Publications by authors named "T A Nobel"
Background: COVID-19 increased the burden of childcare on parents, leaving women vulnerable to increased disparities in the division of domestic labor. Women healthcare workers may be at heightened risk of worsening gender parity in the workplace as a result.
Objective: To examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender parity in the division of household responsibilities among women healthcare workers.
Background: Results of recent clinical trials suggest that segmentectomy may be an acceptable alternative to lobectomy for selected patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Increased use of segmentectomy may result in a concomitant increase in occult node-positive (N+) disease on surgical pathology examination. The optimal management for such patients remains unknown.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAdvances in Diagnostic, Staging, and Restaging Evaluation of Esophageal and Gastric Cancer.
Surg Oncol Clin N Am
July 2024
The initial endoscopic and staging evaluation of esophagogastric cancers must be accurate and comprehensive in order to select the optimal therapeutic plan for the patient. Esophageal and gastric cancers (and treatment paradigms) are delineated by their proximity to the cardia (within 2 cm). The most frequent and important symptom that informs the initial staging evaluation is dysphagia, which is associated with at least cT3 or locally advanced disease.
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- * 19 patients who underwent EAC resection post-bariatric surgery were analyzed, revealing that most were obese at diagnosis and that sleeve gastrectomy was common among the patients.
- * The findings suggest that endoscopy should be standard practice before and after bariatric surgery for better treatment outcomes, and that EAC resection post-surgery can be conducted safely with tailored approaches.