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Definition of Microscopic Tumor Clearance (R0) in Pancreatic Cancer Resections [PDF]

Cancers, 2010
To date, curative resection is the only chance for cure for patients suffering from pancreatic ductal adenoacarcinoma (PDAC). Despite low reported rates of microscopic tumor infiltration (R1) in most studies, tumor recurrence is a common finding in patients with PDAC and contributes to extremely low long-term survival rates.
Schlitter, Anna Melissa, Esposito, Irene
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Is positive histologic surgical margin associated with overall survival in patients with resectable gallbladder cancer?

Surgery Open Science, 2021
Background: Achieving microscopically negative (R0) surgical margins in gallbladder cancer often requires a partial hepatectomy with associated risk of morbidity and potential to delay adjuvant therapy. Prior studies on the importance of margin status in
Michael J Littau, BA, Sujay Kulshrestha, MD, Corinne Bunn, MD, Preston Kim, MS, Fred A. Luchette, MD, MSc, Marshall S. Baker, MD, MBA   +5 more
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Efficacy of thoracotomy and thoracoscopic-assisted esophageal surgery in conversion and salvage surgeries: a retrospective study

World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2022
Background The esophagus has no serosa; therefore, esophageal cancer may quickly invade its adjacent organs. In recent years, reports of conversion surgery (CS) and salvage surgery (SS) have described resection of esophageal cancer previously considered ...
Isamu Hoshino, Hisashi Gunji, Naoki Kuwayama, Takeshi Kurosaki, Toru Tonooka, Hiroaki Soda, Nobuhiro Takiguchi, Yoshihiro Nabeya, Wataru Takayama   +8 more
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Emergency treatment of complicated colorectal cancer [PDF]

, 2018
Aim: To find evidence to suggest the best approach in patients admitted as an emergency for complicated colorectal cancer. Methods: The medical records of 131 patients admitted as an emergency with an obstructing, perforated, or bleeding colorectal ...
Brachini, Gioia, Gallucci, Antonio, Khan, Abdul Qayyum, Mingoli, Andrea, Natili, Andrea, Tebala, Domenico, Tebala, Giovanni Domenico   +6 more
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Comparison of Prognosis Between Microscopically Positive and Negative Surgical Margins for Primary Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Frontiers in Oncology, 2022
BackgroundThis meta-analysis aimed to determine the prognostic impact of microscopically positive margins (R1) on primary gastrointestinal stromal tumors.MethodsA literature search was performed using PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library ...
Zhen Liu, Yichunzi Zhang, Han Yin, Xiuzhu Geng, Sishang Li, Jinrong Zhao, Ziyang Zeng, Xin Ye, Jianchun Yu, Fan Feng, Weiming Kang   +10 more
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Analysis of margin classification systems for assessing the risk of local recurrence after soft tissue sarcoma resection [PDF]

, 2018
Purpose: To compare the ability of margin classification systems to determine local recurrence (LR) risk after soft tissue sarcoma (STS) resection. Methods: Two thousand two hundred seventeen patients with nonmetastatic extremity and truncal STS ...
Catton, Charles N., Chung, Peter W., Dickson, Brendan C., Ferguson, Peter C., Griffin, Anthony M., Gundle, Kenneth R., Gupta, Sanjay, Kafchinski, Lisa, O’Sullivan, Brian, Wunder, Jay S.   +9 more
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Updated management of malignant biliary tract tumors: an illustrative review [PDF]

, 2016
The management of malignant biliary tumors (MBTs) is complex and requires a multidisciplinary approach. Guidelines and methods of staging for biliary tumors have recently been released by main international societies, altering the clinical and radiologic
Cannavale, Alessandro, Catalano, Carlo, Fanelli, Fabrizio, Fiocca, Fausto, Gazzetti, Marianna, Maher, Ben, Santoni, Mariangela   +6 more
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Margin negative resection and pathologic downstaging with multiagent chemotherapy with or without radiotherapy in patients with localized pancreas cancer: A national cancer database analysis

Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology, 2021
Purpose: Margin-negative (R0) resection is the only potentially curative treatment for patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Pre-operative multi-agent chemotherapy alone (MAC) or MAC followed by pre-operative radiotherapy (MAC + RT) may ...
Joseph A. Miccio, Wesley J. Talcott, Timil Patel, Henry S. Park, Michael Cecchini, Ronald R. Salem, Sajid A. Khan, Stacey Stein, Jeremy S. Kortmansky, Jill Lacy, Amol Narang, Joseph Herman, Salma K. Jabbour, Christopher L. Hallemeier, Kimberly Johung, Krishan R. Jethwa   +15 more
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Disease recurrence patterns after R0 resection of hilar cholangiocarcinoma

Journal of British Surgery, 2010
Abstract Background There is little information regarding the clinical behaviour of hilar cholangiocarcinoma after curative resection. Methods A retrospective study was undertaken of 79 consecutive patients with hilar ...
A, Kobayashi, S, Miwa, T, Nakata, S, Miyagawa   +3 more
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Preoperative inhibition in patients with irresectable locally advanced stage III melanoma [PDF]

, 2018
Aim: Neoadjuvant treatment of locally advanced disease with BRAF inhibitors is expected to increase the likelihood of a R0 resection. We present six patients with stage III unresectable melanoma, neoadjuvantly treated with BRAF inhibitors.
Been, Lukas B, Diercks, Gilles F, Faut, Marloes, Hospers, Geke A, Jalving, Mathilde, van Leeuwen, Barbara L   +5 more
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