Surgical Oncology
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Real-world snapshot of lung nodule management raises concerns
Major finding: Of patients sent to surgery for a suspicious lung nodule, 36% had benign disease.Data source: A retrospective study of 385 patients...
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Stereotactic lung radiotherapy of central lung tumors can achieve good overall survival with limited toxicity
Major finding: Overall survival at 3 years was similar for 100 centrally located non–small cell lung cancers – defined as being located within 2...
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Molecular profiling leads to improved targeted treatment
Major finding: Forty percent of patients were identified as having a molecular target for which an approved treatment could be given.Data source:...
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Laparoscopic colon surgery may keep older patients independent longer
Major finding: Of those older patients who had open surgery, 20% were discharged to a nursing facility, compared with 12.5% of the laparoscopy...
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Sigmoidoscopy may not be enough for older patients
Major finding: Because people are 30% more likely to have polyps in the ascending colon and 22% more likely to have polyps in the cecum as they...
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Delays in esophagectomy yield more postop complications
Major finding: When time to surgery was used to place patients into quintiles of 8 weeks or less (n = 345), 9-12 weeks (n = 58), 13-16 weeks (n =...
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Surgeons as proficient as gastroenterologists at colonoscopy
Major finding: Gastroenterologists and surgeons both completed an average of 94% of colonoscopies they performed during a 1-year audit period....
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IMRT bests conventional radiation for soft-tissue sarcomas of the extremities
Major finding: The 5-year local control rate with intensity-modulated radiation therapy was 92.4%, compared with 85% for conventional external-...
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Jumping the gun on contralateral prophylactic mastectomy?
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Restrict Mohs surgery or risk drop in reimbursement
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False-negative rate for sentinel nodes high after neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Major finding: Sentinel lymph node findings had a false-negative rate of 12.6% among women with cN1 breast cancer, after neoadjuvant chemotherapy...