We report a pelvic liposarcoma originating from the left spermatic cord that recurred following inadequate excision. In our case, the tumor was resected without performing orchiectomy previously. The patient was managed by laparoscopic resection, before undergoing radical orchiectomy in the left inguinal region. To our knowledge, no case of laparoscopic resection for the recurrent liposarcoma h...

A controlled clinical trial has been carried out to compare radical mastectomy with wide excision (extended tylectomy) in the treatment of early breast cancer. Only patients aged 50 and over were included and 370 entered the trial during a period of 10 years. Postoperative radiotherapy was given in each case. In patients with clinically involved axillary nodes there was a significantly higher i...

introduction: hepatic hydatid cyst is caused by echinococcosis granulosis. it is a major health problem in endemic areas. the modern treatment of hydatid cysts of the liver varies from surgical intervention to percutaneous drainage or medical therapy. a high rate of complications following percutaneous drainage, and ineffectiveness of medical therapy have shown not to be the definitive treatmen...

abstract ureteralstump’s metastasis of renal cell carcinoma is rare. we report a32-year-old femalewith a huge metastatic involvement of the ureteralstump and utero-cervical structures about 2 years after a left radical nephrectomy. she underwent en-bloc resection of the massin conjunctionwith total ureterectomy, bladder cuff excision and hysterectomy.the patient was referred to oncology departm...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to examine the clinical implications of a pathologically complete response after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) followed by local excision for patients with cT2 rectal cancer who refused radical surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS Seventeen patients with cT2 primary rectal cancer within 6 cm from the anal verge who received neoadjuvant CRT and local excision ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The proportion of stage IV gastric cancer in the whole gastric cancer population in China is still high. This study was to investigate the surgery and pathologic characteristic and prognostic factors of stage IV (M0) gastric cancer. METHODS Clinical data of 630 patients with pathologically confirmed stage IV (M0) gastric cancer treated at the affiliated Tumor Hospital...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate outcomes of radical excision of feline injection-site sarcomas (ISS) via assessment of local recurrence and metastasis rates, survival times, and complications associated with surgery. DESIGN Retrospective case series. ANIMALS 91 cats with ISS. PROCEDURES Medical records of cats that had radical excision of ISS without adjunctive treatment were reviewed. Information ...

Calcifying odontogenic cyst (COC) is a unique odontogenic lesion with combined features of a cyst and neoplasm.  This lesion shows a great diversity in its clinicopathological behavior.  It may become aggressive and rarely malignant.  This case is an aggressive COC of the maxilla in a young male patient which recurred after several radical surgical excisions.  Eventually invading the cranium, t...