Gastrointestinal Cancer
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Primary tumor resection is linked to growth of CRC liver metastases
Major finding: Patients had ninefold higher odds of radiologic progression of their liver metastases at 3 months if they had a primary tumor...
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Tumor biology appears to play role in missed interval colorectal cancers
Major finding: At 6-36 months after colonoscopy the rate of missed interval cancers was 3.5%; at 6-60 months the rate was 6%.Data source: A...
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Completion study key after incomplete colonoscopy
Major finding: Overall, 12% of the patients were found to have clinically significant lesions when they underwent completion studies. Data source...
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Simultaneous resection reduced repeat intervention
Major finding: No patients who had surgical cytoreduction of liver metastases at the time or primary tumor resection required a repeat hepatic...
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Robotic pancreatic resection safe in 250-patient series
Major finding: Overall 30- and 90-day mortality rates were 0.8% and 2.0%, respectively, following various types of robotic-assisted major...
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Cardiorespiratory fitness predicts cancer risk, outcomes in men
Major finding: Compared with men in the lowest cardiorespiratory fitness quintile, hazard ratios for incident lung and colorectal cancer among men...
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Esophagectomy cases rising steadily
Major finding: In-hospital mortality occurred nationally in 5.8% of esophageal cancer patients who underwent transthoracic esophagectomy compared...
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Index spots esophagectomy candidates at high risk for death
Major Finding: As the modified frailty index increased from 0 to 0.45, there was an increase in the rate of 30-day mortality from 2% to 23% (P...
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Reflux after surgery increases risk of esophageal cancer
Major finding: Patients with recurrent reflux after surgical treatment are three times more likely to develop an esophageal adenocarcinoma than...
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Radical resection trumps local excision in stage I CRC
Major Finding: Five-year overall survival in patients with stage I colorectal carcinoma treated via local excision was 68.4% compared to 75.2%...