A retrospective chart review conducted after implementing an ERAS program demonstrated that improved patient education led to less use of opioids in the immediate postoperative period.
Each month delay increases risk for invasive cancer by 1 percent.
For individuals with obesity, risk for skin cancer and melanoma significantly reduced with bariatric surgery.
In this study, the most common sites of recurrence following first resection of colorectal liver metastases were the liver (51%) followed by the lung (41%).
Entrepreneuring cancer survivors often use their experience as a catalyst to create unique products that solve the most challenging issues cancer patients face. Oncology Nurse Advisor presents five products designed by and for survivors.
Survival modestly improved compared with traditional surgery with wide margin excision.
Researchers sought to determine if chemotherapy and radiation therapy increased the risk of stomal complications in ostomy patients.
Results of a prospective study comparing effectiveness of ultrasound screening and salpingo-oophorectomy in preventing ovarian cancer are presented.
In a study of radical prostatectomy patients with Gleason score 7 prostate cancer, the risk for biochemical recurrence more than doubled in the presence of tertiary pattern 5 disease.
Regional variation considerable, with more than threefold variation between regions with highest, lowest use.
