Concurrent surgery for cancer and stress urinary incontinence was associated with significantly improved QoL for women with early endometrial neoplasms and urinary stress incontinence.
Trimodal therapy for patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer is associated with worse cancer-specific and overall survival and higher costs compared with radical cystectomy.
At 23 years of follow-up, the cumulative incidence of death was higher among patients in the watchful waiting group compared with those in the radical prostatectomy group.
The perception that there are high surgical complication rates with CS/HIPEC in peritoneal metastasis may be inaccurate.
Overall, patient survival was not associated with surgical technique.
Researchers find that surgical decision making is often driven by factors beyond extent of disease.
Understanding various factors associated with unemployment may help to guide breast cancer management to increase the rate of returning to work.
Whether cryosurgery or cryoablation will prove a viable alternative to lumpectomy — the standard of care for women with early breast cancer — remains uncertain.
The results of this study show that implementation of strategies to reduce SSI can improve SSI rates, despite risk factors for infection.
Resection is associated with improved overall survival among patients with recurrent retroperitoneal sarcoma.
