Surgical Oncology
Conference Coverage
Hold the central lymph node dissection for small parathyroid tumors?
Key clinical point: Central lymph node dissection may not be needed for patients with small parathyroid tumors.Major finding: In a multivariate...
Conference Coverage
Big gains shown in ED pediatric readiness
Key clinical point: The nation’s hospital emergency departments are markedly better prepared to treat pediatric patients than they were 7 years...
Conference Coverage
A third of follicular thyroid lesions of undetermined significance were malignant
Key clinical point: National estimates of FLUS malignancy may not apply to your institution.Major finding: Among 80 patients diagnosed with FLUS...
News
Medical consultation rates for surgical cases vary
Key clinical point: In the era of bundled payments for episodes of care, consider when and how medical consultation for surgical patients is...
News
Robot-assisted radical cystectomy doesn’t cut complications
Key clinical point: Decisions about surgical approach to bladder cancer surgery should not be based on the assumption that robot-assisted...
Guidelines
Survival benefit from contralateral prophylactic mastectomy small
Key clinical point: The long-term survival benefit of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy is small.Major Finding: The absolute 20-year survival...
News
Hospital use of minimally invasive surgery shows disparity in surgical care nationwide
Key clinical point: Hospital use of minimally invasive surgical procedures appears to vary widely in the United States.Major Finding:.
Commentary
Helping breast cancer patients analyze risk
News
Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy fails to boost survival
Key clinical point: Don’t postpone surgery for esophageal cancer to perform chemoradiotherapy.Major finding: Median overall survival was 31.8...
News
Adding tomosynthesis improved mammography’s cancer detection
Key clinical point: Tomosynthesis may reduce the need for repeat imaging to detect breast cancer.Major finding: The "recall" rate declined from...
Conference Coverage
Vascular reconstruction may have a role in pancreatic adenocarcinoma resection
Key clinical point: Performing a Whipple on borderline T3 lesions with vascular invasion may allow for an increased amount of surgical resections....