Background: Official conference hashtags are commonly used to promote tweeting and social media engagement. The reach and impact of introducing a new hashtag during an oncology conference have yet to be studied. The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) conducts an annual global meeting, which was entirely virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIndocyanine green (ICG) is a fluorescent dye used for sentinel lymph node assessment and the assessment of perfusion in skin flaps and bowel anastomoses. ICG binds serum proteins and behaves as a macromolecule in the circulation. Tumour tissue has increased vascular permeability and reduced drainage, causing macromolecules to accumulate within it.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAims: To evaluate patterns of recurrence and explore the prognostic differences between the 2018 FIGO staging system and the 2020 ESGO-ESTRO-ESP risk stratification system of endometrial cancer with an emphasis on early-stage disease.
Background: The incidence of endometrial cancer has risen by around 60% since the 90's. It is projected that by 2035 endometrial cancer will be the sixth most common cause of cancer-related death amongst females.
Objective: To establish the feasibility and safety of robotic interval debulking surgery following the MIRRORS protocol (robot-assisted laparoscopic assessment prior to robotic or open surgery) in women with advanced-stage ovarian cancer. MIRRORS is the first of three planned trials: MIRRORS, MIRRORS-RCT (pilot), and MIRRORS-RCT.
Methods: The participants were patients with stage IIIc-IVb epithelial ovarian cancer undergoing neo-adjuvant chemotherapy, suitable for interval debulking surgery with a pelvic mass ≤8 cm.
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust introduced robotic surgery for uterine corpus cancer in 2010 to support increased access to minimally invasive surgery, a central element of an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) pathway. More than 1750 gynaecological oncology robotic procedures have now been performed at Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust. A retrospective cohort study was performed of patients undergoing surgery for uterine corpus cancer between the 1 January 2010 and the 31 December 2019 to evaluate its success.
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