Retrospective analysis of the clinical performance of anterior mediastinotomy.

Background: Accurate staging of patients with lung cancer is imperative in generating an appropriate treatment strategy. This study examined the clinical performance of anterior mediastinotomy in staging patients with suspected left upper lobe non-small cell lung cancer.

Methods: This study was designed as a retrospective cohort.

Reassessing the role of axillary lymph-node dissection in patients with early-stage breast cancer.

Introduction: There is considerable controversy regarding the value of axillary lymph-node dissection in the adjuvant systemic therapy of patients with early-stage breast cancer. Our objective was to assess the impact of nodal status in assigning adjuvant chemotherapy to these patients.

Methods: We carried out a review of all patients with stage I or II breast cancer treated at 3 university-affiliated hospitals in Saskatoon between Jan.

Gastrocolic fistulae as a consequence of benign gastric ulcer disease.

Gastrocolic fistulae are a rare entity, occurring most commonly in the context of a malignant process or less frequently as a complication of a benign gastric ulcer. Presenting symptoms tend to be nonspecific, but the diagnosis can be confirmed with near certainty by barium enema examination or an upper gastrointestinal series. Although the management of gastrocolic fistulae has historically been surgical, medical management has recently been recommended as the first line of treatment when an underlying malignancy can be excluded.