Background Glioblastomas are highly resistant to therapy, and virtually all patients
experience tumor recurrence after standard-of-care treatment. Surgical tumor resection is a …

The Oncology Grand Rounds series is designed to place original reports published in the
Journal into clinical context. A case presentation is followed by a description of diagnostic …

Transanal endoscopic surgery (TES), which is performed through a variety of transanal
endoluminal multitasking surgical platforms, was developed to facilitate endoscopic en bloc …

Preoperative staging represents a crucial point for the management, type of surgery, and
candidacy for neoadjuvant therapy in patient with rectal cancer. The most recent clinical …

Objectives To evaluate the image quality and utility of virtual monoenergetic images (VMI) of
dual-layer spectrum computed tomography (DLSCT) in assessing preoperative T-stage for …

Background Transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) represents a choice of treatment in
patients with neoplastic lesions in the rectum. When TEM fails, completion total mesorectal …

Purpose: To investigate the diagnostic performance of endorectal ultrasound (ERUS), shear-
wave elastography (SWE), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in patients with a …

Simple Summary It is important to obtain correct preoperative classification of rectal polyps
and cancer prior to making treatment decisions but distinguishing between the two can be …

Purpose While local excision by transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) or transanal
minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS) is an option for low-risk early rectal cancers …

Background In staging early rectal cancers (ERC), submucosal tumor depth is one of the
most important features determining the possibility of local excision (LE). The micro-enema …