Angiographic subsegmentectomy yields "excellent" outcomes when used to treat stage I and II hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), Japanese investigators report in an online issue of the journal Cancer. Reuters Health Information
Commentary on a study on risk factors for anastomotic leak after colorectal surgery, published April 2010 in the Archives of Surgery. Medscape General Surgery
Results from the CRYSTAL trial, now published, show that cetuximab added to chemotherapy reduces the risk for progression in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, but only in patients with wild-type KRAS tumors. Medscape Medical News