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Original Source: Prognostic significance of the combined use of preoperative platelet count and serum carcinoembryonic antigen level in non-small-cell lung cancer.
PURPOSE: The prognostic significance of the combined use of preoperative platelet count and serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level in non-small-cell lung cancer patients was investigated. METHODS: Consecutive 289 non-small-cell lung cancer patients were reviewed retrospectively. Thrombocytosis was defined as a platelet count of at least 40 × 10(4)/mm(3). RESULTS: The frequency of preoperative thrombocytosis was 4.5% (13/289). The 5-year survival of patients with thrombocytosis was 30.77%, which was sig...
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Dual-modality approach effective for pseudomyxoma peritonei
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cytoreductive surgery plus hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) together provide long term survival for patients with pseudomyxoma peritonei of appendiceal...
Bristols-Myers Squibb filed a public knowledge-based application Nov. 26 for an additional indication of their oncology product Hydrea for treatment of essential thrombocytosis and polycythemia vera....
Dr. George Salti, renowned cancer surgeon, joins Edward Cancer Center
NAPERVILLE, Ill., April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- George Salti, MD, FACS, renowned surgical oncologist and Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has joined the E...
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Pseudomyxoma peritonei presenting as recurrent rectal cancer: a preventable condition?
Radiologic findings of urachal mucinous cystadenocarcinoma causing pseudomyxoma peritonei.
Urachal mucinous cystadenocarcinoma causing pseudomyxoma peritonei is very rare. We report a case of a 59-year-old man with urachal mucinous adenocarcinoma associated with pseudomyxoma peritonei, and...
On or in the liver? Two cases with diffuse pseudomyxoma peritonei and synchronous hepatic pathology.
Pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP) is a borderline malignancy, simulating carcinomatosis and generally arising from perforation of an appendiceal mucinous tumour. Some patients have coincidental dual pathol...
BACKGROUND: Perioperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy (PIC) is delivered by intraoperative hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) and early postoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy (EPIC...
