No consensus on the indications for surgical resection of colorectal liver metastases exists. This systematic review has been undertaken to assess the published evidence for its efficacy and safety ...

A small study finds that pre-resection pelvic MRI overstages more than 40% of large rectal polyps in patients referred for endoscopic resection.

May 6, 2010 (New Orleans, Louisiana) — Disease-free survival was 100% in patients with early noninvasive intramucosal (NIIM) colorectal cancer at 5 years, regardless of whether they had local surgery ...

A phase III randomized clinical trial evaluating perioperative therapy (neoadjuvant chemotherapy versus chemoradiotherapy) in locally advanced gallbladder cancers (POLCAGB). This is an ASCO Meeting ...

Resection is another name for any operation that removes tissue or part of an organ. Bowel resection, also called partial colectomy, removes a diseased or damaged part of the colon or rectum. Bowel ...

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is an aggressive malignancy of the liver that most often arises in patients with cirrhosis and other chronic liver diseases. Worldwide, it is the sixth most common ...

Liver resection should be the primary therapeutic option for patients with early multinodular hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who are ineligible for transplant, a retrospective cohort study suggested.

Pulmonary resection is the first line of treatment of stage I and II non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). It is also important as part of the management of stage IIIA. In early stages of NSCLC, the ...

New research presented at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that anatomic lung resections, such as lobectomy and segmentectomy, are associated with improved long-term ...

The lungs are a pair of spongy organs in your chest. The right lung is bigger than the left lung. Each lung is divided into smaller parts called lobes. The right lung has three lobes, and the left ...

Since the introduction of the Da Vinci robotic system, robot-assisted colon resection has gained popularity because of its ...