resectable

However, patients with resectable metastases have survived for several years following diagnosis.

Moreover, only two thirds of tumours are resectable at surgery.

In 14 patients, a tumour that was not resectable or metastases were found at laparotomy.

If the tumor is considered resectable further preoperative testing is required.

Primaries that are extensive or have spread beyond the lung are not resectable.

Most lesions are slowly growing and easily resectable.

This suggests that even small and seemingly resectable lung cancers metastasize early.

In general, only 10% of patients with pulmonary metastases from colorectal cancer are resectable.

All trials included patients with resectable rectal cancer.

Does preoperative radiotherapy improve outcome in patients with resectable rectal cancer?

Of the minority of patients with resectable disease, surgery remains the only potentially curative option.

Patients with potentially resectable liver metastases from colorectal origin.

Nevertheless, surgery for resectable metastases has become the standard of care, probably making such a trial (ethically) infeasible.

Meta-analysis examining preoperative radiotherapy for patients with resectable rectal cancer: local failure.

An ongoing randomized study of neoadjuvant chemotherapy in resectable non-small cell lung cancer.

While most patients with an adenocarcinoma associated with Barrett's oesophagus are resectable, the long term survival is low.

Cushing's disease Transsphenoidal microadenomectomy: treatment of choice, if a clear lesion has been identified and is resectable.

Preoperative radiotherapy combined with total mesorectal excision for resectable rectal cancer.

Laparoscopy is also recommended after neoadjuvant therapy in patients with borderline resectable disease, prior to laparotomy.

Because of their location, these tumors tend to become symptomatic late in their development and therefore are not usually resectable at the time of presentation.

Awake craniotomy has increased the scope of tumors that are considered resectable (treatable by surgery) and in general, reduces recovery time.

Results of three meta-analyses of preoperative radiotherapy versus surgery alone in resectable rectal cancer.

Survival of patients with metastatic lesions is better when the metastases are surgically resectable, as chemotherapy been has shown to have little to no benefit.

The lead candidate TG01 is ready for a phase II clinical trial in resectable pancreas cancer.

Predictive and prognostic roles of ribonucleotide reductase M1 in resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma.