Author Archives 
Dr. Nelson is emeritus chair, department of surgery, and past-chair, division of colon & rectal surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. She is Medical Director, Cancer Programs, ACS Division of Research and Optimal Patient Care.
Posts by Heidi Nelson, MD, FACS:
- Commission on Cancer: One hundred years, past and future
- The journey from end results to the National Cancer Database
- Announcing the new Cancer Surgery Standards Program
- New manual for cancer surgery issued: Operative Standards for Cancer Surgery
- Less invasive option for small hepatocellular carcinoma: Thermal ablation as first-line therapy?
- Patient-centered outcomes research: Is this really something new?
- Does altering diet affect progression of prostate cancer? The MEAL study
- American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer Rapid Quality Reporting System: From quality measurement to quality improvement
- Improving cancer care through quality measures: Putting evidence to work with the CoC
- What is the appropriate extent of lymphadenectomy for bladder cancer?
- Are older adults adequately represented in surgical oncology trials?
- Borderline resectable pancreatic cancer: Pushing the technical limits of surgery
- Multiple ipsilateral breast cancers: Can the breast be preserved?
- Malignant pleural effusion research provides insights to improve surgical study design
- The paradox of breast MRI: Does finding occult disease make a difference?
- Announcing the Surgical Standards Manual Project: A call for volunteers
- What’s new in renal cell carcinoma
- The clinically negative axilla: The dilemma of occult metastases in sentinel nodes
- Reframing treatment for ductal carcinoma in situ: Could less be more?
- A paradigm shift in rectal cancer treatment: The PROSPECT trial
