Surgical Oncology
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DNA Alone Inadequate to Identify HPV-Related Cancers
Major Finding: The simple presence of HPV DNA in tumor samples did not accurately identify which cancers were driven by active HPV infection, and...
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Ablation Cost Effective for High-Grade Dysplasia in Barrett's Esophagus
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Robotic Device for Gastric Neoplasia Found Safe in Five Patients
Major Finding: Five patients who underwent endoscopic submucosal dissection of early-stage gastric neoplasia with the use of a novel robotic...
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Transfusions Worsen Outcomes After Colorectal Cancer Surgery
Major Finding: Adverse clinical outcomes including mortality were significantly increased among patients who had an allogeneic blood transfusion...
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Labs Find Evidence of Cancer Stem Cells
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Renal Cell Carcinoma Research Ongoing
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Disparities Affect Inpatient Mortality in Liver Cancer
Major Finding: African American and Asian American inpatients with HCC were 30% and 60% more likely to die, respectively, compared with white...
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Treating Brain Tumors With Bacteria Gets Neurosurgeons Banned
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Would Advanced Prostate Cancer Triple Without PSA Screening?
Major Finding: Based on data from the pre-PSA era, 25,000 men across the United States would be expected to present with metastatic cancer in 2008...
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Surgery Didn't Cut Mortality from PSA-Detected Prostate Cancer
Major Finding: In patients with localized prostate cancer, all-cause mortality was 47.0% and disease-specific mortality was 4.4% among men...