“Oh great,” I thought sarcastically as I got off the phone with the answering service. The call was from Mrs. Daly, an elderly woman on whom I had operated 6 weeks earlier. She had presented with a large abdominal mass and obstructive symptoms. At the time of surgery I found a large pancreatic cancer that could not be resected, but I performed biliary and intestinal bypasses for what I hoped wo...

In the ever evolving field of oncology, the challenge is in not just providing the best available treatment option for patients, but also in adequately training the next generation of oncologist in the skill set required for the appropriate use of technology. Also, unlike in other specialties, newer techniques are developed and introduced for clinical use at a rapid pace. Hence the latent perio...

PURPOSE The specialty of radiation oncology has experienced significant workforce planning challenges in many countries. Our purpose was to develop and validate a workforce-planning model that would forecast the balance between supply of, and demand for, radiation oncologists in Canada over a minimum 10-year time frame, to identify the model parameters that most influenced this balance, and to ...

Primary tracheal tumors are rare neoplasms which often present with indolent and nonspecific symptoms. Despite a tendency for late presentation, more than half of patients with benign and malignant neoplasms will be candidates for curative resection upon diagnosis. This review describes the diagnostic and staging evaluation of tracheal neoplasms. Curative surgical procedures including laryngotr...