Surgical Oncology
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Wedge resection in NSCLC: Is 15 mm the magic margin?
Major finding: Compared with a margin length of 5 mm, the adjusted risk of local recurrence was estimated to be 45% lower with a margin length of...
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Supreme Court: Human genes cannot be patented
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Benefits of laparoscopic over open colectomy decrease with operative time
Major Finding: The rates of complications and death postoperatively were lower with the laparoscopic approach if the operation lasted 3 hours or...
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Rates of adjuvant therapy for pancreatic cancer still low
Major finding: The use of surgery alone as first course treatment for stage II pancreatic cancer decreased by nearly 25% at teaching and community...
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Mechanical bowel prep may up cancer-specific survival after CRC resection
Major finding: Patients who had mechanical bowel preparation before surgery had a higher actuarial 5-year rate of cancer-specific survival (90% vs...
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Prostatectomy follow-up guidelines released
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Survival equivalent with sublobar, lobar resection of stage Ia NSCLC
Major finding: Lung cancer–specific mortality was 7% with sublobar resection and 10% with lobar resection.Data source: Retrospective analysis of...
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Colon cancer screening in African Americans
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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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New test beats PSA in predicting significant prostate Ca
Major finding: The probability of significant prostate cancer was 8.5% for men with a Prostate Health Index (phi) level of 27.0-35.9, 14.4% for...
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Skip the sphincterotomy before bile duct stent placement
Major finding: There were no significant differences in early or late complications among patients with pancreatic cancer who underwent stent...