BACKGROUND: Changes in the treatment of rectal cancer during the past decades have
led to an increase in sphincter preservation with a consecutive decline in abdominoperineal …

Aims The four‐tiered peritoneal regression grading score ( PRGS ) assesses the response
to chemotherapy in peritoneal metastasis ( PM ). The PRGS is used, for example, to assess …

Epigenetic factors contribute to carcinogenesis, tumor promotion, and chemoresistance.
Histone deacetylases (HDACs) are epigenetic regulators that primarily cause chromatin …

Background: There is a rapidly growing literature available on right hemicolectomy comparing
the short- and long-term outcomes of robotic right colectomy (RRC) to that of laparoscopic …

Background PIPAC is a new treatment modality for peritoneal cancer which has been
practiced and evaluated until very recently by few academic centers in a highly standardized …

Histone deacetylases (HDACs) play a key role in epigenetic mechanisms in health and
disease and their dysfunction is implied in several cancer entities. Analysis of expression …

Background Pressurized intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy (PIPAC) is increasingly
used to treat patients with peritoneal cancer. A recent survey demonstrated considerable …

Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and microwave ablation (MWA) are currently the dominant
modalities to treat unresectable liver tumors. Monitoring the ablation process with b‑mode‑…

Simple Summary Biliary tract cancer (BTC) is a rare disease with dismal outcomes.
Therefore, the investigation of new therapeutic targets is urgently required. In this study, we …

BACKGROUND: Different tumor grading systems have been proposed to predict the association
between tumor response and clinical outcome after preoperative chemoradiotherapy in …