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Ann Coloproctol
December 2024
Department of Surgery, Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
Rectal cancer is one of the most common carcinomas and a leading cause of cancer-related mortality. Although significant advancements have been made in the treatment of rectal cancer, the deterioration of quality of life (QoL) remains a challenging issue. Various tools have been developed to assess QoL, including the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Colorectal (FACT-C) scale, the QLQ-C30 and QLQ-CR29 by the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC), and the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: Surgical options for organ-preserving operations on the cervix (conization and contour-loop excision (C-LETZ)) regarding squamous intraepithelial lesions, morphological features of the cervix after surgery are determined, which are significant for HPV persistence and reproductive function.
Objective: To evaluate the results of a lifetime pathoanatomic examination of the surgical material of cervical conization with diathermy loops of various shapes and sizes - a triangular loop and a wavy C-LETZ loop.
Material And Methods: The study included 49 patients with a clinical diagnosis of high-severity squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL), established by the results of a cytological smear examination or a previous histological examination of a cervical biopsy at the Moscow Regional Research Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology named after Academician V.
Esophageal and gastric cancer are diseases with a serious prognosis. While the incidence of gastric cancer is decreasing, the incidence of the gastroesophageal junction and esophageal cancer is increasing. Men are affected more often than women.
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October 2024
Urology, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Chennai, IND.
Penile melanoma is a rare and highly invasive cancer that is generally diagnosed in the sixth to seventh decades of life. We report a rare case of primary malignant melanoma of the glans penis in a 38-year-old man who presented with a proliferative lesion over the glans with discoloration for six months. The clinical and metastatic workups were unremarkable.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIndian J Surg Oncol
December 2024
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.
Organ preservation surgery is the need of the hour in cancer management whenever it is feasible. Vascular continuity is a must for organ preservation. We found such same in this article.
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