Smita Sihag (@ssihag_msk) 's Twitter Profile
Smita Sihag

@ssihag_msk

Thoracic Surgeon and Researcher at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

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linkhttps://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/doctors/smita-sihag calendar_today11-10-2017 21:03:36

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Our initial results suggest that esophagectomy following combined chemoradiotherapy and immunotherapy is both feasible and safe. More results from NCT02962063 coming soon! Safety and feasibility of esophagectomy following combined immunothera... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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Congratulations to all who matched today! I vividly remember that fateful day in 2009 when I learned I would join the Mass General Surgery family as one of the happiest moments of my life. #MatchDay2021

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New work from @msk_thoracic on the KRASG12C mutation in #lungcancer. KRASG12C Mutation Is Associated with Increased Risk of Recurrence in Surgically Resected Lung Adenocarcinoma clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/27/9/2…

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Check out our latest work! We think this work will open up new opportunities to improve outcomes in locally advanced #esophagealcancer. Daniela ThoracicSurgeryMSK aacrjournals.org/clincancerres/…

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#Esophagus ca w/ MDM2 amp, truncating bi-allelic TP53 mutations have poor outcomes w/ neoadj therapy. ⁦ThoracicSurgeryMSK⁩ ⁦Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center⁩ ⁦Daniela⁩ ⁦Smita Sihag⁩ ⁦Clinical Cancer Research⁩ ⁦AACR⁩ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35377946/

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pCR is relatively infrequent following neoadjuvant therapy and represents an inadequate surrogate endpoint for clinical trials and correlative studies in esophageal cancer. Check out our work below. ThoracicSurgeryMSK Daniela

Smita Sihag (@ssihag_msk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I hope we can advocate to change the The Society of Thoracic Surgeons bylaws that just perpetuate the rise of insiders who may or may not be moving our specialty in a positive direction…perhaps WomenInThoracicSurg and others in leadership positions can use this opportunity wisely to open the doors!