Elective Neck Dissection for Management of Early- Stage Oral Tongue Cancer.

Background: The occult neck metastasis rate is very high with tongue cancers. The aim of this study was to assess the current role of elective neck dissection (END) in management of early-stage oral tongue cancer with a focus on lymph node metastasis. In addition, effects of END on regional or systemic disease recurrence and survival were investigated.

Appropriate Timing of Surgery after Neoadjuvant ChemoRadiation Therapy for Locally Advanced Rectal Cancer.

Background: Surgery is the corner stone for the management of rectal cancer. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the optimal time of surgical resection after the completion of neoadjuvant chemo-radiotherapy (CRT) in treatment of locally advanced rectal cancer.

Materials And Methods: This study compared 2 groups of patients with locally advanced rectal cancer, treated with neoadjuvant CRT followed by surgical resection either 6-8 weeks or 9-14 weeks after the completion of chemo-radiotherapy.

Laparoscopy with laparoscopic ultrasound for pretreatment staging of hepatic focal lesions: a prospective study.

Introduction: The need for accurate intrahepatic staging is crucial for patients with primary or secondary hepatic malignancies. Currently available data indicate that laparoscopy with laparoscopic ultrasound provides information similar to that obtained by intraoperative ultrasound and that it is able to identify small intrahepatic lesions not diagnosed by preoperative conventional imaging techniques.

Objective: To determine the role of preoperative laparoscopy and laparoscopic ultrasonography in patients with potentially resectable hepatic focal lesion or candidate for radiofrequency ablation based on preoperative imaging.

Laparoscopic hysterectomy in the treatment of endometrial cancer: NCI experience.

Background: The standard treatment for women with endometrial cancer is total abdominal hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy for surgical staging. Total laparoscopic radical hysterectomy (TLH) is an alternative approach providing surgical and patient related advantages to laparoscopy.

Methods: Twenty female patients with early stage endometrial cancer were operated upon by TLH and pelvic lymphadenectomy, aiming to assess the safety and efficacy of TLH.

Multimodality treatment for non melanoma skin cancer: a prospective study done on 120 egyptian patients.

Background: Multiple currently accepted treatments for non melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) are now available.

Purpose: To present multimodality treatment for NMSCs and to report any side effects or recurrence during three years follow-up period.

Material And Methods: This is a prospective study including 120 patients with NMSCs.