SN || Surgical Oncology

Low-stage colon cancers need to be followed post surgery for recurrence

Posted on: 17/11/2014 - 19:44

SAN FRANCISCO – Patients with stage I colorectal cancer should be followed as closely as patients with higher-stage primary tumors after resection, according to a prospective 6-year surveillance...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Low-stage colon cancers need to be followed post surgery for recurrence

Posted on: 17/11/2014 - 19:44

SAN FRANCISCO – Patients with stage I colorectal cancer should be followed as closely as patients with higher-stage primary tumors after resection, according to a prospective 6-year surveillance...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Waiting for long-term data on pCR could be disservice to some breast cancer patients, expert says

Posted on: 23/09/2014 - 15:19

SAN FRANCISCO – Only a fraction of patients with breast cancer who are eligible for neoadjuvant therapy are getting it, partly because of confusion around the significance of achieving a pathologic...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Waiting for long-term data on pCR could be disservice to some breast cancer patients, expert says

Posted on: 23/09/2014 - 15:19

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Open surgery for 34% of inpatient breast biopsies

Posted on: 27/08/2014 - 17:20

Open breast biopsy accounted for 34% of breast biopsies in 25,965 U.S. inpatients between 2008 and 2010, a retrospective study found. The finding suggests that minimally invasive breast biopsy...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Open surgery for 34% of inpatient breast biopsies

Posted on: 27/08/2014 - 17:20

Open breast biopsy accounted for 34% of breast biopsies in 25,965 U.S. inpatients between 2008 and 2010, a retrospective study found. The finding suggests that minimally invasive breast biopsy...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Medical consultation rates for surgical cases vary

Posted on: 12/08/2014 - 16:55

The use of inpatient medical consultations for hospitalized surgical patients was found to vary by hospital, but consultations didn’t appear to have much of an impact on risk-adjusted 30-day...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Medical consultation rates for surgical cases vary

Posted on: 12/08/2014 - 16:55

The use of inpatient medical consultations for hospitalized surgical patients was found to vary by hospital, but consultations didn’t appear to have much of an impact on risk-adjusted 30-day...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Hospital use of minimally invasive surgery shows disparity in surgical care nationwide

Posted on: 14/07/2014 - 18:55

The use of minimally invasive surgery for appendectomy, colectomy, hysterectomy, and lung lobectomy varies widely in the United States, even though the complication rates were lower from each...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Hospital use of minimally invasive surgery shows disparity in surgical care nationwide

Posted on: 14/07/2014 - 18:55

The use of minimally invasive surgery for appendectomy, colectomy, hysterectomy, and lung lobectomy varies widely in the United States, even though the complication rates were lower from each...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

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