Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in breast cancer patients is infamous for its accompanying morbidity. Selective preservation of upper extremity lymphatic drainage and accompanying lymph nodes crossing the axillary basin - currently resected during a standard ALND - has been proposed as a valuable surgical refinement. Peroperative Axillary Rev...
The aim of this study is to analyze postoperative adverse events (AE) in relation to acute primary testicular failure after radiotherapy (RT) for rectal cancer. This relation was assessed in 104 men, included in a previous prospective cohort study of men treated with surgical resection of the rectum for rectal cancer stage I-III. Postoperative AE w...
CPET is a routine investigation prior to cardioesophagectomy. Over a 10-year period 200 patients had CPET before elective cardioesophagectomy. We examine the relationship between CPET and outcomes in these patients. Complication data were prospectively collected using the Clavien-Dindo system. Logistic regression analysis was used to determine whet...
Myxoid Round cell containing myxoid liposarcomas (MRCLS) have a high propensity to metastasize to soft tissue and bone. Whole Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging (BMRI) has been reported as a critical modality to early detect disease spreading in asymptomatic patients. The purpose of this study is to describe metastatic patterns and outcomes in patient...
Cancer predisposition genes are rare mutations that confer a high risk of cancer. For many hereditary cancer syndromes, risk reducing surgery is the single most effective strategy for preventing cancer, but it is irreversible. It has recently attracted significant media attention, following celebrity endorsement, which has led to a perceived lack o...
Synovial sarcoma (SS) is a tumor of unknown origin and is extremely rare in the central nervous system. Most studies on intracranial SS included only one or two cases. To better understand the disease, we review a series of primary intracranial SS. 16 primary intracranial SS in Tiantan Hospital during 2008-2017 were included. The clinical character...
The curative surgical treatment of gastric cancer in the current laparoscopic surgical era relies on the surgeon's preference, technical difficulties, and concerns regarding outcome have led to the availability of totally laparoscopic distal gastrectomy (TLDG) and laparoscopic-assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG). A consensus on which of the two proc...
Perioperative shared decision-making can be improved through the development of novel patient-centered outcome measures made possible by digital phenotyping-"the moment-by-moment quantification of individual-level human phenotype in situ using data from personal digital devices, in particular smartphones." This Short Report presents data from a pat...
The best approach to lymphadenectomy in colon cancer is still unknown. The debate has centred around different options of standardised "one size fits all" lymph node harvest techniques. A different approach is tailoring lymph node harvest to the patient's lymphatic drainage pattern. A technique for individualised lymph node mapping is proposed, whi...
One of the goals of immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) is to satisfy the patient's outcome. Recent studies therefore tended to focus on the patient's perception of the care and on the impact on quality of life using patients-reported-outcome-measures (PROMs), able to measure the health status directly without the clinician's interposition. We pr...
