“…6 The Scientific Impact Award went to Dr. David Lim from the Toronto Women's College Research Institute on the relationship between the breast tumor pathologic response to neoadjuvant systemic therapy and axillary nodal response. 7 Much gratitude is given to the 31 members of the Publication Committee for careful blinded review (to both authors and institutional source) of 220 research abstracts for selection of the top studies for oral scientific, ''quickshot,'' and poster-discussion presentations, and for the final review and selection of the highest impact publications for this issue of Annals of Surgical Oncology.Just some of the highlighted research studies published in this issue of Annals of Surgical Oncology include important work regarding post-operative pain management, 8 understanding current axillary management, 9,10 potential new methods for decreasing surgery for margin control, 11 inflammatory breast cancer, 12 cryoablation without surgery for early invasive breast cancer, 13 and how the COVID-19 pandemic has altered practice among our society members. 14 These and other ASBrS articles published in this issue provide current research results germane to today's delivery of high-quality breast cancer care.…”