Localized prostate carcinoma: Surgical management

Surgical Management of Localized Scleroderma

BACKGROUND Localized scleroderma is characterized by a thickening of the skin from excessive collagen deposits. It is not a fatal disease, but quality of life can be adversely affected due to changes in skin appearance, joint contractures, and, rarely, serious deformities of the face and extremities. We present six cases of localized scleroderma in face from our surgical practice. METHODS We ...

Management of High-Risk Localized Prostate Cancer

Traditionally, patients with high-risk localized prostate cancer have been an extremely challenging group to manage due to a significant likelihood of treatment failure and prostate cancer-specific mortality (PCSM). The results of multiple large, prospective, randomized trials have demonstrated that men with high-risk features who are treated in a multimodal fashion at the time of initial diagn...

Advances in Localized Prostate Cancer Management

Localized renal cell carcinoma management: an update.

OBJECTIVE To review the current modalities of treatment for localized renal cell carcinoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS A literature search for keywords: renal cell carcinoma, radical nephrectomy, nephron sparing surgery, minimally invasive surgery, and cryoablation was performed for the years 2000 through 2008. The most relevant publications were examined. RESULTS New epidemiologic data and curr...

Surgical management of esophageal carcinoma.

BUMC PROCEEDINGS 2003;16:280–284 Although esophageal carcinoma is not the most common tumor—it accounts for only 5% of all gastrointestinal tumors and 1% of all new tumors—it has nearly a 1:1 mortality ratio: each year there are 14,000 new cases and 13,000 related deaths in the USA. Men have esophageal carcinoma 3 to 5 times more often than women, and black men are 3 times more likely than whit...