Oncology
From the Journals
Does timing of surgery affect rectal cancer outcomes?
“Findings suggest that delaying surgery may improve tumor regression and decrease risk of distant metastasis but increase surgical complexity.”
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Medicaid expansion closing racial gap in GI cancer deaths
Results of a new study were particularly notable for Black patients, for whom there was a consistent increase in receiving therapy and a decrease...
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Surgical de-escalation passes clinical test in low-risk cervical cancer
‘Practice-changing’ results could reduce long-term survivor effects among qualifying patients.
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Minimally invasive vs. open surgery in pancreatic cancer
The results from this trial “will help both surgeons and patients feel comfortable that minimally invasive surgery, in expert hands, is not...
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How a medical recoding may limit cancer patients’ options for breast reconstruction
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services plans to reexamine how doctors are paid for a type of breast reconstruction known as DIEP flap....
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Risk for breast cancer reduced after bariatric surgery
“The importance of this study is that it shows that weight loss in midlife can reduce breast cancer risk back to or even below the risk of similar...
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Preop MRI does not reduce positive margins in breast surgery
“While it can provide a benefit in selected cases given its high sensitivity, MRI is associated with false positives and can also contribute to...
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SCC from breast implants: Negligible risk, study finds
Regarding SCC, “whether the observed elevated risk is associated with the implants is difficult to interpret because it is based on only one case...
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Intraoperative pathology spurs overtreatment in mastectomy
“This study suggests that surgeons should delay ALND decision-making until a later time to avoid overtreating patients.”
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Novel fluorescence guidance improves lumpectomy outcomes
Pegulicianine (Lumisight), an investigational and activatable fluorescent imaging agent used with a novel direct visualization system, helped...
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First guideline for treating oligometastatic NSCLC
An increasing number of radiation oncologists and multidisciplinary teams are now using local therapy beyond palliative care for these patients....