Impact of neoadjuvant chemotherapy cycles prior to interval surgery in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer.

Objectives: Complete surgery with no macroscopic residual disease (RD) at primary (PDS) or interval debulking surgery (IDS) is the main objective of surgery in advanced epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). The aim of this work was to evaluate the impact on survival of the number of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) cycles before IDS in EOC patients.

Methods: Data from EOC patients (stages IIIC-IV), operated on between 1995 and 2010 were consecutively recorded.

[Impact of surgery in the management of pancreatic metastases of renal cell cancer].

Introduction: Incidence of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is increasing over the 25 last years. Pancreatic metastases of RCC are rare. The aim of this work was to study overall survival of patients operated for pancreatic metastases of RCC in Montpellier cancer institute.

Day-care for breast cancer: ambulatory surgery and intra-operative radiation. Techniques and preliminary results of the Centre Val-d'Aurelle--Montpellier.

One-day breast carcinoma treatment is defined as association of ambulatory surgery and intra-operative irradiation. Selection and rigorous process of patients is the key to success. The surgical technique is not changed by the radiotherapy.

Transanal endoscopic proctectomy: an innovative procedure for difficult resection of rectal tumors in men with narrow pelvis.

Background: In rectal surgery, some situations can be critical, such as anterior topography of locally advanced low tumors with a positive predictive radial margin, especially in a narrow pelvis of men who are obese. Transanal proctectomy is a new laparoscopic technique that uses the transanal endoscopic microsurgery device.

Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the technical feasibility of laparoscopic transanal proctectomy in patients with unfavorable features.

[Debate: Pro intraoperative radiation therapy in breast cancer].

The use of intraoperative radiation therapy in breast cancer patients started about 20 years ago. Several retrospective and prospective studies have been published. Intraoperative radiation therapy was initially given as a boost to the tumour bed, followed by whole-breast irradiation.