, Gamal Amira⁵, Ibrahim Sallam⁵, Jeong Heum Baek⁶, Moo-Jun Baek⁶, Do Joong Park⁶, Gregorio Quintero Beulo⁷, Enrique Bargallo Rocha^{7

8}, Hector Martinez Said^{7

8}, Muhammad Cheema⁹, Abul AliKhan⁹, Lloyd Mack¹⁰, Gong Chen¹¹, Claudio Almeida Quadros^{8

12}, Tarcisio Reis^{8

12}, Heber Salvador de Castro Ribeiro^{8

12}, Douglas Zippel¹³, Augusto Leon Ramirez¹⁴

Affiliations

¹ Society of Surgical Oncology, Rosemont, IL, USA. care@unmc.edu.
² Society of Surgical Oncology, Rosemont, IL, USA.
³ European Society of Surgical Oncology, Brussels, Belgium.
⁴ Indian Association of Surgical Oncology, Ahmedabad, India.
⁵ Egyptian Society of Surgical Oncology, Cairo, Egypt.
⁶ Korean Society of Surgical Oncology, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
⁷ Sociedad Mexicana de Oncologia, Mexico City, Mexico.
⁸ Latin America Society of Surgical Oncology, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
⁹ Pakistan Society of Surgical Oncology, Lahore, Pakistan.
¹⁰ Canadian Society of Surgical Oncology, Toronto, ON, Canada.
¹¹ Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology, Beijing, China.
¹² Brazilian Society of Surgical Oncology, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
¹³ Israeli Society of Surgical Oncology, Ramat Gan, Israel.
¹⁴ Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.

PMID: 29881928
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-018-6553-z

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Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Delivery of Health Care*
Global Health*
Health Services Needs and Demand*
Humans
Neoplasms / surgery*
Quality Assurance, Health Care*
Surgeons*