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The atezolizumab-bevacizumab combination is the first to show efficacy in the adjuvant setting after HCC resection for patients at high risk for recurrence, but the overall survival benefit is unclear.

The results "support the need for prospective randomized clinical trials to definitively answer the important question about appropriate excision margins for T1a melanoma," the investigators write.

A new study found that surgery improved overall survival for patients with tumors 1.1 to 2.0 cm but not 1 cm or smaller. The results may provide some clarity as to who can benefit from resection.

Planning, uh, heading into janu. resection there is plenty that that jack smith can certainly ask about. but there is going to be some gray area that might have to be litigated quite a lot he can get to and we have been so focused for the past few weeks on this investigation by the manhattan district attorney , but shan behind the scenes we have learned that top trump national security advisors they have testified before the special counsel jack smith, in this federal january 6th investigations....

Parenchymal-sparing liver resection with microwave ablation should be considered for NETs with many liver metastases. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.

Future studies could explore the various factors that may contribute to differences found in community-based versus academic settings.

Photodynamic diagnosis-guided TURBT did not reduce 3-year recurrence rates of non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer in a real-world trial compared with white light-guided cystoscopy.

Patients with early ileocecal Crohns disease who undergo ileocecal surgery remain off drug treatment 5 years later.

The chemotherapy duo performed better than expected as a stand-in for bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), which is the gold standard for non–muscle-invasive bladder cancer but is currently in short supply.

A new study provides more evidence that cold snare polypectomy is as effective and safer than hot snare polypectomy for polyps measuring 4-10 mm.