Primary treatment for many solid cancers includes surgical excision or radiation therapy,
with or without the use of adjuvant therapy. This can include the addition of radiation and …

Background Circumferential resection margin is considered an important prognostic
parameter after rectal cancer surgery, but its impact might have changed because of …

Background Tumour-targeted fluorescence imaging has the potential to advance current
practice of oncological surgery by selectively highlighting malignant tissue during surgery …

Raman spectroscopy, a form of vibrational spectroscopy, has the ability to provide sensitive
and specific biochemical analysis of tissue. This review article provides an in-depth analysis …

Aim The aim was to assess the benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy in high‐risk Stage II
colorectal cancer. Method A systematic literature review and meta‐analysis was performed …

BACKGROUND: Rectal cancer outcomes have improved with the adoption of a
multidisciplinary model of care. However, there is a spectrum of quality when viewed from a …

Sentinel lymph node procedures for gastric cancer resections using indocyanine green
(ICG) linked to Nanocoll outperformed normal ICG but did not provide information on …

Intraoperative dual-modality imaging can help the surgeon distinguish tumor from normal
tissue. This technique may prove particularly valuable if small tumors need to be removed …

Background The definition of “early recurrence (ER)” after rectal cancer surgery is currently
unclear. Objective To determine an evidence-based cut-off to distinguish early and late …

Purpose To compare the local recurrence rate and overall survival between patients with
circumferential resection margin (CRM) involvement by direct tumor spread and by a tumor …