in the Surgical Management of Melanoma
Tumor thickness Recommended margin of excisiona (cm) In situb 0.5 ≤1.0 mm 1 1.01–2.0 mm 1–2 2.01–4.0 mm 2 ≥4 mm 2 aExcision recommendations are based on clinical margins taken…
Controversies in Cancer Care: Breast Cancer
Avoidance of Axillary Lymph Node Dissection Patient Selection Guidelines(ACOSOG Z0011) Tumor size <5 cm (T1 or T2) Fewer than 3 positive SLN No evidence of extracapsular tumor extension in SLN…
of the Pancreas
Neoplastic Non-neoplastic Ductal adenocarcinoma Lymphoepithelial cyst Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma Congential cyst Pancreatoblastoma Mucinous non-neoplastic cyst Neuroendocrine tumor Enterogeneous cyst Solid pseudopapillary tumor Retention cyst Serous cystadenoma Duodenal cyst Mucinous cystadenoma Endometrial…
Controversies in the Surgical Management of Pancreatic Cancer
Stage Description Tumor extent Surgical category IA Tumor is <2 cm and limited to the pancreas Localized Resectable IB Tumor is >2 cm and limited to the pancreas IIA Tumor…
Controversies in the Management of Colon and Rectal Cancer
Risk category Age to begin Recomm. Comment Personal history of <3 adenomas with low-grade dysplasia 5–10 years after the initial polypectomy Colonoscopy Examination interval should be based on other clinical…
Neuroendocrine Tumors: Optimal Outcomes and Surgical Management
Grade Mitotic count (10HPF)a Ki-67 index (%) G1 <2 ≤2 G2 2–20 3–20 G3 >20 >20 a10HPF: high power field-2 mm2, at least 40 fields (at 40× magnification) evaluated in…
of Garcinol from Kokum (Garcinia indica) on the Prevention and Treatment of Cancer
Fig. 1 Dried kokum plums (amsool) In the following, an overview is presented of the miscellaneous biological activities of garcinol as obtained from preclinical evaluations concerning the treatment and prevention…
Impact of Bioactive Dietary Compounds in Cancer Chemoprevention
Fig. 1 Cross talk of the epigenetic alterations in cancer. The three classes of epigenetic modifications, such as DNA methylation, histone modifications, and noncoding RNA-based mechanisms, cause changes in the…
The Key to Rational Chemoprevention
Cell line Reported IC50 (μM) Concentration (in μg/mL) Citations Cervical HeLa 80 24.18 Priyadarsini et al. (2011) Breast MCF-7 92.4 27.93 Chou et al. (2010) Prostate PC-3 100 30.22 Senthilkumar…