In this issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America, Guest Editor Clifford Ko, MD has assembled the top experts concerning Outcomes Research in Oncology. Topics in this issue will include: Currently Available Quality Initiatives in Surgical Oncology; Variation in Mortality After High Risk Cancer Surgery: Failure to Rescue; Readmission as a Quality Measure Following High Risk Cancer Surgery; Randomized Controlled Trials in Surgical Oncology: Where Do We Stand?; Lymph Node Staging in GI Malignancies; Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities in Cancer Care; Patient Safety in Surgical Oncology: Perspective from the Operating Room; Value Based Health Care: A Surgical Oncologist Perspective; Monitoring the Delivery of Cancer Care: Commission on Cancer and National Cancer Data Base; Prediction Tools in Surgical Oncology; Collaboration With the Community Cancer Center: Benefit for All; and Evaluating the Appropriateness of Cancer Care in the United States.
Disparities in the Management of Peritoneal Surface Malignancies Kathleen Marulanda, MD, MS a, Ugwuji N. Maduekwe, MD, MMSc, MPH b,* KEYWORDS Disparities Peritoneal malignancy Carcinomatosis Peritoneal metastases Ovarian cancer ...
Management of Myxofibrosarcoma and Undifferentiated Pleomorphic Sarcoma Aimee M. Crago, MD, PhD, FSSO a,*, ... Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Sarcoma Disease Team, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University Hospital Midtown, ...
In the 1940s, Claude Dixon called into question the significance of downward tumor spread, challenging the accepted standard of APRs for all rectal cancers. He proposed that a 4-5 cm distal margin with the restoration of intestinal ...
Indeed, in a study assessing the gender of au- thors across 114 oncology randomized control trials, only 22.9% were ... senior author.59 The highest rate of female senior author sites was seen in breast and head and neck cancer trials.
603 Updates in Staging and Management of Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Andrea S. Wolf and Raja M. Flores While without treatment, malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) confers poor survival, cancer-directed surgery as part of ...
Caprice C. Greenberg and Daniel E. Abbott have assembled expert authors to review the following topics: Implications of the Affordable Care Act or Surgery and Cancer Care; Repealing the Affordable Care Act and Implications for Cancer Care; ...
Gastric outlet obstruction secondary to pancreatic cancer: surgical vs endoscopic palliation. Surg Endosc 2002;16(2): 310–2. 59. Jang S, Stevens T, Lopez R, et al. Superiority of gastrojejunostomy over endoscopic stenting for palliation ...
SURGICAL CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA FORTHCOMING ISSUES RECENT ISSUES JUNE 2022 Cardiothoracic Surgery Daniel G. Cuadrado, Editor FEBRUARY 2022 Surgical Critical Care Brett H. Waibel, Editor AUGUST 2022 A Surgeon's Guide to Sarcomas and ...
Radiology of small bowel obstruction: contemporary approach and controversies. ... Cousins SE, Tempest E, Feuer DJ. Surgery for the resolution of symptoms in malignant bowel obstruction in advanced gynaecological and gastrointestinal ...
In this issue, guest editors bring their considerable expertise to this important topic. Provides in-depth reviews on the latest updates in the field, providing actionable insights for clinical practice.