or presence of regional nodal metastasis. However, because initial therapy of anal cancer does not typically involve surgery, true lymph node status may not be determined accurately. Biopsy of inguinal nodes is recommended if tumor metastasis to these
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of cancer patients having undergone surgery in Montreal (Quebec) to describe their post-discharge opioid use and identify potential patterns of unplanned health service use (ED visits, hospitalizations). Provincial health administrative claims were
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of epirubicin/cisplatin/fluorouracil (ECF) compared with surgery alone, 1 and the Intergroup 0116 trial showed a survival benefit with postoperative chemoradiation (CRT) to 45 Gy and concurrent fluorouracil and leucovorin. 2 More recently, the
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multidisciplinary clinical evaluation. This approach is not emphasized in regions of the world where a surgery-first approach is standard of care, radiation therapy is infrequently used, and many cancers are found at an early stage and don't require adjuvant
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that they treat. In preparation for payment reform, ASCO developed a bundled payment model for the treatment of patients with cancer using chemotherapy. 2 , 3 Ovarian cancer is a complex disease requiring surgery and chemotherapy to achieve the best
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; 8 : 423 – 442 . 9 Morrow CP Bundy BN Homesley HD . Doxorubicin as an adjuvant following surgery and radiation therapy in patients with high-risk endometrial carcinoma, stage I and occult stage II: a Gynecologic Oncology Group study
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laparoscopic staging differ among various NCCN institutions. In some, laparoscopic staging is reserved for medically fit patients with potentially resectable disease, specifically when chemoradiotherapy or surgery is considered. In medically unfit patients
Joseph S. Friedberg
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Background: Non-metastatic muscle invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) is treated with radical cystectomy and survival is closely associated with final pathologic staging. For patients undergoing primary surgery there is evidence that delay > 90 days
