Surgical Oncology

Cristina R. Ferrone, MD, has been appointed chair of the department of surgery at Cedars-Sinai.

Surgery with systemic therapy improved survival among men with stage IV breast cancer and known ER and PR status, according to study results published in Annals of Surgical Oncology.

DALLAS — Treatment modality for HPV-positive oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma varied considerably by facility type, according to study results.

Younger women with nonmetastatic breast cancer who underwent breast-conserving surgery experienced similar OS as those who underwent mastectomy, according to study results.

COVID-19 restrictions led to a 1.2-fold increase in presentation of late-stage breast cancer at an urban safety-net hospital, according to a study presented at an American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting press briefing.

Venous thromboembolism-related hospital readmissions after complex cancer surgery continued to increase beyond 30 days after surgery, according to a multicenter, population-based retrospective study in JAMA Surgery.

A wait time of at least 20 days to undergo elective, low-risk, cancer-related surgery appeared safe following recovery from mild to moderate COVID-19, according to study results published in Annals of Surgical Oncology.

The racial gap in timely surgery between Black and white patients with early-stage lung cancer improved after an antiracism intervention, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Allan Tsung, MD, has been appointed chair of the department of surgery at University of Virginia School of Medicine.

Only 7.5% of oncology trials conducted between 2008 and 2020 investigated surgical interventions, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.