Low MAR consistently identified patients with more favorable long-term outcomes across subgroups. Preoperative monocyte-to-albumin ratio (MAR) independently predicted overall survival (OS) in patients ...

A large observational study published in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that most patients do not medically benefit from consultation with a medical specialist before their surgery. In Canada, ...

First-Line Chemotherapy for Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Is There a Superior Regimen Based on Histology? The study enrolled 90 patients; 79 patients (88%) completed chemo-chemoradiation. Sixty-two (78% ...

Routine preoperative testing is not recommended for patients undergoing cataract surgery, because testing neither decreases adverse events nor improves outcomes. We sought to assess adherence to this ...

Preoperative and Postoperative Systemic Therapy for Operable Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer The following represents disclosure information provided by authors of this manuscript. All relationships are ...

A system-wide preoperative nutrition program improves patient outcomes and offers the potential for substantial cost savings for health care systems, according to a study presented at the American ...

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Preoperative evaluation: Take it step by step Identifying patients at higher risk for mortality and morbidity during the perioperative period can lead to strategies to minimize those risks.

According to center policies, all patients deemed appropriate for procedures performed at the center are to be interviewed in order to collect a comprehensive patient history, to include medications, ...

We evaluated whether men at risk for death from prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy can be identified using information available at diagnosis. As compared with an annual PSA velocity of 2.0 ...