Pancreatic cancer (pancreatic adenocarcinoma) remains one of the deadliest malignancies in the western hemisphere despite improved surgical technique, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. The appropriate management of this malignancy should incorporate…
Treatment of gastric cancer involves a multidisciplinary approach to achieve long-term outcome, including surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. Most patients present with advanced disease and are not candidates for a…
This article reviews the current management of esophageal cancer, including staging and treatment options, as well as providing support for using multidisciplinary teams to better manage esophageal cancer patients. Key…
Head and neck cancer is a heterogeneous group of cancers, which require a multidisciplinary approach to achieve excellent treatment results. This article focuses on current treatment guidelines and controversies in…
Patients with brain tumors are some of the most complex patients in the medical system, necessitating treatment teams of multiple subspecialists for optimal care. This article examines the roles of…
Gregory A. Masters, MD, Editor I am excited to help bring you this most recent addition of the Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America , focusing on the multidisciplinary treatment…
The purpose of this article is to provide a review of innovations in radiation oncology that have been recently adopted as well as those that are likely to be adopted…
Classic randomized trials documented the benefit of postmastectomy radiotherapy in women with node-positive or locally advanced breast cancer. Modern advances in surgical therapy, systemic therapy, and radiotherapy, however, along with…
Radiotherapy plays an integral role in the management of most patients with cancers of the head and neck. Better understanding of radiobiology and radiation physics has allowed radiation oncologists to…
Historically, squamous cell carcinoma of the anal canal was treated with abdominoperineal resection. Nigro discovered that radiation therapy combined with 5-fluorouracil and mitomycin resulted in high rates of local control…
