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2024

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November-December 2024

Volume 109, Issue 10

The ACS’s Year in Notable Numbers

Clinicians Struggle to Understand Dramatic Rise in Early Onset Colorectal Cancer

Peer Coaching May Be “Prescription” to Solve Side Effects of Healthcare Corporatization

Trainees Can Thrive at National Conferences

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October 2024

Volume 109, Issue 9

Exploring Artificial Intelligence at the ACS

Multidisciplinary Approach to Treatment, Emerging Techniques Optimize Survival and Quality of Life for Breast Cancer Patients

Violence Escalates against Surgeons and Other Healthcare Workers

ACS Awards Helped Surgeon-Scientist Build a Sustainable Breast Cancer Research Program

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September 2024

Volume 109, Issue 8

Executive Director's Update: Surgery’s Long History in Palliative Care

Conversations in Acute Cholecystitis Management Include Treatment Timing, Robotics

Pancreatitis Management Evolves with Minimally Invasive, Delayed Interventions

Surgical Mentorship for Next Generation Is Changing

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July/August 2024

Volume 109, Issue 7

Executive Director's Update: What’s New at Clinical Congress for 2024 and Beyond

For Surgeons, Artistry Is Vehicle for Helping Others

Get Ready for Clinical Congress 2024 in San Francisco

E-Bikes Are Emerging as Public Health Hazard

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June 2024

Volume 109, Issue 6

Executive Director's Update: Vascular Surgery at the ACS

Children Are at Heart of New Surgical Practice Recommendations

Can Private Practice Survive?

Trends for 2024 Match Reveal More Applicants Interested in Surgery

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May 2024

Volume 109, Issue 5

Executive Director's Update: A Century of Camaraderie for Urological Surgeons at the ACS

ACS Provides Guidance for Senior Surgeons Facing an Age-Old Question

Blue Ribbon Committee II Advises Sweeping Changes in Surgical Education

Psychological Safety in the OR Improves Outcomes and Performance

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April 2024

Volume 109, Issue 4

Executive Director's Update: ACS's Advocacy Achievements

Are Antibiotics the Answer to Treating Appendicitis?

For Optimal Outcomes, Surgeons Should Tap into “Collective Surgical Consciousness”

New Technologies, Approaches Help Surgeons Maximize the Use of Transplant Organs

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March 2024

Volume 109, Issue 3

Executive Director's Update: Scholarships for Every Kind of Surgeon

Surgeons Are Prioritizing Patients amid the Corporatization of Healthcare

The Need to Prepare More Surgeons for Rural Practice Is Urgent

In Surgical Care, Opioid Use Is Complex

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February 2024

Volume 109, Issue 2

Executive Director's Update: In the House of Surgery, Pediatrics Is in Every Room

Surgeons Are Humanizing the Espohagectomy

Surgeons Seek to Understand the Pandemic’s Long-Term Effects on Cancer Care

Grave Robbing, Cadaver Acquisition Evolve from Cemetery to Classroom

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January 2024

Volume 109, Issue 1

Executive Director's Update: Bringing Our Cancer Programs to All Who Need Them

Value Congruence May Be Just What the Doctor Ordered to Manage Burnout

Surgeon-Authors Discover Literature Can Be “Incredibly Helpful”

New 2024 CPT Coding Changes Affect General Surgery, Related Specialties

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