Surgical Oncology
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Breast cancer margins, radiotherapy, axillary dissection evolve
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VIDEO: Nonclinical factors affect lung resection survival
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Postdiagnosis imaging common in thyroid cancer
Key clinical point: Regardless of stage, clinicians are doing more postdiagnosis imaging of thyroid cancer patients than they were in the 1990s....
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Ovarian cancer often arises from precursor endometriosis
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Laparoscopic resection improved short-term outcomes in patients with cirrhotic liver cancer
Key clinical point: Patients with liver cancer and cirrhosis who underwent laparoscopic hepatic resections had lower postoperative morbidity and...
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Closing large dermal defects much like a Victorian corset
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Radiation therapy for early breast cancer did not increase lymphedema risk
Key clinical point:The rate of lymphedema did not differ between breast cancer patients with pathologically negative sentinel nodes who did and...
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VIDEO: Waiting for long-term data on pCR could be disservice to some breast cancer patients, expert says
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Transanal extraction found effective in rectal cancer surgery
Key clinical point: Transanal extraction can be recommended in the laparoscopic surgical management of low rectal cancer. Major finding: During...
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VIDEO: Complications increase with bilateral mastectomy and reconstruction
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Open surgery for 34% of inpatient breast biopsies
Key clinical point: Inpatient breast biopsies may underemploy minimally invasive techniques.Major finding: Open breast biopsies comprised 34% of...