Not exact matches
In other words, regardless of surgery timing, patients who require higher risk procedures, such
as a major liver
resection due to the presence of larger or multiple metastatic
tumors or high - risk colorectal
resections, have poorer outcomes than those who underwent more minor surgery.
Purushotham points out, «The feasibility of intraoperative CLI
as shown in this study, in combination with the wide applicability of F -18-FDG across a range of solid cancers, provides a stepping stone for clinical evaluation of this technology in other solid cancer types that also experience incomplete
tumor resection due to close or involved margins.»
Although surgical
resection may offer a good prognosis and prolong survival, approximately 80 % patients with PC are always diagnosed
as unresectable
tumor.
Surgical
resection is typically not performed
as this
tumor is quite responsive to chemotherapy,
as well
as radiation therapy.
Lasers replace scalpels in many procedures, and are useful for a wide range of conditions such
as soft palate
resections, cyst,
tumor, and wart removal, and are used exclusively at South County Animal Hospital in declawing.