Annals of surgery
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Retraction Of Publication
Measuring Postoperative Complications: On the Right Path but Far Away From the Destination: Retraction.
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To evaluate the effect of pretransplant bridging locoregional therapy (LRT) on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) recurrence and survival after liver transplantation (LT) in patients meeting Milan criteria (MC). ⋯ Bridging LRT in HCC patients within MC does not improve post-LT survival or HCC recurrence in the majority of patients who fail to achieve cPR. The need for increasing LRT treatments and lack of alphafetoprotein response to LRT independently predict post-LT recurrence, serving as a surrogate for underlying tumor biology which can be utilized for prioritization of HCC LT candidates.
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To determine if intraoperative molecular imaging (IMI) can improve detection of malignant pulmonary nodules. ⋯ These data suggest that combining IMI with PET may provide superior oncologic outcomes for patients with resectable lung cancer.