Surgery

Expanding or updating coverage with Medicaid may lead to positive health outcomes among patients with non–small cell lung cancer following surgery, according to Leticia Nogueira, PhD, MPH.

Investigators note that early interventions such as nutritional support and prehabilitation require further investigation to increase both the quality of life and overall survival for patients with esophageal cancer.

Findings from a secondary analysis of a phase 3 trial support stereotactic radiosurgery as a standard of care for those with brain metastases, although whole-brain radiotherapy may yield more local and distant control.

Data demonstrate efficacy of robotic surgery for colectomies, which is swiftly becoming the 'preferred approach' for surgeons.

Oncoplastic surgery requires collaboration between different surgical teams, pathologists, and radiologists to ensure optimal cosmetic and survival outcomes for patients with breast cancer, says Roshani Patel, MD, FACS.

The Epione robot eliminates the need for multiple check scans during surgery by allowing physicians to target a tumor with a single button press, according to Govindarajan Narayanan, MD.

The Epione robot may help less experienced surgeons carry out complex cases with a high level of accuracy, says Govindarajan Narayanan, MD.

Use of the surgical Epione robot will save a significant amount of time when performing surgery for patients with liver tumors and potentially other cancers, says Govindarajan Narayanan, MD.

Hans Kristian Nugraha, MD, SpOT, and colleagues detail the potential benefits of an arthroscopic surgical approach through a case study of a patient with giant cell tumor of bone.

As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, CancerNetwork® spoke with Deborah M. Axelrod, MD, about developments within the surgical breast cancer space, including decreasing the need for re-excision and full lymph node dissection.

Patients undergoing complex oncologic surgery for head and neck cancer appeared to have shorter hospital stays when using a multiprofessional assessment and information day compared with those who did not.

Black patients were reported to be significantly less likely to receive standard of care surgical treatment for cancer of the gastrointestinal tract compared with White patients.

Patients with bladder cancer reported improvements in physical and social scores following radical cystectomy, although body image and sexual functioning scores decreased.

A novel imaging technique using the folate analog tracer FA-S0456 was able to detect small, nonpalpable lung lesions otherwise undetectable by traditional means during resection surgery.

The FDA issues a warning regarding the use of robotically-assisted surgical devices for mastectomy procedures related to breast cancer.

CancerNetwork® shares its latest investigation into novel practices for rendering surgical management of prostate cancer from experts at Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering.

Data from the Journal of the American College of Surgeons suggest patients 70 years or older with esophageal or esophagogastric junction cancers should be evaluated for optimal curative therapy.

Investigators suggested that a new model could be used to identify service gaps at the population level after adjusting to the important local variations in cancer epidemiology.

“Patients from socially vulnerable communities had the most difficulty achieving a postoperative course without a complication, and they were the most likely to have an extended length of stay. These patients are in double and triple jeopardy,” said senior author Timothy Pawlik, MD.

The US Oncology expert explained that results from 2 trials presented at the 2020 ASCO Virtual Program may change how oncologists choose to treat these patients.

The US Oncology expert reported that secondary surgical cytoreduction may not lead to improved outcomes in women platinum-sensitive, recurrent ovarian cancer.

A new study found a low rate of cancer recurrence at the nipple-areola complex (NAC) in patients with breast cancer who underwent nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM).