Journal of surgical oncology

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• J Surg Oncol · Jun 2018

  New nomogram predicts the recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with negative preoperative serum AFP subjected to curative resection.

  There is currently no established model for predicting the recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with negative alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) after curative resection. Therefore, the objective of this study was to establish a nomogram to identify the risk of recurrence in AFP-negative (

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• J Surg Oncol · Jun 2018

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  Association of perioperative transfusion with survival and recurrence after resection of gallbladder cancer: A 10-institution study from the US Extrahepatic Biliary Malignancy Consortium.

  Perioperative blood transfusion is associated with poor outcomes in several malignancies. Its effect in gallbladder cancer (GBC) is unknown. ⋯ Perioperative blood transfusion is associated with decreased OS and RFS after resection for GCC, accounting for other adverse factors. Transfusions should thus be administered with well-defined protocols.

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• J Surg Oncol · Jun 2018

  Should surgery be part of the multimodality treatment for stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer?

  Traditionally, treatment for stage IIIB (T4N2M0 and T1-4N3M0) NSCLC consists in definitive chemoradiation. Surgery is used only anecdotally. Here, we studied outcome for patients treated with multimodality including surgery. ⋯ Surgery can be considered as a component of multimodality therapy in highly selected patients with stage IIIB NSCLC based on encouraging 5-year survival of 39%.

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