Background Local recurrence after resection of retroperitoneal sarcoma (RPS) is a common
and difficult problem. Gross residual disease after incomplete resection is a particular …

Background Evidence on short-term outcomes for GC resection in elderly patients is limited
by small samples from single-institutions. This study sought to examine the association …

Background The modified Glasgow Prognostic Score (mGPS) has been reported to be an
important prognostic indicator in a number of tumor types, including colorectal cancer (CRC). …

Malignant gastrointestinal neuroectodermal tumor (GNET) is an ultra-rare soft tissue sarcoma,
therefore often misdiagnosed and has no available standard treatment. Here, we report 3 …

Background Surgical resection of locally advanced colon cancer (LACC) is challenging due
to tumor size and the frequent need for multivisceral resection. The role of laparoscopic …

Introduction Cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC)
is an effective treatment for selected patients with peritoneal surface malignancies (…

Background The objective of this study is to identify predictors for recurrent appendicitis in
patients with appendicitis previously treated nonoperatively. Methods This is a prospective …

Introduction Positive pathologic margins following gastric cancer (GC) resection carries a poor
prognosis. We evaluated intraoperative frozen section (IFS) analysis of resection margins (…

Introduction Endoscopic resection (ER) of early gastric cancer (EGC) is increasingly used in
Eastern countries due to their low rates of lymph node metastasis (LNM); however, there is a …

Background Cost-effectiveness evaluations of cytoreductive surgery (CRS) and hyperthermic
intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) for the treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) …