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Shams M, Abdallah S, Alsadoun L, Hamid YH, Gasim R, Hassan A. Oncological Horizons: The Synergy of Medical and Surgical Innovations in Cancer Treatment. Cureus 2023; 15:e49249. [PMID: 38143618 PMCID: PMC10743204 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.49249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023] Open
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The landscape of cancer treatment has witnessed a remarkable transformation in recent years, marked by the convergence of medical and surgical innovations. Historically, cancer therapy faced challenges, including limited efficacy and severe side effects. This narrative review explores the historical progression of cancer treatments, shedding light on significant breakthroughs in both medical and surgical oncology. It comprehensively addresses the medical domain, covering chemotherapy, targeted therapies, immunotherapy, hormonal treatments, and radiological procedures. Simultaneously, it delves into the surgical realm, discussing the evolution of surgical techniques, minimally invasive procedures, and the role of surgery across various stages of cancer. The article emphasizes the fusion of medical and surgical approaches, highlighting neoadjuvant and adjuvant therapies and the significance of multidisciplinary tumor boards. It also addresses innovations, challenges, and the pivotal role of patient-centered care. Furthermore, it offers insights into the future directions and forecasts in the constantly evolving field of integrated oncological care. This review provides a comprehensive understanding of the dynamic and transformative nature of cancer treatment, reflecting the unwavering commitment of the medical and surgical communities in the ongoing fight against cancer.
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- Trauma and Orthopaedics, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, GBR
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- Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, SDN
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- Internal Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, SDN
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Gall TMH, Malhotra G, Elliott JA, Conneely JB, Fong Y, Jiao LR. The Atlantic divide: contrasting surgical robotics training in the USA, UK and Ireland. J Robot Surg 2023; 17:117-123. [PMID: 35366194 PMCID: PMC9939491 DOI: 10.1007/s11701-022-01399-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The uptake of robotic surgery is rapidly increasing worldwide across surgical specialties. However, there is currently a much higher use of robotic surgery in the United States of America (USA) compared to the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland. Reduced exposure to robotic surgery in training may lead to longer learning curves and worse patient outcomes. We aimed to identify whether any difference exists in exposure to robotic surgery during general surgical training between trainees in the USA, UK and Ireland. Over a 15-week period from September 2021, a survey was distributed through the professional networks of the research team. Participants were USA, UK or Irish trainees who were part of a formal general surgical training curriculum. 116 survey responses were received. US trainees (n = 34) had all had robotic simulator experience, compared to only 37.93% of UK (n = 58) and 75.00% of Irish (n = 24) trainees (p < 0.00001). 91.18% of US trainees had performed 15 or more cases as the console surgeon, compared to only 3.44% of UK and 16.67% of Irish trainees (p < 0.00001). Fifty UK trainees (86.21%) and 22 Irish trainees (91.67%) compared to 12 US trainees (35.29%) do not think they have had adequate robotics training (p < 0.00001). Surgical trainees in the USA have had significantly more exposure to training in robotic surgery than their UK and Irish counterparts.
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- Tamara M. H. Gall
- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London, UK ,Department of Surgery, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Surgery, City of Hope Medical Center, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010 USA
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- Department of Surgery, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Surgery, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Surgery, City of Hope Medical Center, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010 USA
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London, UK ,Department of Academic Surgery, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK
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Trafeli M, Foppa C, Montanelli P, Nelli T, Staderini F, Badii B, Skalamera I, Cianchi F, Coratti F. Robotic colorectal surgery checkpoint: a review of cited articles during the last year. Chirurgia (Bucur) 2021. [DOI: 10.23736/s0394-9508.19.04963-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Blakely AM, Chanson D, Wong FL, Eng OS, Sentovich SM, Melstrom KA, Lai LL, Fong Y, Sun V. Health-related quality of life and oncologic outcomes after surgery in older adults with colorectal cancer. Support Care Cancer 2019; 28:2857-2865. [PMID: 31729565 DOI: 10.1007/s00520-019-05087-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2019] [Accepted: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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PURPOSE Data regarding changes in functional status and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) before and after surgery are lacking. We identified colorectal cancer patients from the SEER-Medicare Health Outcomes Survey (MHOS) linked database to evaluate the association between HRQOL and survival. METHODS HRQOL survey data captured physical/mental health, activities of daily living (ADLs), and medical comorbidities. Patients who underwent surgery with HRQOL surveys prior to cancer diagnosis and ≥ 1 year after diagnosis were selected. Patient, disease, and HRQOL measures were analyzed in regard to overall survival (OS), disease-specific survival (DSS), and non-DSS. RESULTS Of 590 patients included, 55% were female, 75% were Caucasian, and 83% had colonic primary. Disease extent was localized for 52%, regional for 41%, and distant for 7%. Median OS was 83 months. Decreased OS was independently associated with age ≥ 75 (HR 1.7, p < 0.0001), male sex (HR 1.4, p = 0.011), advanced disease (regional-HR 2.0, p < 0.0001; distant-HR 7.0, p < 0.0001), and decreased mental HRQOL (HR 1.4, p = 0.005). Decreased DSS was independently associated with advanced disease (regional-HR 4.1, p < 0.0001; distant-HR 16.5, p < 0.0001) and rectal primary (HR 1.6, p = 0.047). Decreased non-DSS was independently associated with age ≥ 75 (HR 2.2, p < 0.0001), male sex (HR 1.4, p = 0.03), decreased mental HRQOL (HR 1.4, p = 0.02), and increased comorbidities (HR 1.4, p = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS The potential overall survival benefit of oncologic surgery is diminished by declines in physical and mental health. Early identification of older surgical patients at risk for functional and HRQOL declines may improve survival following colorectal cancer surgery.
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- Andrew M Blakely
- Department of Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA, 91104, USA.
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- Department of Graduate Medical Education and Clinical Training, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA
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- Department of Population Sciences, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA
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- Section of General Surgery and Surgical Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA, 91104, USA
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- Department of Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA, 91104, USA
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- Department of Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA, 91104, USA
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- Department of Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA, 91104, USA
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- Department of Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, 1500 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA, 91104, USA.,Department of Population Sciences, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA
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Safety and efficacy for robot-assisted versus open pancreaticoduodenectomy and distal pancreatectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Surg Oncol 2018; 27:468-478. [PMID: 30217304 DOI: 10.1016/j.suronc.2018.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2018] [Revised: 05/13/2018] [Accepted: 06/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND This meta-analysis was conducted to compare the clinical safety and efficacy of robot-assisted pancreaticoduodenectomy (RAPD) or robot-assisted distal pancreatectomy (RADP) with open surgery. METHODS Multiple databases (PubMed, Medline, EMBASE and Cochrane Library) were searched to identify studies comparing the outcomes of RAPD and open pancreaticoduodenectomy (OPD) or RADP and open distal pancreatectomy (ODP) (up to December 31, 2017). Fixed and random effects models were applied according to different conditions. RESULTS Fifteen non-randomized controlled trials (11 RAPD vs. OPD and 4 RADP vs. ODP) involving 3690 patients were included. Robot-assisted surgery had longer operative time (RAPD vs. OPD: P = 0.0005; RADP vs. ODP: P < 0.00001) but lesser blood loss than open surgery (RAPD vs. OPD: P = 0.0009; RADP vs. ODP: P = 0.0007). RAPD was associated with less wound infection, a lower positive margin rate, lower overall complications, and faster postoperative off-bed activity. There was no significant difference in the lymph node yield, the rate of pancreatic fistula, delayed gastric emptying, reoperation, length of hospital stay and mortality between the two groups. Compared with ODP, RADP was associated with less blood transfusion, fewer lymph nodes harvested, lower complications and shorter hospital stay. There was no significant difference between the two groups in the rate of spleen preservation, positive margin, pancreatic fistula, and mortality. CONCLUSIONS Robot-assisted surgery is a safe and feasible alternative to OPD and ODP with regard to perioperative outcomes. However, due to the lack of high-quality randomized controlled trials, the evidence is still limited.
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Gu L, Liu PL, Zhou H, Xu Q. A Pilot Study for a Better Visibility in the 3D Laparoscopic Right Colectomy Surgery. World J Surg 2017; 42:1872-1876. [PMID: 29285610 DOI: 10.1007/s00268-017-4402-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of digital defog technique in 3D laparoscopic surgery for right colon cancer. METHODS Fifty patients with right colon cancer were divided into digital defogging group and control group. The intraoperative image clarity, the surgeon's anxiety, the time of operation and the time of fog nursing were compared. RESULTS The clarity of the video screen of the digital defogging group was significantly higher than that of the control group, and the degree of anxiety was significantly lower than that of the control group. The operative time was (136.4 ± 30.4) min in the digital defogging group, the operation time of the control group was (168.7 ± 32.7) min, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The time of dehumidification was (4.8 ± 1.3) min in the digital defogging group and (16.3 ± 4.6) min in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION Digital defogging technology in the 3D laparoscopic right colon cancer surgery significantly improves the clarity of video images, reduces the surgeon due to screen clarity caused by anxiety, reduces the operation of right colon cancer time and reduces the time to fog care.
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- Lei Gu
- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, People's Republic of China
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- School of Electronic Information and Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200127, People's Republic of China.
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