Research in Progress

1. Global Surg. Outcomes of elective Cancer Surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis: an international, mulitcentre, observational cohort study (COVID-Surg-Cancer)

2. Global Surg. Outcomes of Surgery in COVID-19 Infection: international cohort study (COVID-Surg)

3. TARPSWG. SARveillance Trial: A multi-centre, international, parallel-arm, stratified randomized controlled trial of high versus lower intensity radiological surveillance following primary resection of retroperitoneal, abdominal and pelvic soft tissue sarcoma

4. Dumitra S, Bagaria SP, Swallow C, Raut C, Fairweather M, Cananzi F, Grignani G, Hompes D, Ford S, Nessim C, Skocylas J, Rutkowski P, Bonvalot S, Gabriel E, Pennacchioli E, Albertsmeier M, Canter R, Pollock R, Grignol V, Cardona K, Gambora A, Novak M, Stoeckle E, Almquist M, Ahuja N, Van Houdt W, Goel M, Patkar S, Gyorki D, Gangi A, Rastrelli M, Gelderblom H, Schrage Y, Valeri S, Conti L, Gronchi A, Fiore M. The Outcomes of Pelvic Sarcomas: an analysis by the Trans-Atlantic Australasian Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Working Group (TARPSWG).

5. Nessim C, Diallo JS et al. Evaluating heterologous prime-boost vaccine for metastatic sarcoma

6. Nessim C, Ardolino M et al. Building a cell atlas of human sarcoma through single-cell RNA-sequencing

7. Wong B, Apte SS, Mathieu J, Li H, Ramsay T, Tirotta F, Almond M, Nessim C. Does R0 resection in Large Soft Tissue Sarcoma really exist?

8. Mathieu J, Wong B, Apte SS, Li H, Nessim C. The management and outcome of uterine leiomyosarcoma: Change in Practice over time.

9. Dingley B, Purgina B, Seo C, Nessim C. Prevalence and Prognostic Value of Targetable Receptors in Extra-Uterine Leiomyosarcoma.

10. Apte SS, Wong B, Mathieu J, Li H, Nessim C. Cost-analysis of Surveillance vs. LSC Wedge resection for small Gastric GISTs.

11. Apte SS, Wong B, Mathieu J, Li H, Nessim C. Cost-analysis for Surveillance after Surgery for GIST: Is there a benefit to surveillance?

12. Apte SS, Baker L, Nessim C. Systematic Review on the Outcome and Management of small GISTs.

13. Nessim C, Purgina B, Dingley B, Tang T, Raut C et al. Myxoid Liposarcoma: Always a Metastasis? A study from the Trans-Atlantic Australasian Retroperitoneal Sarcoma working group (TARPSWG).

14. Tattersall HL, Hodson J, Cardona K, Lee RM, Nessim C, Fiore M, Gladdy R, Gelderblom H, Schrage Y, Tseng W, vanHoudt W, Novak M, Grignani G, Tolomeo F, Goel N, Ryon E, Gyorki D, Bagaria SP, Gonzalez JA, Martin Arnau AB, Sayyed R, Tirotta F, Desai A, Almond M, Glasbey J, Gronchi A, Ford SJ. Primary Mesenteric Sarcomas – A Collaborative experience by the Trans-Atlantic Australasian Retroperitoneal Sarcoma working group (TARPSWG).

15. Boulva K, Apte S, Dingley B, Nessim C. The role of surveillance and cost-analysis after resection of Abdominal Wall Desmoids – A Multi-institutional Study from the Trans-Atlantic Australasian Retroperitoneal Sarcoma working group (TARPSWG).

16. Boulva K, Apte S, Dingley B, Nessim C. The outcomes of intra-abdominal desmoids – A Multi-institutional Study from the Trans-Atlantic Australasian Retroperitoneal Sarcoma working group (TARPSWG).

17. Mavros M, Callegro D, Nessim C, Quan M, Alavi N, Look-Hong N, Wright F. Factors predicting sentinel lymph node metastasis in patients with thin cutaneous melanoma: development of a prognostic model

18. Stuleanu T, Boulva K, Sigler G, Ibrahim A, Nessim C. Outcomes in Melanoma of Unknown Primary in the Era of Immunotherapy: An analysis by the Canadian Melanoma Research Network (CMRN).

19. Wright F, Song X, Nessim C, Petrella T et al. A Pilot Study of the neo-adjuvant use of Vemurafenib plus Cobimetinib (GDC-0973) in patients with BRAF mutant melanoma with palpable lymph node metastases.

20. Kupper S, Wright F, Dingley B, Nessim C, Quan ML. Extent of groin dissection in melanoma: a population-based study of practice patterns and outcomes

21. Li H, Grose E, Goulet C, McDonald T, Johnson S, Nessim C. An assessment of adherence to Quality Metrics in the management of Melanoma

22. Parvez E, Li H, McKinnon G, Hebbard P, Stuart H, Gervais M-K, Nessim C, Dumitra S. Collaboration Project: Life after MSLT-II – Multicentric adoption of nodal observation for patients with melanoma and sentinel lymph node metastases

23. Apte SS, Beltrano J, Seo C, Nessim C. Quality Outcomes for Gastric Cancer – a 10-year review from the Ottawa Hospital

24. Boulva K, Apte SS, Beltrano J, Seo C, Nessim C. The correlation between diffuse type gastric cancer and margin status.

25. Boulva K, Apte SS, Beltrano J, Seo C, Nessim C. The need for peri-operative transfusion in Gastric Cancer Surgery and Outcome.

26. Seo C, Apte S, Nessim C. Comparison of Gastric Cancer Pathology Reports with Reporting Guidelines. The Case for Synoptic Reporting.

27. Eastern Canadian Colorectal Cancer Consensus Guidelines