Surgery

Receiving treatment at an academic center may improve the probability of receiving subsequent curative care among those with hepatocellular carcinoma.

Considering historical trends of underpowered data in NET surgical studies, CUTNETs established a collaboration of surgical teams to better power research.

An 80% disease metastasis–free survival rate occurred in those with uveal melanoma who received a brachytherapy plaque with vitrectomy and silicone oil.

Induction chemotherapy may allow investigators to biologically select patients with a favorable prognosis who benefit most from chemoradiotherapy.

Outcomes favoring robotic surgery for CRC may be influenced by patient selection factors, including clinical stability.

Ronald Bleday, MD, credits a chronic pain clinic for consulting patients who may be at a greater risk for prolonged opioid use following surgery.

Tran Ho, DO, FSSO, FACS, discussed how she found her passion in breast surgical oncology and how her mentors helped her achieve success.

The development of nonnarcotic pain medication after GI surgery may help relieve chronic pain without the risk of opioid dependence.

Ronald Bleday, MD, stated that before standardizing a stepwise approach to treating surgical pain, providers might have overtreated patients with opioids.

A recently published study showed that a multicancer early detection blood test was able to identify cancer 3 or more years before a diagnosis.

Bhuvanesh Singh, MD, has big plans for enhancing the skin cancer program at Northwell Health.

Use of TumorSight Viz may support improved consistency, precision, and efficiency in breast cancer surgery.

Those being treated for peritoneal carcinomatosis may not have to experience the complication rates or prolonged recovery associated with surgical options.

For patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis, integrating PIPAC into a treatment regimen does not interrupt their systemic therapy.

Benjamin Golas, MD, discusses how the use of PIPAC may work in conjunction with systemic chemotherapy for those with peritoneal carcinomatosis.

According to Benjamin J. Golas, MD, PIPAC could be used as a bridging therapy before surgical debulking or between subsequent large surgical operations.

Counseling received prior to colorectal surgery using 3-dimensional–printed anatomic models reduced mean anxiety scores vs conventional counseling.

The DREAM program led by Ankit Bharat, MD, MBBS, FACS, allowed Cornelia Tischmacher to receive a double lung transplant for her stage IV lung cancer.

Stage IV lung cancer may be curable based on the success of the DREAM Program, according to thoracic surgeon, Ankit Bharat, MBBS,

Ankit Bharat, MBBS, a thoracic surgeon, discussed potential treatment-emergent adverse effects or complications as well as strategies for managing them.

Thoracic surgeon Ankit Bharat, MBBS, discussed surgical strategies among patients with advanced lung cancer diagnoses based on staging.

In a CancerNetwork® YouTube video, Cornelia Tischmacher, a mother of twins from Germany, outlined her receipt of double lung transplantation.

Data from the INCITE-ES study show 100% technical success with pulsed electric field energy delivery before surgical resection.