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Editorial
. 2011 Mar;18(3):603-7.
doi: 10.1245/s10434-010-1442-0.

Local and systemic recurrence is the Achilles heel of cancer surgery

Louis A Aliperti, Jarrod D Predina, Anil Vachani, Sunil Singhal
Editorial

Local and systemic recurrence is the Achilles heel of cancer surgery

Louis A Aliperti et al. Ann Surg Oncol. 2011 Mar.
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Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Representation of 5 year survival among patients diagnosed with Lung, Colorectal, Breast, and Prostate Cancers. Data were obtained from SEER database using SEER*Stat software (A) Kaplan-Meier analysis demonstrating survival benefits observed in patients undergoing surgery versus no surgery. (B) Tabulation of survival statistics for those diagnosed with Lung, Colorectal, Breast, and Prostate Cancers. * values were calculated using the following equation: (observed 5 year survival with surgery)/(observed 5 year survival without surgery)
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
Post-operative recurrence data for Lung, Colorectal, Breast and Prostate Cancers. Data were obtained from focused literature review. (A) Percentage of patients undergoing surgery that are susbsequently diagnosed with cancer recurrence within 5 years of initial surgical resection. (B) Postoperative recurrences by location: local versus systemic.
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