PELVIC exenteration, the radical removal of the uterus, cervix and vagina or the bladder and rectum (or all these organs) although a very extensive and mutilating procedure, is occasionally the only ...

In the March issue of Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, surgeons from Australia discuss postoperative pain control following one of the most extensive operations performed for pelvic cancer. In an era ...

IT has been established that removal of all the pelvic viscera can be accomplished with a mortality of 25 per cent or less and that the resultant physiologic readjustments permit a comfortable and ...

Interim analysis of a single-arm, phase II study of bevacizumab (BV) with modified OPTIMOX1 as first-line treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC): TCOG-GI0802. Outcomes of ...

Development of the patient-reported version of the common terminology criteria for adverse events (PRO-CTCAE). Background: This prospective study comprehensively examined quality of life (QOL) after ...

Cervical cancer is one of the most common cancers in women worldwide. Annually, it is estimated that 493 000 women worldwide will be diagnosed with cervical carcinoma and that 273 000 will die from ...

The authors performed an institutional review board-approved retrospective review of all patients who underwent orbital exenteration for non-melanoma periocular cutaneous malignancies at a tertiary ...