Analysis of research progresses on pancreatic cystic neoplasms of the 103rd annual meeting of American College of Surgeons / 中华消化外科杂志

Pancreatic cystic neoplasm is a general term for a large class of pancreatic tumors,including mucinous cystic neoplasm,serous cystic neoplasm,and pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm.Due to the limitations of the current techniques in differential diagnosis and disease staging,different centers have great discrepancies in their treatment.The 103rd annual meeting of American College of Surgeons (ACS)as a grand meeting in the field of surgery bringed together a large number of clinical research results every year.Therefore,authors selected and reviewed contents about pancreatic cystic neoplasm,with a view to provide new ideas in terms of its management and further research.

Minutes of the 103rd annual meeting of American College of Surgeons / 中华消化外科杂志

The 103rd annual meeting of American College of Surgeons (ACS) was held in Santiago on 22-26 October 2017.The annual meeting of ACS is not only the largest clinical surgical meeting in the world,but also a platform for global surgeons to learn from each other and enhance communication and friendship.The theme of this conference is to do what's right for the patients.This is not only the discussion in the field of surgical technology,but also the related contents,including medical education,professional ethics and humanities.This conference discussed the new progress of surgical treatment,which will have an aspiring impact on surgical practice and professional technology development,and further benefit the patients.