Surgical Oncology
From the Journals
Is Axillary Surgery in Early Breast Cancer on Its Way Out?
Trial randomizes more than 2,000 patients to receive either axillary lymph node dissection or sentinel-node biopsy only.
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How Medicare Reimbursement Trends Could Affect Breast Surgeries
A new study showed a decline in Medicare reimbursements for breast cancer surgery by more than 20% from 2003 to 2023.
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Minimally Invasive Cytoreductive Approach Comparable to Open Surgery for Ovarian Cancer
There were no differences in survival for patients with complete gross resections who underwent interval debulking via laparoscopy/robotics or...
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Non-Radical Surgery a Win-Win for Early Cervical Cancer
Researchers assessed changes in bladder function and sexual function, and other functional outcomes of QOL in patients who had a non-radical...
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New Cancer Surgical Tech Gets Positive Vote, But Some Cite Safety Concerns
An FDA committee majority voted in support of a new drug-device combination that detects residual cancer, but some are not convinced the benefits...
From the Journals
Is Primary Tumor Resection Beneficial in Stage IV CRC?
How did overall survival in patients receiving primary tumor resection compare with that of patients receiving upfront chemotherapy?
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What Happens to Surgery Candidates with BHDs and Cancer?
Substance abuse, eating disorders, and sleep disorders were associated with fewer surgeries and greater risk of complications in cancer patients...
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Medicaid expansion closing racial gap in GI cancer deaths
Results of a new study were particularly notable for Black patients, for whom there was a consistent increase in receiving therapy and a decrease...
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Surgical de-escalation passes clinical test in low-risk cervical cancer
‘Practice-changing’ results could reduce long-term survivor effects among qualifying patients.
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First target doesn’t affect survival in NSCLC with brain metastases
Patient outcomes didn’t hinge on whether oncologists treated the brain or lung first.
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Surgery for early breast cancer can worsen frailty in older women
About 1 in 5 experienced clinically significant deterioration in frailty status after treatment for breast cancer.