Outcomes Following Treatment of Pelvic Exenteration for Rectal Cancer in a Tertiary Care Center.

Unlabelled: Pelvic exenteration is potentially curative for operable locally advanced primary and locally recurrent rectal cancers. R0 resection is associated with higher survival. This procedure is associated with low mortality rates but high postoperative morbidity proportional to the extent of resection.

Congenital Nevus with Metastatic Melanoma.

Congenital giant nevi are melanotic proliferations present at birth which often grow to 20 cm or more when adulthood is attained. These patients stand the risk of developing melanomas including dermal melanomas in more than 2/3rd of patients. The risk of melanoma development is highest in childhood although it can occasionally occur in adults.

Gastrectomy with D2 Lymphadenectomy for Carcinoma of the Stomach in a Stand-alone Cancer Centre in Rural India.

Context: The therapeutic role of D2 lymphadenectomy in the management of gastric cancer is an ongoing controversy.

Aims: To examine the morbidity and oncological outcomes of D2 lymph node dissection for gastric cancer patients treated in a stand-alone cancer center in rural India and to compare it with international data.

Settings And Design: Retrospective study on patients treated for gastric cancer from June 2009 to December 2014.

En Bloc Resection with Partial Sacrectomy Helps to Achieve R0 Resection in Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer, Experience from a Tertiary Cancer Center.

Partial sacrectomy is a radical procedure that benefits a select group of patients with locally advanced primary or recurrent rectal cancer with posterior extension and carries potential for significant morbidity. This study was done to evaluate the morbidity and oncological outcome of patients who underwent partial sacral resection for rectal cancer in a tertiary cancer center. Seventeen patients underwent partial sacrectomy during the period from 2011 to 2015.

Rhabdomyosarcoma of the breast: Report of two cases with the review of literature.

Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a common soft-tissue neoplasm in the pediatric age group. Common locations are head and neck, genitourinary areas, trunk, and extremities. Two pathologic variants of this malignancy are embryonal and alveolar.