Background: EBRT in resected, nonmetastatic anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) remains undefined. We evaluated patterns/outcomes with EBRT and chemotherapy in this setting.
Methods: This retrospective analysis included patients identified from the National Cancer Database with nonmetastatic ATC from 2004 to 2014 who underwent non-palliative resection.
Results: Our analysis included 496 patients, including 375 who underwent adjuvant EBRT (among whom 198 received concurrent chemotherapy). The median age was 68 years. On MVA, EBRT was associated with sex (OR 0.5, 95% CI 0.3-0.8, P = .002) and income (OR 2.2, 95% CI 1.4-3.3, P < .001). EBRT was associated with longer OS on UVA (12.3 vs 9.1 months, P = .004) and MVA (HR 0.7 [CI 0.6-0.9], P = .004). Concurrent chemoradiation was associated with longer OS on UVA (14.0 vs 9.1 months, P = .003) and MVA (HR 0.6 [CI 0.5-0.8], P < .001).
Conclusion: Adjuvant EBRT is associated with longer OS in resected, nonmetastatic ATC, with additional improved survival with concurrent chemotherapy.
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Dis Colon Rectum
January 2025
Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Background: Minimally invasive surgery is associated with improved short-term outcomes and similar long-term oncologic outcomes for colorectal cancer patients compared with open surgery. Although the robotic approach has ergonomic and technical benefits, how it has impacted utilization of traditional laparoscopic surgery and minimally invasive surgery overall is unclear.
Objective: Describe trends in open, robotic, and laparoscopic approaches for colorectal cancer resections and examine factors associated with minimally invasive surgery.
World J Gastrointest Surg
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Department of Gastroenterology, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province Affiliated to Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai 317000, Zhejiang Province, China.
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Methods: Clinical baseline characteristics, histopathological results, and short-term and long-term outcomes of patients who treated with ER or LR for gGISTs of 2-5 cm in Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province from January 2014 to August 2022 were retrospectively reviewed.
Front Oncol
December 2024
Cancer Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Purpose: The management of rectal adenocarcinoma has evolved during the last decade, shifting from a conventional neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy, surgery, and adjuvant chemotherapy in all cases to a total neoadjuvant approach, especially in locally advanced tumors when a sphincter-sparing surgery has been planned. However, the exact indications and the neoadjuvant regimen with the highest response remain unresolved. We aimed to assess whether administering neoadjuvant chemotherapy before and after preoperative chemoradiotherapy could increase the pathological complete response (pCR) rates.
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State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China.
Background: To investigate the impact of the number of positive lymph nodes (PLNs) on long-term survival and pathological nodal stage in patients with oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma (OTSCC).
Materials And Methods: Newly diagnosed and nonmetastatic adult patients with OTSCC who underwent curative resection were identified between January 2010 and December 2020. External validation was performed via the SEER registry.
EClinicalMedicine
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University Hospital Frankfurt, Department for Children and Adolescents, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Background: Rhabdomyosarcoma and other soft tissue sarcomas (STS) with high-risk features are still associated with an unsatisfactory outcome. We evaluated the efficacy of oral maintenance therapy added at the end of standard therapy in patients with high-risk rhabdomyosarcoma and STS.
Methods: CWS-2007-HR was a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled, phase 3 trial done at 87 centers in 5 countries.
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