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This procedure may be applied to men as well as women, yet the article pertains only to this procedure in women. -- Una Smith ( talk) 20:02, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
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IMHO, it is a mischaracterization to say that pelvic exenterations are controversial -- in well-selected patients. The surgery is done in locally advanced cancers or recurrent ones without widely metastatic disease, as a sort of
hail mary. In other words, in selected individuals it is chance for a cure and does result in a cure in a subset of individuals.
The observational studies show some modest benefit. A controlled trial would probably be hard to justify given the observational data.
This is the best paper I've found on the topic: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7502599
Other papers: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17406945 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12022371 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17406945 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22107085 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21939606
Nephron T| C 20:03, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
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This procedure may be applied to men as well as women, yet the article pertains only to this procedure in women. -- Una Smith ( talk) 20:02, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
With regard to
this edit:
IMHO, it is a mischaracterization to say that pelvic exenterations are controversial -- in well-selected patients. The surgery is done in locally advanced cancers or recurrent ones without widely metastatic disease, as a sort of
hail mary. In other words, in selected individuals it is chance for a cure and does result in a cure in a subset of individuals.
The observational studies show some modest benefit. A controlled trial would probably be hard to justify given the observational data.
This is the best paper I've found on the topic: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7502599
Other papers: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17406945 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12022371 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17406945 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22107085 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21939606
Nephron T| C 20:03, 27 March 2012 (UTC)