Nationwide Comparison of Surgical and Oncologic Outcomes in Endometrial Cancer Patients Undergoing Robotic, Laparoscopic, and Open Surgery: A Population-Based Cohort Study.

Purpose: Population-based comparisons between minimally invasive surgery (MIS) (robotic surgery [RS] and laparoscopic surgery [LS]) and open surgery (OS) for managing endometrial cancer are lacking. This study aimed to compare surgical and oncologic outcomes between endometrial cancer patients who underwent surgical staging via MIS or OS.

Materials And Methods: A population-based retrospective cohort study was performed using claims data from the Korean National Health Insurance database from January 2012 to December 2016.

In situ and invasive melanoma in a high-risk, New Zealand, population: A population-based study.

Background: Few population-based studies assess both invasive and in situ melanoma. We document all patients with a first biopsied melanoma in a general population in New Zealand (NZ).

Methods: All residents in a defined area of New Zealand with a biopsy showing a new primary invasive or in situ melanoma from 2010 to 2012 were identified, 974 patients; analysis used multivariate methods.

Trends in incidence of primary brain cancer in New Zealand, 1995 to 2010.

Objective: Case-control studies have linked mobile phone use to an increased risk of glioma in the most exposed brain areas, the temporal and parietal lobes, although inconsistently. We examined time trends in the incidence rates of brain malignancies in New Zealand from 1995 to 2010.

Methods: Data from the New Zealand Cancer Registry was used to calculate incidence rates of primary brain cancer, by age, gender, morphology and anatomical site.