{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Cold Steel: Canadian Journal of Surgery Podcast","title":"E54 Masterclass with Carolyn Nessim On Melanoma","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/fbf9f2fc\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4539,"description":"In this episode, we were joined by surgical oncologist Dr. Carolyn Nessim (www.twitter.com/carolynnessim). Dr. Nessim works at the Ottawa General Hospital and gave us a masterclass on melanoma. We talk about an initial approach to melanoma, staging, immunotherapy, and a walk-through of how Dr. Nessim does her groin dissections.\nLinks\n1.\thttp://carolynnessim.com/\n2.\tThe eighth edition American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) melanoma staging system: implications for melanoma treatment and care. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7652033/\n3.\tCordeiro et al. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Thin Cutaneous Melanoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26932710/\n4.\tSocioeconomic Status and Melanoma in Canada: A Systematic Review. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32955341/\nBrief Bio:\nDr. Carolyn Nessim is a Surgical Oncologist at the Ottawa Hospital and Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Ottawa. She completed her MD, MSc (Biomedical Sciences) and General Surgery Residency at the University of Montreal. Her fellowship training was in Surgical Oncology at the University of Toronto and then at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Center in Melbourne Australia.\nShe is currently also a Clinician Investigator in the Cancer Therapeutics Program at The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) as well as the Program Director for the Complex Surgical Oncology Subspecialty Fellowship training program. Her clinical practice focuses on the treatment of patients with Soft Tissue Sarcoma/GIST, Melanoma/Skin Cancers, Gastric cancer and Neuroendocrine Tumours. She is the Regional Co-Lead for Melanoma and Skin Cancers and Gastric Cancer in the Champlain LHIN. She has been invited as a speaker and moderator at several national and international conferences on the topics of Sarcoma and Melanoma. She is a member of Cancer Care Ontario's Skin Cancer Advisory Board as well as the American Society of Clinical Oncology's Technical Expert Group...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/oyvpQFDz9LsIXBWiTQnBaf-TEq_0jeSP2KI52Z2VDVg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kZTNh/MWI2MDcwZTcwMGVk/ZjIxM2M4N2VjMWFj/NTdlNS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}