Background A watch-and-wait approach for patients with clinical complete response to
neoadjuvant chemoradiation could avoid the morbidity of conventional surgery for rectal cancer. …

… , United States Cervical or rectal mHealth Mixed (education and reminder) 264 Adults (aged
18-26 years) who attended the university and who were voluntarily initiating the first HPV f …

Objective Data Robotic assistance may facilitate completion of minimally invasive hysterectomy,
which is the standard of care for the treatment of early-stage endometrial cancer, in …

Importance Although American guidelines recommend use of adjuvant chemotherapy in
patients with locally advanced rectal cancer, individuals who achieve a pathological complete …

Background Recent studies demonstrating shorter survival among cervical cancer patients
undergoing minimally invasive versus open radical hysterectomy could not account for …

Importance Women in medicine have been underrepresented at medical conferences; however,
contributing factors have not been well studied. Objective To examine the distribution of …

Importance Sex-based income disparities are well documented in medicine and most
pronounced in surgery. These disparities are commonly attributed to differences in hours worked. …

Background Sedation is commonly used in gastrointestinal endoscopy; however, considerable
variability in sedation practices has been reported. The objective of this review was to …

Objective Many studies have analysed gender bias in academic medicine; however, no
comprehensive synthesis of the literature has been performed. We conducted a pooled analysis …

BACKGROUND: The traditional approach for perforated diverticulitis, the Hartmann procedure,
has considerable morbidity and the challenge of stoma reversal. Alternative procedures, …