Setting the Standard for the Future of Cancer Surgery: Utilizing the Operative Standards for Trainees.

The purpose of this editorial is to illustrate how the Operative Standards for Cancer Surgery can be used as a tool to support education of surgical trainees. The three-volume text is a valuable resource not only for learning the scientific principles related to surgical oncology, but also as a technical guide for critical aspects of performing operations and a primer for quality assurance going forward in a surgical career.