, in these guidelines, at www.NCCN.org [ST-1]). Because many clinicians prefer the 2-tiered system, this system is also used in the algorithm (see page 633). Principles of Surgery Because surgery is the standard primary treatment for most
George D. Demetri, Scott Antonia, Robert S. Benjamin, Marilyn M. Bui, Ephraim S. Casper, Ernest U. Conrad III, Thomas F. DeLaney, Kristen N. Ganjoo, Martin J. Heslin, Raymond J. Hutchinson, John M. Kane III, G. Douglas Letson, Sean V. McGarry, Richard J. O'Donnell, I. Benjamin Paz, John D. Pfeifer, Raphael E. Pollock, R. Lor Randall, Richard F. Riedel, Karen D. Schupak, Herbert S. Schwartz, Katherine Thornton, Margaret von Mehren and Jeffrey Wayne
Adrian Legaspi, Vanitha Vasudevan, Amit Sastry, Jeronimo Garcialopez de Llano and Marice Ruiz-Conejo
Background: Minimally invasive surgical techniques improve metrics designed to measure quality and efficiency. Compared to open surgery (OS) and laparoscopy (LAP), robotic assisted colorectal surgery (RACS) has shorter length of stay (LOS), less
Jennifer B. Ogilvie and Electron Kebebew
RF . Medullary thyroid carcinoma: results of a standardized surgical approach in a contemporary series of 80 consecutive patients . Surgery 2003 ; 134 : 890 – 899 . 18. Machens A Holzhausen HJ Thanh PN Dralle H . Enhancement of lymph
Nadeem R. Abu-Rustum and Yukio Sonoda
was performed. Results Between November 2001 and May 2010, 98 consecutive patients with FIGO stage IA1–IB1 cervical cancer of median age 32 years (range, 6–45 years) underwent surgery with the intent to perform a fertility-sparing radical
J. Sybil Biermann, Douglas R. Adkins, Robert S. Benjamin, Brian Brigman, Warren Chow, Ernest U. Conrad III, Deborah A. Frassica, Frank J. Frassica, Suzanne George, Kenneth R. Hande, Francis J. Hornicek, G. Douglas Letson, 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, Neeta Somaiah and Alan W. Yasko
surgery, RT, and chemotherapy. Patients should be given a survivorship prescription to schedule follow-ups with a multidisciplinary team. Fertility issues should be discussed with appropriate patients before they start treatment. 22 Diagnostic Workup
Kathryn J. Ruddy, Lindsey Sangaralingham, Rachel A. Freedman, Sarah S. Mougalian, Heather Neuman, Caprice Greenberg, Ahmedin Jemal, Narjust Duma, Tufia C. Haddad, Valerie Lemaine, Karthik Ghosh, Tina J. Hieken, Katie Hunt, Celine Vachon, Cary P. Gross and Nilay D. Shah
Institutional Review Board deemed this study exempt from review. Study Population We identified all women with newly diagnosed non-metastatic breast cancer treated with breast surgery (lumpectomy or unilateral mastectomy) between January 1, 2005, and May
Vishruth K. Reddy, Varsha Jain, Sriram Venigalla, William P. Levin, Robert J. Wilson II, Kristy L. Weber, Anusha Kalbasi, Ronnie A. Sebro and Jacob E. Shabason
involving surgery, radiation oncology, medical oncology, radiology, and pathology. 2 NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) for STS recommend the addition of neoadjuvant or adjuvant radiation therapy (RT) to surgery for patients
Zhi Ven Fong and Cristina R. Ferrone
. In an effort to standardize its definition, 4 organizational bodies have proposed classification systems: NCCN, the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association/Society of Surgical Oncology/Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, The University
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treated with PDT or surgically removed. Both before and after PDT, “we saw an increased T-cell response against that Hip1 antigen that we did not see following surgery,” Dr. Gollnick reported. This systemic antitumor immune response was inversely
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status, education status, and income. Black and AI/AN patients had higher odds of refusing recommended surgery (OR=1.95; 95% CI: 1.57-2.42; p<0.001, and OR=2.13; 95% CI: 1.11-4.10; p=0.024, respectively). Hispanic patients had slightly higher odds of
