EYSAC - ESSO for young surgeons
Our Mission
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Facilitate networking between young surgeons
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Assist junior surgeons with academic research
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Ensure surgical oncology training throughout Europe, specifically tailored to young surgeons
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Facilitiate transfer of knowledge between young surgeons and institutes
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Develop new avenues for surgical oncology
Member Benefits
- Encourage young surgeons to take the European Board of Surgery Qualification (EBSQ exams) in surgical oncology.
- Specially designed education for surgeons junior surgeons.
- Clinical and research fellowship grant opportunities.
- Special ESSO support to attend ESSO Congress.
- Access to a registry of possible host Hospitals / Institutes / Cancer Centres for fellowship opportunities.
- Enhance networking opportunites of EYSAC.
CORSiCA Research Project
Conceived in the framework of the EYSAC young researchers’ activities, the proposal for the project CORSiCA ‘Complete pathologic response rectal cancers EYSAC.1 Study’ will investigate complete responders’ rectal cancers at the European level.
About 20% of patients with rectal cancers who received neoadjuvant treatment achieve a pathological complete response in the surgical specimen (ypT0). However, about 10% of ypT0 present metastatic nodes and, thus, the identification of surgical specimen with metastatic nodes could be crucial in order to tailor future treatments and improve their chances of cure.
The CORSiCA project built a large database with the clinical and pathological data of pathologic complete responders, to study ypT0 rectal cancers in relation to the nodal status and, thus, predict the nodal positivity before surgical treatment.
The project was led by the ESSO Young Surgeons and Alumni Club (EYSAC) Steering Committee Dr. Laura Lorenzon (Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli of Rome, Italy).