Journal of the American College of Surgeons
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Liver resection is an effective treatment in select patients with huge hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC, diameter ≥10 cm). This study aimed to develop nomograms for pre- and postoperative predictions of overall survival (OS) for these patients. ⋯ The 2 nomograms achieved accurate pre- or postoperative predictions of long-term survival for patients with huge HCC after liver resection.
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between the number of nodes harvested and the rate of node positivity, and to evaluate the effect of carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) in improving lymph node detection and staging accuracy in patients who received neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NCRT) followed by curative resection. ⋯ More precise oncologic prognosis assessment was provided for patients with rectal cancer after NCRT by increasing the number of lymph nodes counted using a dye-tracing method, indicating that the use of CNPs is beneficial.