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First-Line Treatment with Additional Combination Therapy After Resection May Improve Survival for Pancreatic Cancer

This survival benefit was particularly observed in patients with node-positive disease, or cancer that spread to the lymph nodes according to pathology. After resection of pancreatic cancer, patients ...
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What to Know About Left Ventricular Reconstructive Surgery

Certain heart conditions, including a heart attack, may contribute to an enlarged heart. In these instances, a doctor may recommend left ventricular reconstructive surgery to prevent further ...
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Secondary resection in a general mCRC population with cetuximab-based first-line treatment: Interim analysis of the German noninterventional study ERBITAG.

FDG-PET/CT (PET) in the early prediction of benefit from first-line chemotherapy plus bevacizumab (bev) in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC). This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2013 ASCO ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

An Evaluation of the Anterior Resection of the Rectum and Low Sigmoid

Distal Spread of Carcinoma of the Rectosigmoid. In 1952 Cole 10 reported the recurrence of carcinoma in the suture line after adequate anterior resection of the rectum in 10 per cent of a series of 55 ...
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Resection of colorectal cancer (CRC) metastases after bevacizumab (BV) treatment for first-line therapy: Results of the ETNA cohort study.

Number of lymph nodes examined and prognosis among pathologically node-negative patients after preoperative chemoradiation for rectal cancer. Background: BV associated with chemotherapy has been ...
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3. Main surgical procedures of specimen extraction in extraction-resection technique of transanal NOSES. (IMAGE)

Distal bowel division is performed using linear stapler (The black arrow marks the resection line). B. The distal rectal stump is opened, and the distal side of specimen is gently pulled outside of ...
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1. Main surgical procedures of specimen extraction in eversion-resection technique of transanal NOSES. (IMAGE)

A. Proximal bowel division is performed using linear stapler (The black arrow marks the resection line). B. The rectal specimen is everted out of the body transanally. C. The distal rectal resection ...