Treatment surgical remedy of skin malignant tumors.

Surgical Options for Malignant Skin Tumors of the Hand

BACKGROUND Primary malignant tumors of the hand, although unusual, may present varied and often complex clinical problems. The main treatment modality of skin cancer of the hand has changed. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 43 patients who underwent surgery for malignant skin tumors of the hand during an 18-year period, from September 1994 to February 2012. The chara...

Surgical treatment of malignant tumors of the right heart.

Seven patients with malignant cardiac tumors were treated surgically in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery of the University of Tokyo between 1981 and 2000. Their treatments and outcomes are summarized and discussed. The ages of the patients ranged from 21 to 70 years old (mean: 49.5+/-15) and there were three males and four females. The histopathological diagnoses were hepatocellular car...

[Surgical treatment of malignant tumors of the thyroid gland].

Surgical treatment of primary malignant tumors of the sacrum.

OBJECTIVES The objective of the authors was to provide an up-to-date review about the epidemiology, diagnosis, and surgical management of the malignant primary sacral tumors. METHODS A PubMed search was conducted using a combination of the following items: (('Spinal Neoplasms'[Mesh]) AND 'Sacrum'[Mesh]) NOT ('Metastasis' OR 'Metastases' OR 'Benign'). The literature review and the author's own...

Surgical treatment of malignant mediastinal neurogenic tumors in children.

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to identify the role of surgical resection in the treatment of malignant mediastinal neurogenic tumors in children. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thirty-eight consecutive children, who underwent surgical resection of a malignant mediastinal neurogenic tumor between 1986 and 2004, were included in this study. The tumor cell types were neuroblastoma in 23 patients...