Description
This issue of the Surgical Oncology Clinics will review the important clinical trials from the past eight years in following topics: breast cancer, soft tissue sarcoma, rectal and anal carcinoma, pancreatic adenocarcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, gastric cancer, esophageal cancer, colon cancer, advanced and metastatic colorectal carcinoma, gastrointestinal stromal tumors, and melanoma.
Chapter
Chapter 2. Randomized Clinical Trials in Melanoma
REGIONAL METASTATIC DISEASE
ADJUVANT TREATMENT OF HIGH-RISK MELANOMA
TREATMENT OF METASTATIC MELANOMA
LEVEL IA EVIDENCE IN MELANOMA
Chapter 3. Randomized Clinical Trials in Breast Cancer
LEVEL IA EVIDENCE: PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED TRIALS ADDRESSING ADJUVANT RADIATION OF THE BREAST
LEVEL IA EVIDENCE: META-ANALYSIS ANALYZING USE OF POLYCHEMOTHERAPY IN OPERABLE BREAST CANCER
LEVEL IA EVIDENCE: PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED TRIALS ADDRESSING THE ROLE OF ENDOCRINE THERAPY IN BREAST CANCER PREVENTION AND TREATMENT
Chapter 4. Randomized Clinical Trials in Esophageal Carcinoma
CURATIVEINTENT: SURGERY VERSUS CHEMORADIOTHERAPY
CURATIVEINTENT: SURGERYALONEVERSUSNEOADJUVANT THERAPY
CURATIVEINTENT: SURGERYALONEVERSUSADJUVANT THERAPY
CURATIVEINTENT: DEFINITIVECHEMORADIOTHERAPY VERSUSTRIMODALITY THERAPY
CURATIVEINTENT: SURGICALTECHNIQUE
CURATIVEINTENT: RADIOTHERAPY TECHNIQUE
PALLIATIVEINTENT: ADJUVANTCHEMOTHERAPY
Chapter 5. Randomized Clinical Trials in Gastric Cancer
CHEMOTHERAPY WITH AND WITHOUT RADIATION THERAPY
LEVEL 1A EVIDENCE: PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS IN GASTRIC CANCER
Chapter 6. Randomized Clinical Trials in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
CHEMOTHERAPY AND METASTATIC DISEASE
LEVEL IA EVIDENCE: RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS IN GIST
Chapter 7. Randomized Clinical Trials in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS IN PANCREAS CANCER BETWEEN1977 AND 2000
LEVEL IA EVIDENCE: RANDOMIZED CLINICALTRIALSIN PANCREAS CANCER
Chapter 8. Randomized Clinical Trials in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
LOCOREGIONAL THERAPY: SURGERY AND ABLATION
ADJUVANT OR PALLIATIVE THERAPY
ADJUVANT OR PALLIATIVE THERAPY
Chapter 9. An Update on Randomized Clinical Trials in Advanced and Metastatic Colorectal Carcinoma
TRIALS USING DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHEMOTHERAPY
TRIALS ON NEOADJUVANT AND ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY FOR RESECTABLE LIVER METASTASES
TRIALS FOR HAI REGIONAL CHEMOTHERAPY
TRIALS ON MOLECULAR MARKERS OF CHEMOTHERAPY EFFICACY
TRIALS ON THE DURATION, DOSING, AND SEQUENCING OF CHEMOTHERAPY
LEVEL IA EVIDENCE RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS
Chapter 10. Randomized Clinical Trials in Colon Cancer
Chapter 11. Randomized Clinical Trials in Rectal and Anal Cancers
RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS IN THE TREATMENT OF EPIDERMOID CANCERS OF THE ANAL CANAL
LEVEL 1A EVIDENCE: PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS IN RECTAL CANCER
LEVEL 1A EVIDENCE: PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS IN ANAL CANCER