Background Since a national lockdown was introduced across the UK in March, 2020, in
response to the COVID-19 pandemic, cancer screening has been suspended, routine …

Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a form of cellular plasticity that is critical for
embryonic development and tumor metastasis. A double-negative feedback loop involving the …

Options for skin cancer treatment currently include surgery, radiotherapy, topical chemotherapy,
cryosurgery, curettage, and electrodessication. Although effective, surgery is costly and …

Objective: To determine the relationship between oral antibiotic bowel preparation (OABP)
and surgical site infection (SSI) rates in a national colectomy cohort. Background: OABP for …

BACKGROUND: Surgical site infection is a major cause of morbidity after colorectal resections.
Despite evidence that preoperative oral antibiotics with mechanical bowel preparation …

BACKGROUND: Pneumatosis intestinalis (PI), infiltration of gas into the bowel wall, has
traditionally been associated with immediate operative intervention and a high mortality rate. …

Importance Frail patients are known to have poor perioperative outcomes. There is a paucity
of literature investigating how the Modified Frailty Index (mFI), a validated measure of frailty, …

Harnessing neutrophils for the eradication of cancer cells remains an attractive but still
controversial notion. In this study, we provide evidence that neutrophils are required to prevent …

Importance Readmissions after surgery are costly and may reflect quality of care in the index
hospitalization. Objectives To determine the timing of postoperative complications with …

Objective: To investigate the effects of enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) on racial
disparities in postoperative length of stay (pLOS) after colorectal surgery. Background: Racial …