Forming a multidisciplinary clinic for patients with HCC resulted in improved survival, likely due to more streamlined care and earlier diagnosis, found research presented at SSO 2013.
Major challenges exist for hospitals with respect to publicly reported cancer metrics, according to research presented at SSO 2013.
Adding alvimopan to an established fast-track enhanced recovery protocol significantly decreased length of stay and overall treatment cost in patients undergoing elective bowel resection for cancer, found research presented at SSO 2013.
Patients with advanced cancer who are less likely to benefit from palliative procedures often have elevated preoperative C-reaction protein, according to research presented at SSO 2013.
Disease-specific survival appears not to be significantly different between patients with stage 4 melanoma who are administered ipilimumab before surgical resection and those who receive ipilimumab therapy after surgery, according to research presented at SSO 2013.
Despite significant toxicity, the FOLFIRINOX chemotherapy regimen is associated with clinical responses among patients with locally advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, according to research presented at SSO 2013.
Adding sunitinib to tamoxifen antiestrogen therapy might prove to be a promising treatment strategy for estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer, according to research presented at SSO 2013.
Combination chemotherapy with S-1—oral tegafur, gimeracil, and oteracil potassium—and IV and intraperitoneal paclitaxel was well-tolerated and very effective in patients with gastric cancer and peritoneal metastasis, according to research presented at SSO 2013.
Sentinel lymph node biopsy provides prognostic information and is independently associated with improved survival in patients with Merkel cell carcinoma, according to research presented at SSO 2013.
A 21-gene recurrence risk score also predicts locoregional recurrence among patients with node-positive ER-positive breast cancer who are treated with adjuvant chemotherapy and tamoxifen, according to research presented at SSO 2013.
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