Prehabilitation aims to improve patients' physical condition before a stressful event, such as surgery, and enhance recovery. Despite its potential benefits, many emerging prehabilitation programs face challenges in enrolling or retaining patients. In our prehabilitation study PHOCUS, which aims to prepare ovarian cancer patients for surgery, we have also encountered lower acceptance and retention rates. Particularly the most vulnerable patients, who are old and frail, and may benefit the most from the prehabilitation, decline participation due to the complexity of the proposed program. In our review we discussed obstacles and barriers that prevent patients' participation based on both literature and our experience. Among the main reasons are patient's low motivation, high intensity of the program and a lack of social support. To overcome these challenges, we suggest increasing the program's flexibility, adapting the program according to individual patient's needs and enhancing patients' education about the benefits of prehabilitation.
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- fyzioterapie v předoperační přípravě * psychologie MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- motivace MeSH
- nádory vaječníků chirurgie MeSH
- nádory ženských pohlavních orgánů * rehabilitace chirurgie MeSH
- pacientův souhlas se zdravotní péčí psychologie MeSH
- předoperační péče metody MeSH
- sociální opora MeSH
- vzdělávání pacientů jako téma metody MeSH
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- lidé MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- přehledy MeSH
INTRODUCTION: Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNET) exhibit a wide spectrum of clinical behavior, which makes their assessment and management quite challenging. The purpose of this study was to comprehensively assess the existing treatment landscape for patients with pNET. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was conducted with the support of the ESSO-EYSAC Research Academy in collaboration with the E-AHPBA. An online survey was distributed via email and social media to surgical networks across Europe and beyond (September 1-30, 2023). RESULTS: Overall, 155 complete responses were obtained. A specialized NET tumor board was present at the institutions of 94 (61 %) of the study participants. The most frequently applied guidelines were from ENETS (n = 97; 63 %), NCCN (n = 74; 48 %), and ESMO (n = 53; 34 %). For resectability, similar criteria as in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma were used by 111 (72 %) participants, even though 116 (75 %) participants believed that pNET/pNEC should have their own resectability criteria. Most respondents used somatostatin analogues (n = 126; 81 %) and chemotherapy (n = 85; 55 %) as neoadjuvant treatments, followed by molecularly targeted agents (n = 45; 29 %) and PRRT (n = 37; 24 %). Only 17 (11 %) participants agreed/strongly agreed that the management of pNET/pNEC is sufficiently addressed in surgical education programs. CONCLUSION: This international survey highlighted areas for improvement in the care of pNET, namely the lack of pNET-specific resectability criteria and educational programs addressing pNET management.
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- lékařská praxe - způsoby provádění statistika a číselné údaje MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- nádory slinivky břišní * chirurgie MeSH
- neoadjuvantní terapie MeSH
- neuroendokrinní nádory * chirurgie MeSH
- pankreatektomie MeSH
- průzkumy a dotazníky MeSH
- směrnice pro lékařskou praxi jako téma MeSH
- somatostatin analogy a deriváty terapeutické užití MeSH
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- lidé MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Evropa MeSH
INTRODUCTION: Malnutrition is common in patients suffering from malignant diseases and has a major impact on patient outcomes. Prevention and early detection are crucial for effective treatment. This study aimed to investigate current international practice in the assessment and management of malnutrition in surgical oncology departments. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The survey was designed by European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO) and ESSO Young Surgeons and Alumni Club (EYSAC) Research Academy as an online questionnaire with 41 questions addressing three main areas: participant demographics, malnutrition assessment, and perioperative nutritional standards. The survey was distributed from October to November 2021 via emails, social media and the ESSO website to surgical networks focussing on surgical oncologists. Results were collected and analysed by an independent team. RESULTS: A total of 156 participants from 39 different countries answered the survey, reflecting a response rate of 1.4%. Surgeons reported treating a mean of 22.4 patients per month. 38% of all patients treated in surgical oncology departments were routinely screened for malnutrition. 52% of patients were perceived as being at risk for malnutrition. The most used screening tool was the "Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool" (MUST). 68% of participants agreed that the surgeon is responsible for assessing preoperative nutritional status. 49% of patients were routinely seen by dieticians. In cases of severe malnutrition, 56% considered postponing the operation. CONCLUSIONS: The reported rate of malnutrition screening by surgical oncologists is lower than expected (38%). This indicates a need for improved awareness of malnutrition in surgical oncology, and nutritional screening.
BACKGROUND: Both anastomotic leak (AL) and conduit necrosis (CN) after oesophagectomy are associated with high morbidity and mortality. Therefore, the identification of preoperative, modifiable risk factors is desirable. The aim of this study was to generate a risk scoring model for AL and CN after oesophagectomy. METHODS: Patients undergoing curative resection for oesophageal cancer were identified from the international Oesophagogastric Anastomosis Audit (OGAA) from April 2018-December 2018. Definitions for AL and CN were those set out by the Oesophageal Complications Consensus Group. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify risk factors for both AL and CN. A risk score was then produced for both AL and CN using the derivation set, then internally validated using the validation set. RESULTS: This study included 2247 oesophagectomies across 137 hospitals in 41 countries. The AL rate was 14.2% and CN rate was 2.7%. Preoperative factors that were independent predictors of AL were cardiovascular comorbidity and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The risk scoring model showed insufficient predictive ability in internal validation (area under the receiver-operating-characteristic curve [AUROC] = 0.618). Preoperative factors that were independent predictors of CN were: body mass index, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status, previous myocardial infarction and smoking history. These were converted into a risk-scoring model and internally validated using the validation set with an AUROC of 0.775. CONCLUSION: Despite a large dataset, AL proves difficult to predict using preoperative factors. The risk-scoring model for CN provides an internally validated tool to estimate a patient's risk preoperatively.
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- anastomóza chirurgická * MeSH
- chronická obstrukční plicní nemoc MeSH
- ezofagektomie * MeSH
- ezofágus chirurgie patologie MeSH
- hodnocení rizik MeSH
- index tělesné hmotnosti MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- nádory jícnu * chirurgie patologie MeSH
- nekróza * MeSH
- netěsnost anastomózy * epidemiologie etiologie MeSH
- rizikové faktory MeSH
- ROC křivka MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- žaludek chirurgie patologie MeSH
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- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- multicentrická studie MeSH
BACKGROUND: Isolated limb perfusion (ILP) is a well-established surgical procedure for the administration of high dose chemotherapy to a limb for the treatment of advanced extremity malignancy. Although the technique of ILP was first described over 60 years ago, ILP is utilised in relatively few specialist centres, co-located with tertiary or quaternary cancer centres. The combination of high dose cytotoxic chemotherapy and the cytokine tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFα), mandates leakage monitoring to prevent potentially serious systemic toxicity. Since the procedure is performed at relatively few specialist centres, an ILP working group was formed with the aim of producing technical consensus guidelines for the procedure to streamline practice and to provide guidance for new centres commencing the technique. METHODS: Between October 2021 and October 2023 a series of face to face online and hybrid meetings were held in which a modified Delphi process was used to develop a unified consensus document. After each meeting the document was modified and recirculated and then rediscussed at subsequent meeting until a greater than 90% consensus was achieved in all recommendations. RESULTS: The completed consensus document comprised 23 topics in which greater than 90% consensus was achieved, with 83% of recommendations having 100% consensus across all members of the working group. The consensus recommendations covered all areas of the surgical procedure including pre-operative assessment, drug dosing and administration, perfusion parameters, hyperthermia, leakage monitoring and theatre logistics, practical surgical strategies and also post-operative care, response evaluation and staff training. CONCLUSION: We present the first joint expert-based consensus statement with respect to the technical aspects of ILP that can serve as a reference point for both existing and new centres in providing ILP.
INTRODUCTION: There are questions regarding whether grade group (GG) 4 prostate cancer (PC) is heterogeneous in terms of prognosis. We assessed prognostic differences in PC patients within GG 4 treated with radical prostatectomy (RP). MATERIAL AND METHODS: Biochemical recurrence (BCR)-free, cancer-specific, and overall survival were analyzed in 787 PC patients with GG 4 based on RP pathology (Gleason score (GS) 3 + 5: 189, GS 4 + 4: 500, and GS 5 + 3: 98). Logistic regression analysis was performed to assess factors predictive of high-risk surgical pathological features. Cox regression models were used to evaluate potential prognostic factors of survival. RESULTS: Within a median follow-up of 86 months, 378 patients (48.0%) experienced BCR and 96 patients (12.2%) died, 42 of whom (5.3%) died of PC. GS 5 + 3 was significantly associated with worse BCR-free and cancer-specific survival, as well as higher positive surgical margin, lymph node metastasis, extraprostatic extension, and non-organ-confined disease rates, than GS 3 + 5 and higher positive surgical margin, lymph node metastasis, extraprostatic extension, and non-organ-confined disease rates than GS 4 + 4 (P < 0.05). GS 4 + 4 was significantly associated with worse BCR-free survival and higher extraprostatic extension, and non-organ-confined disease rates than GS 3 + 5 (P < 0.05). Inclusion of the different Gleason patterns improved the discrimination of a model for prediction of all survival outcomes compared to standard prognosticators. CONCLUSIONS: There is considerable heterogeneity within GG 4 in terms of oncological and surgical pathological outcomes. Primary and secondary Gleason patterns should be considered to stratify high-risk PC patients after RP.
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- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- lokální recidiva nádoru patologie MeSH
- míra přežití MeSH
- nádory prostaty mortalita patologie chirurgie MeSH
- prognóza MeSH
- prostatektomie * MeSH
- senioři nad 80 let MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- stupeň nádoru MeSH
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- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- senioři nad 80 let MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
Breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) is an uncommon T cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) associated with breast implants. Raising awareness of the possibility of BIA-ALCL in anyone with breast implants and new breast symptoms is crucial to early diagnosis. The tumour begins on the inner aspect of the peri-implant capsule causing an effusion, or less commonly a tissue mass to form within the capsule, which may spread locally or to more distant sites in the body. Diagnosis is usually made by cytological, immunohistochemical and immunophenotypic evaluation of the aspirated peri-implant fluid: pleomorphic lymphocytes are characteristically anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) negative and strongly positive for CD30. BIA-ALCL is indolent in most patients but can progress rapidly. Surgical removal of the implant with the intact surrounding capsule (total en-bloc capsulectomy) is usually curative. Late diagnosis may require more radical surgery and systemic therapies and although these are usually successful, poor outcomes and deaths have been reported. By adopting a structured approach, as suggested in these guidelines, early diagnosis and successful treatment will minimize the need for systemic treatments, reduce morbidity and the risk of poor outcomes.
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- anaplastický velkobuněčný lymfom diagnóza etiologie terapie MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mamoplastika normy MeSH
- nádory prsu MeSH
- plastická chirurgie * MeSH
- počítačové zpracování obrazu MeSH
- prsní implantáty škodlivé účinky MeSH
- směrnice pro lékařskou praxi jako téma * MeSH
- společnosti lékařské * MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- přehledy MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Spojené království MeSH
We hypothesized that pT3a stage at nephrectomy can be accurately predicted in cT1N0M0 clear cell-renal cell carcinoma (cc-RCC) patients. Of 236 patients, treated with either partial or radical nephrectomy (2005-2019), 25 (10.6%) harbored pT3a stage. Multivariable logistic regression models predicting pT3a were fitted using age, tumor size, tumor location and exophytic rate. The new model was 81% accurate. In calibration plots, minimal departures from ideal prediction were recorded. In decision curve analyses, a net-benefit throughout all threshold probabilities was recorded relative to the treat-all or treat-none strategies. Using a probability cut-off of 21% for presence of pT3a stage, 38 patients (16.1%) were identified, in whom pT3a rate was 36.8%. Conversely, in 198 patients (83.9%) below that cut-off, the rate of pT3a was 5.6%. Alternative user-defined cut-offs may be selected. The new model more accurately identifies a subgroup of cT1N0M0 cc-RCC patients with substantially higher risk of pT3a stage than average.
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- karcinom z renálních buněk patologie chirurgie MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- nádory ledvin patologie chirurgie MeSH
- nefrektomie metody MeSH
- rizikové faktory MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- staging nádorů MeSH
- statistické modely MeSH
- tumor burden MeSH
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- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to evaluate the costs of CRS and HIPEC and treatment of the related postoperative complications in the public healthcare system. We also aimed to identify the risk factors that increase the cost of CRS and HIPEC. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively evaluated 80 patients who underwent CRS and HIPEC between February 2016 and November 2018 in the Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Olomouc, Czech Republic. Intraoperative factors and postoperative complications were assessed. The treatment cost included the surgery, hospital stay, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, pharmaceutical charges including medication, hospital supplies, pathology, imaging, and allied healthcare services. RESULTS: The postoperative morbidity rate was 50%, and the mortality rate was 2.5%. The mean length of hospitalisation and ICU admission was 15.44 ± 8.43 and 6.15 ± 4.12 for all 80 patients and 10.73 ± 2.93 and 3.73 ± 1.32, respectively, for 40 patients without complications, and 20.15 ± 13.93 and 8.58 ± 6.92, respectively, for 40 patients with complications. The total treatment cost reached €606,358, but the total reimbursement was €262,931; thus, the CRS and HIPEC profit margin was €-343,427. Multivariate analysis showed that blood loss ≥1.000 ml (p = 0.03) and grade I-V Clavien-Dindo complications (p < 0.001) were independently associated with increased costs. CONCLUSION: The Czech public health insurance system does not fully compensate for the costs of CRS and HIPEC. Hospital losses remain the main limiting factor for further improving these procedures. Furthermore, treatment costs increase with increasing severity of postoperative complications.
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- cytoredukční chirurgie ekonomika MeSH
- délka pobytu ekonomika statistika a číselné údaje MeSH
- diagnostické zobrazování ekonomika MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- farmaceutické služby ekonomika MeSH
- financování vládou * MeSH
- financování zdravotní péče MeSH
- indukovaná hypertermie ekonomika MeSH
- jednotky intenzivní péče ekonomika statistika a číselné údaje MeSH
- kolorektální nádory patologie MeSH
- krvácení při operaci statistika a číselné údaje MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mortalita v nemocnicích MeSH
- nádory apendixu patologie MeSH
- nádory vaječníků patologie MeSH
- náklady a analýza nákladů MeSH
- peritoneální nádory sekundární terapie MeSH
- pooperační komplikace ekonomika epidemiologie MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- úhrada zdravotního pojištění statistika a číselné údaje MeSH
- vybavení a zásoby nemocnice ekonomika MeSH
- zdravotní pojištění * MeSH
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- dospělí MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Česká republika MeSH
BACKGROUND: Pleomorphic and Florid Lobular carcinoma in situ (P/F LCIS) are rare variants of LCIS, the exact nature of which is still debated. AIM: To collect a large series of P/F LCIS diagnosed on preoperative biopsies and evaluate their association with invasive carcinoma and high grade duct carcinoma in situ (DCIS). Data obtained were compared with those reported in the literature. METHODS: A multi-institutional series of P/F LCIS was retrieved. All cases were diagnosed on pre-operative biopsies, which was followed by an open surgical excision. Data on post-operative histopathology were available. A literature review was performed. RESULTS: A total of 117 cases were collected; invasive carcinoma and/or DCIS was present in 78/117 cases (66.7%). Seventy cases of P/F LCIS were pure on biopsy and 31 of these showed pathological upgrade in post-surgical specimens. Pre-operative biopsy accuracy was 47/78 (60.3%); pre-operative biopsy underestimation of cancer was 31/78 (39,7.%). In the literature review papers, invasive carcinoma or DCIS was associated with 274 of 418 (65.5%) cases of P/F LCIS. Pre-operative biopsy accuracy was 66% (181/274) whereas pre-operative biopsy underestimation of cancer was 33.9% (93/274). CONCLUSIONS: The data presented here indicate that P/F LCIS is frequently associated with invasive carcinoma or high grade DCIS and that pre-operative biopsy is associated with an underestimation of malignancy. Open surgery is indicated when P/F LCIS is diagnosed pre-operatively.
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- biopsie MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- duktální karcinom prsu patologie chirurgie MeSH
- intraduktální neinfiltrující karcinom patologie chirurgie MeSH
- invazivní růst nádoru MeSH
- karcinom prsu in situ patologie chirurgie MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- lobulární karcinom patologie chirurgie MeSH
- nádory prsu patologie chirurgie MeSH
- resekční okraje MeSH
- senioři nad 80 let MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- stupeň nádoru MeSH
- Check Tag
- dospělí MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- senioři nad 80 let MeSH
- senioři MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- multicentrická studie MeSH
- přehledy MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Evropa MeSH
