The British journal of surgery
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Faecal immunochemical testing in symptomatic patients to prioritize investigation: diagnostic accuracy from NICE FIT Study.
This study investigated whether a quantitative faecal immunochemical test (FIT) could be used to select patients with either high- or low-risk symptoms of colorectal cancer for urgent investigation. ⋯ FIT safely selects patients with high or low risk symptoms of colorectal cancer for investigation.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Supervised exercise after oesophageal cancer surgery: the PERFECT multicentre randomized clinical trial.
This study investigated whether a supervised exercise programme improves quality of life (QoL), fatigue and cardiorespiratory fitness in patients in the first year after oesophagectomy. ⋯ A supervised exercise programme improved cardiorespiratory fitness and aspects of QoL.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Cost-effectiveness of radioguided occult lesion localization using 125I seeds versus hookwire localization before breast-conserving surgery for non-palpable breast cancer.
The aim was to determine the cost-effectiveness of radioguided occult lesion localization using 125I-labelled seeds (125I seeds) versus hookwire localization in terms of incremental cost per reoperation avoided for women with non-palpable breast cancer undergoing breast-conserving surgery. ⋯ Radioguided occult lesion localization using 125I seeds is likely to be cost-effective, because the marginal (additional) cost compared with hookwire localization is less than the cost of reoperations avoided.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
Preoperative portal vein or portal and hepatic vein embolization: DRAGON collaborative group analysis.
The extent of liver resection for tumours is limited by the expected functional reserve of the future liver remnant (FRL), so hypertrophy may be induced by portal vein embolization (PVE), taking 6 weeks or longer for growth. This study assessed the hypothesis that simultaneous embolization of portal and hepatic veins (PVE/HVE) accelerates hypertrophy and improves resectability. ⋯ PVE/HVE achieved better FLR hypertrophy and resectability than PVE in this collaborative experience.
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Multicenter Study
Centralized repeated resectability assessment of patients with colorectal liver metastases during first-line treatment: prospective study.
Metastasectomy is probably underused in metastatic colorectal cancer. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of centralized repeated assessment on resectability rate of liver metastases. ⋯ Repeated centralized resectability assessment in patients with colorectal liver metastases improved resection and survival rates.