The HCPLive surgery page is a resource for medical news and expert insights on invasive medicine. This page features expert-led coverage, articles, videos and research on the therapies and development of treatments for surgery, and more.
April 25th 2024
A retrospective challenges preoperative withholding of GLP-1 RAs in diabetes patients undergoing surgery, citing no increased risk of postoperative respiratory complications.
Revolutionizing Early-Stage NSCLC Treatment: Pathologists’ Key Insights into Predicting Pathologic Responses to Immunotherapies
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23rd Annual International Congress on the Future of Breast Cancer® West
July 12-13, 2024
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25th Annual International Lung Cancer Congress®
July 25-27, 2024
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Medical Crossfire®: Which Patients with Hematologic Malignancies are at Risk for Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID)… and How Can We Leverage Evidence to Improve Their Outcomes?
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Community Practice Connections™: Controversies and Conversations About HER2- Expressing Breast Cancer…Advances in Management of HER2-Low to -Positive Disease
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Engaging the Multidisciplinary Care Team to Optimize Care of Patients With EGFR Mutation-Positive NSCLC: A Lung Cancer Tumor Board
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Community Practice Connections™: 19th Annual International Symposium on Melanoma and Other Cutaneous Malignancies®
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6th Annual Precision Medicine Symposium: An Illustrated Tumor Board
October 18-19, 2024
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Community Practice Connections™: 24th Annual International Lung Cancer Congress®
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Cancer Summaries and Commentaries™: Clinical Updates in Melanoma from Philadelphia
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Lung Cancer Tumor Board®: Enhancing Multidisciplinary Communication to Optimize Immunotherapy in Stage I-III NSCLC
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Clinical Vignettes™: The Experts Explain How They Integrate PET Imaging into Metastatic HR+ Breast Cancer Care Settings
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School of Breast Oncology® Live Video Webcast: Clinical Updates from San Antonio
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GU Tumor Board®: Real World Strategies to Inform Individualized Care in Renal Cell Carcinoma
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Dialogues With the Surgeon on Integration of Systemic Therapies in Perioperative Settings for NSCLC: Looking at EGFR, ALK, IO, and Beyond…
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Empowering Breast Cancer Patients with Non-Opioid Pain Management Innovations
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Community Practice Connections™: The 2nd Annual Hawaii Lung Cancers Conference®
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Charting the Path to Precision Diagnosis: Detection and Treatment Approaches for Oncogenic Mutations in NSCLC
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Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte Therapy Advances Into Melanoma
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Liraglutide Could Improve Weight Loss after Poor Response to Metabolic Surgery
July 26th 2023The BARI-OPTIMISE randomized clinical trial reports individuals with poor weight loss after metabolic surgery had significantly greater reductions in body weight after treatment with 3.0 mg liraglutide, compared with placebo.
ASA Urges Withholding GLP-1 RA Therapy Prior to Elective Procedures
July 14th 2023With the popularity of the class skyrocketing, the American Society of Anesthesiologists has released new guidance urging patients to withhold GLP-1 receptor agonist use prior to elective surgeries or procedures based on potential risk of regurgitation and aspiration associated with delayed gastric emptying.