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Multicenter Comparison of Laparoscopic vs Conventional Surgery for Colorectal Cancer
Laparoscopic surgery is rapidly becoming more commonly used for colorectal cancer resection. The current study reports the short-term findings of a relatively large, randomly assigned comparison of laparoscopic surgery vs standard open procedure for patients with newly diagnosed colon or rectal cancer.Proteomic Profiling in Ovarian Cancer: Is it Plausible?
Reproducibility of complex proteomic signatures in detecting early stage ovarian cancer has proven to be a significant challenge in the field of biomarker discovery. Although early reports of proteomic profiling demonstrated near 100% sensitivity and specificity in discriminating ovarian cancer from non-cancer, the ability to reproduce these results across datasets has been difficult.Systematic Lymphadenectomy in Ovarian Cancer Surgery: Now We Know!
The well-known mantra of primary ovarian cancer management is surgery. The procedure has modified little in the last 30 years as the goal in advanced cases has been cytoreduction and, in seemingly early cases, it has been accurate staging.Attention Readers
Pharmacology Watch: Is Nesiritide Associated with a Higher Death Rate?
Stopping Aspirin Before Surgery; The Sponge Returns; Preventing Metabolic Syndrome; FDA Actions.Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement
News From the End of Life: Study: Cancer patients need more services
Birth After 30 Lowers Endometrial Cancer Risk
Women who last give birth at age 40 or older have a 44% decreased risk of endometrial cancer when compared to women who have their last birth under the age of 25, according to results of a new international study.1Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement
Cognitive Function in Breast Cancer Survivors
There has long been an appreciation of the risk of cognitive decline associated with chemotherapy but questions remain about the magnitude and duration of the observed deficits. In this meta-analysis of studies that included neuropsychological assessments at a minimum of 6 months after completion of breast cancer chemotherapy, definite but small deficits were found for both verbal and visuospatial capabilities. In this analysis, age and educational status were not found to be moderators of acquired deficits.