reports, and large database-derived series have shown conflicting results regarding the role of RT. 17 – 23 Some report improved local control with surgery and RT versus surgery alone, whereas others have shown no benefit. Existing studies are
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Maria A. Kouvaraki, Suzanne E. Shapiro, Jeffrey E. Lee, Douglas B. Evans, and Nancy D. Perrier
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Borislav Hristov, Ori Shokek, and Deborah A. Frassica
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Nikki Tang and Desiree Ratner
Although it can occur anywhere on the body, BCC is most likely to arise on the head and neck, which has the greatest ultraviolet exposure. Treatment of appropriately selected BCCs with standard excision or Mohs surgery results in high cure rates. Non
Daphna Y. Spiegel, Matthew J. Boyer, Julian C. Hong, Christina D. Williams, Michael J. Kelley, Joseph K. Salama, and Manisha Palta
for a total of 6 months of perioperative systemic therapy for LARC. 12 The purpose of this study was to examine the population-based outcomes of patients with LARC treated with neoadjuvant CRT followed by surgery with or without AC using data from the
J. Sybil Biermann, Douglas R. Adkins, Mark Agulnik, Robert S. Benjamin, Brian Brigman, James E. Butrynski, David Cheong, Warren Chow, William T. Curry, Deborah A. Frassica, Frank J. Frassica, Kenneth R. Hande, Francis J. Hornicek, Robin L. Jones, Joel Mayerson, Sean V. McGarry, Brian McGrath, Carol D. Morris, Richard J. O'Donnell, R. Lor Randall, Victor M. Santana, Robert L. Satcher, Herrick J. Siegel, Margaret von Mehren, Mary Anne Bergman, and Hema Sundar
recommended for surveillance and treatment of late effects of surgery, RT, and chemotherapy in long-term survivors. Patients should be given a survivorship prescription to schedule follow-up with a multidisciplinary team. Fertility issues should be discussed
Parvin F. Peddi and Andrea Wang-Gillam
occlusion of splenic vein, portal vein, and SMV, with mild stranding near the SMA ( Figure 2 ). The decision was made to offer extended Whipple surgery with SMV and portal vein reconstruction in an attempt for a cure. The CA 19-9 level at this time was less
Presenters: Valencia D. Thomas, Michael K. Wong, and Andrew J. Bishop
A wide range of approaches exist for treating aggressive nonmelanoma skin cancers, including surgery, radiation therapy (RT), cytotoxic chemotherapy, systemic immunotherapy, and active surveillance. Selecting an appropriate therapeutic approach
Lucy X. Ma, Elan D. Panov, Michael J. Allen, Gail E. Darling, Jonathan C. Yeung, Carol J. Swallow, Savtaj S. Brar, Rebecca K. Wong, Patrick Veit-Haibach, Sangeetha N. Kalimuthu, Eric X. Chen, Raymond W. Jang, and Elena Elimova
-related death, respectively. 3 Surgery is the primary curative treatment modality, except for esophageal squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs), for which definitive chemoradiotherapy (CRT) can be considered. 4 , 5 Despite advances in surgical techniques, prognosis
David G. Pfister, Sharon Spencer, David M. Brizel, Barbara Burtness, Paul M. Busse, Jimmy J. Caudell, Anthony J. Cmelak, A. Dimitrios Colevas, Frank Dunphy, David W. Eisele, Jill Gilbert, Maura L. Gillison, Robert I. Haddad, Bruce H. Haughey, Wesley L. Hicks Jr, Ying J. Hitchcock, Antonio Jimeno, Merrill S. Kies, William M. Lydiatt, Ellie Maghami, Renato Martins, Thomas McCaffrey, Loren K. Mell, Bharat B. Mittal, Harlan A. Pinto, John A. Ridge, Cristina P. Rodriguez, Sandeep Samant, David E. Schuller, Jatin P. Shah, Randal S. Weber, Gregory T. Wolf, Frank Worden, Sue S. Yom, Nicole R. McMillian, and Miranda Hughes
, and mucosal melanoma. 1 , 2 The complete version of the NCCN Guidelines for H&N Cancers is available at NCCN.org . Updates to these guidelines for 2014 include revisions to “Principles of Radiation Therapy” for each site and “Principles of Surgery
