How strong is the evidence supporting surgery for patients with metastatic neuroendocrine tumors(NETs)?This is the chief question from Dr.Williams’comprehensive and balanced literature analysis on the surgical treatm...
Background and Objective:Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors(PanNETs)are derived from the islet cells of the pancreas and have been increasing in incidence.Most of these tumors are nonfunctional although some can secrete...
Supported by Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities;Postgraduate Research and Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province,No. KYCX19_0118;Jiangsu Science and Technology Project;Innovative Team Project of Esophagus,No. 2017ZXK7QW08;National Natural Science Foundation of China,No. 81570503。
BACKGROUND There is no remedial strategy other than definitive chemoradiotherapy for patients with advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma(ESCC) who are not eligible to undergo surgical treatment.AIM To introduce ...
Supported by State Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81930016;Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China,No.LY21H160026。
Over the last 40 years,the incidence and prevalence of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms(GEP-NENs)have continued to increase.Compared to other epithelial neoplasms in the same organ,GEP-NENs exhibit indo...
This study was supported by funding from scientific research special project of capital health development(2020-4-6083)。
Aim:As more and more centers has published their treatment results of pseudomyxoma peritonei(PMP)with cytoreductive surgery(CRS)and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy(HIPEC),the data from China is missing.Myxom...
There has been a rising trend in the incidence and prevalence of non-functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors(NFPanNETs).While a significant number of the newly diagnosed NFPanNETs are asymptomatic,a majority of p...
Lymphoedema is a chronic debilitating disease of the lymphatic system that occurs due to either abnormal development or damage of the lymphatics resulting from cancer or infection.The optimal treatment of lymphoedema ...
AIM To examine the efficacy and safety of the 6 French(6F) Rotarex~S catheter system in patients with acute limb ischemia(ALI) involving thromboembolic occlusion of the proximal and mid-crural vessels.METHODS The fi...
To the Editor:Intraductal papillary neoplasm of the bile duct(IPNB)may occur in the setting of primary sclerosing cholangitis,choledochal cysts or hepatolithiasis[1].The entity may be a precursor of cancer or intrahep...
Background: Inappropriately ovarian cancer cannot be detected until an advanced stage. Radical debulking surgery is considered the cornerstone in the management of advanced ovarian cancer pointing to complete tumor re...