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A/Prof. Alex van Akkooi awarded the Martin Gore Memorial Lecture Award 2025.
A/Prof. Alex van Akkooi invited to lecture at 20th Canadian Melanoma Conference.
A/Prof. Alex van Akkooi invited to lecture at 20th Canadian Melanoma Conference.
A/Prof. Dr. Alexander van Akkooi has been awarded the 2025 Martin Gore Memorial Lecture Award for "Surgery for Melanoma – Its Present and Possible Future Roles". For his contribution to improve surgical treatments for melanoma patients.
A/Prof. Alex van Akkooi invited to lecture at 20th Canadian Melanoma Conference.
A/Prof. Alex van Akkooi invited to lecture at 20th Canadian Melanoma Conference.
A/Prof. Alex van Akkooi invited to lecture at 20th Canadian Melanoma Conference.
It was a pleasure delivering 2 invited lectures at CMC2026 and connecting with my colleagues in Canada.
Key take aways:
Lecture 1 - The #SurgicalOncologist Perspective on #neoadjuvant #immunotherapy
1. Neoadjuvant immunotherapy is the novel standard of care for macroscopic stage III Melanoma.⚕️
2. Surgery for Melanoma continues to evolve. 🏥
3. Neoadjuvant immunotherapy does not impact on the surgical complications/outcomes. 📊
4. Teamwork and communication with all stakeholders is essential to deliver this state of the art multidisciplinary care. 👨⚕️👩⚕️🧑⚕️
5. The Multicenter Selective Lymphadenectomy Trial 3 (MSLT-3 / #SWOG S2601 / #EORTC 2519; NCT07049276). 📈
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