Oncology
From the Journals
Survival gains after surgery for small pancreatic NETs?
With many patients potentially missing from the data, “it is very difficult to know that patients with tumors 1.1-2.0 cm in size are really...
Conference Coverage
First target doesn’t affect survival in NSCLC with brain metastases
Patient outcomes didn’t hinge on whether oncologists treated the brain or lung first.
Conference Coverage
Type of insurance linked to length of survival after lung surgery
Having public or a combination of public and private insurance was associated with worse 10-year overall survival.
From the Journals
SBRT: Alternative to surgery in early stage lung cancer?
“From a public health perspective, SBRT is a good therapeutic option in terms of survival, especially for elderly and inoperable patients.”
Opinion
Surgical management of borderline ovarian tumors, part 1
Ovarian-sparing procedures should be offered to patients in the setting of borderline ovarian tumors, with the understanding that they are...
Conference Coverage
Breast conservation safe even with multiple-site tumors
“This is an important study confirming that breast conservation is feasible and safe for women with multiple ipsilateral breast cancers, with...
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Surgery for early breast cancer can worsen frailty in older women
About 1 in 5 experienced clinically significant deterioration in frailty status after treatment for breast cancer.
Feature
Docs struggle to keep up with the flood of new medical knowledge. Here’s advice
The sheer number of new studies may even force some doctors to retreat from areas where they have not kept up, according to a physician professor...
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Key factors predict gallbladder cancer on routine cholecystectomy
Identifying predictors allows surgeons to send high-risk individuals for oncologic evaluation beforehand and to prepare for intraoperative frozen...
From the Journals
Less invasive NSCLC surgery does not compromise survival
New results contrast with those from a previous study from 1995.
Perspectives
Three wild technologies about to change health care
Now, in the 23rd year of the 21st century, you might not believe what we’ll be capable of next.