Surgical oncology articles from across Nature Portfolio

Transplantation for non-resectable colorectal liver metastasis (CRLM) has become accepted for a few, select patients following stringent criteria. With improved understanding of the selective indications, enhanced curation of the donor pool, and by further insight into cancer biology, novel avenues for research may be developed and eventually benefit more patients with non-resectable CRLM.

Focal ablative therapy has emerged as a treatment option in radio-recurrent prostate cancer to obtain local control of disease and spare patients severe salvage-treatment-related complications. Irreversible electroporation holds the potential to become the standard ablative modality in prostate cancer owing to reliable ablation results, the electricity-based effect and an acceptable adverse-effect profile.

New evidence suggests that patients undergoing robotic-assisted radical cystectomy for non-metastatic bladder cancer experience better response in terms of days alive and out of the hospital than patients undergoing open radical cystectomy. The robotic approach was associated with improved post-operative mobilization, decreased transfusion requirement and reduced burden on perceived quality of life.