Publications by authors named "Frank Jozef Christiaan van den Broek"
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- Local control for colorectal pulmonary metastases after stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) is lower compared to other tumors, but salvage surgery can be effective.
- The study involved 17 patients who underwent 20 salvage surgeries, with 14 being minimally invasive, demonstrating a median overall survival of 71 months post-surgery.
- Despite some complications (20% had significant issues), the results suggest that salvage resection is a viable option with favorable outcomes for selected patients.
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- The study conducted a systematic review to determine how lymphadenectomy affects survival in patients with pulmonary metastases from colorectal cancer.
- It analyzed data from 27 studies, including 3,619 patients, and found that those with simultaneous lymph node metastases had significantly lower five-year overall survival rates (18.2% vs. 51.3%).
- The results suggest that lymph node metastases negatively impact patient survival, highlighting the potential benefit of performing lymphadenectomy during surgery for these patients.
Background And Study Aims: Novel imaging techniques need to be evaluated for their ability to improve the detection of polyps. Critical appraisal of reported studies reveals remarkable differences in study designs, despite their similar objectives. The aim of the current study was to compare frequently used study designs for their required sample size to detect relevant differences in polyp detection rates.
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