Mohs Micrographic Surgery May Up Survival in Stage I Melanoma
Survival modestly improved compared with traditional surgery with wide margin excision.
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.
An analysis of how functional outcomes are measured in patients with soft tissue sarcoma revealed the efficacy of salvage surgery, and a need to improve frequency of FO measurements.
Survey results show level of concordance between patients with CRC and their caregivers when rating care quality. The survey also measured whether clinical or demographic factors influenced the agreement between patient-caregiver pairs.
[Cancer Management and Research] Researchers analyzed data to determine the features of ultra-late recurrence of NSCLC, defined as recurrent disease more than 10 years after curative resection.
[Breast Cancer: Targets and Therapy] A series of semi-structured interviews with breast specialists revealed how surgeons’ own beliefs regarding patients’ ability to accept death influenced how they managed treatment decision making.
Minimum-volume standards could restrict care at many centers with better-than-expected outcomes.