Surgical resection remains the major modality for modern curative treatment for solid
tumours. However, post-surgical recurrence, even following clear-margin resection and …

Aims Reducing the rate of recurrence after curative-intent surgical resection is an attractive
strategy for improving long-term survival in cancer. Perioperative therapies administered in …

Abstract In 2010 Germany had 447,300 new cases of cancer. From 2000 to 2010 the
incidence of cancer increased by 21% in men and by 14% in women. The change in the age …

Despite progression in advanced treatments for malignant tumors, surgery remains the
primary treatment intervention, which removes a large portion of firm tumor tissues; however …

From a surgical point of view, the development of preoperative oncological treatment has
had a profound effect on the surgical treatment trends of cancer as well as on the outcomes …

This year approximately 569,490 Americans, more than 1,500 people per day, are expected
to die of cancer. Cancer has supplanted heart disease as the leading cause of death in the …

Surgery has a central role in the management of cancer because it is often the most effective
therapy in achieving cure. Advances in surgical techniques and a greater understanding of …

Surgery is, and always has been, the main treatment modality of solid tumours. For a long
period, it consisted of a number of surgical procedures dictated by basic oncologic …

Proper management of the surgical oncology patient is as important as proper surgical
technique. Before, during, and after surgery, the cancer patient requires special …

In the recent past, several papers have pointed to the possibility that tumour removal
generates a permissive environment in which tumour growth is potentiated. This …