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situations, a 2-stage hepatectomy may be considered. 11 In general, a 2-stage approach involves an initial minor hepatectomy to remove the CRLM from one hemiliver (typically the left liver). The right portal vein is either ligated at the initial surgery or a

and Diagnosis Summary File to determine whether site-specific surgery was performed (a dichotomous variable) and to calculate the length of survival after cancer diagnosis. ICD-9 and CPT codes were used to identify interventions recorded in the

. Prevention of adverse outcomes is the shared responsibility of patients, providers, and healthcare organizations. Background Cancer treatment modalities include chemotherapy, radiation, hormone therapy, and surgery, all of which can have adverse effects

this natural history, operative strategies designed to control disease progression within the abdominal cavity have been developed and increasingly used over the past 20 years. Currently, cytoreductive surgery (CRS) together with hyperthermic

Background Women with a history of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) are at increased risk for developing a second breast cancer (SBC) in either the ipsilateral or contralateral breast. 1 , 2 Many women receive breast-conserving surgery (BCS) with

adenocarcinoma (AJCC I–III) diagnosed 2004 to 2015. Exposures of interest were geographic region of diagnosis: Western (West), Midwestern (MW), Southern (SO) or North Eastern (NE), and race. The endpoints were: (1) recommendation of no surgery by the provider, (2

) among postoperative patients from a tertiary care center of a developing country. Materials & Method: Prospective cohort/next 50 group, surgery between July 2017 to September 2018: Preoperative variables included demographic profile, MRI findings, PSA

surgery or radiation) are presented at the bottom of the figure. Vertical black lines represent the interquartile range. Each annual dollar amount was discounted to time zero. Abbreviations: AS, active surveillance; O, observation; WW, watchful waiting

and Obstetrics, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. In fact, less may be more when it comes to minimally invasive surgery (MIS) for the primary treatment of certain gynecologic cancers, she added. Dr. Fader is an editorial board member for

Although surgery still holds “the highest place” in treatment of operable esophageal cancer, photodynamic therapy (PDT) represents an effective, minimally invasive treatment option in selected patients, declared Keyvan Moghissi, BSc, MD, MS, FRCS