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With organ preservation on the rise, investigators say practice guidelines need to catch up.

Just over half of endoscopists use cold snare polypectomy to remove polyps of less than 1 cm, according to new research.

Cold snare endoscopic mucosal resection is safer than hot snare for large, non-pedunculated colorectal polyps but recurrence is higher. Selection of lesion is key to choosing procedure, experts say.

The new approval expands the melanoma indication for nivolumab to earlier-stage disease.

Knowledge of the different treatment options available and the eligibility criteria for each will help identify the right treatment for patients with hepatobiliary cancer.

Surgical excision was associated with improved survival in patients identified with invasive disease.

When is stage III NSCLC resectable? Experts attempted to reach a consensus on when to perform surgery.

AEGEAN is one of the first studies of immune checkpoint inhibitors in the perioperative settings to demonstrate improved EFS and pCR with no effect on surgical outcomes.

New data suggest that a post-surgery protocol can reduce inpatient opioid use by 50% and lead to opioid-free discharge following pancreatic cancer surgery.

Tina Cascone, MD, Ben Levy, MD, and Sandip Patel, MD, offer insights into the treatment approach in patients with unresectable early-stage NSCLC who are unsuitable for consolidation durvalumab or who progress on consolidation durvalumab.