In the past decade, laws have been passed to provide legal protections against genetic discrimination. Many members of the public and medical providers are unaware of the legislation, and concerns…
The role of the cancer genetic counselor in the management of patients with cancer is discussed in this article. This includes explaining what a genetic counselor is trained to do…
Family health history is one of the least expensive, most useful, and most underused methods available to conduct assessments of the genetic aspect of a condition or to target the…
Alison’s story illustrates the disastrous consequences of not securing an accurate family history when evaluating a patient for solid tumor malignancy; this is even more acute when the patient is…
Thomas K. Weber, MD, Editor Practicing Surgical Oncology in the age of genomic medicine is an exhilarating challenge. A quarter century after the launch of the Human Genome Project, the…
SURGICAL ONCOLOGY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA www.surgonc.theclinics.com Consulting Editor NICHOLAS J. PETRELLI October 2015 • Volume 24 • Number 4 Related posts: Surgical Oncology in the Age of Genomic Medicine…
Neuroendocrine tumors are rare and slow-growing malignancies that commonly metastasize to the liver, resulting hormonal syndromes and death from liver failure. Surgical consultation and liver debulking are key components in…
Surgical resection remains the treatment of choice for primary pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs), because it is associated with increased survival. Minimally invasive procedures are a safe modality for the surgical…
Neuroendocrine tumors are a group of neoplasms that can arise in a variety of locations throughout the body and often metastasize early. A patient’s only chance for cure is surgical…
Adrenocortical carcinoma frequently presents with sequelae of steroid precursor overproduction and has a proclivity for aggressive local growth, early metastasis, and recurrence. En bloc surgical resection with negative margins is…
