Peritoneal surface malignancies comprise a heterogeneous group of primary tumours,
including peritoneal mesothelioma, and peritoneal metastases of other tumours, including …

Postoperative complications represent a major public health burden worldwide. Without
standardized, clinically relevant and universally applied endpoints, the evaluation of surgical …

Background Robotic surgery for rectal cancer is gaining popularity, but evidence on long-
term oncological outcomes is scarce. We aimed to compare surgical quality and long-term …

Importance Long-term results from randomized clinical trials comparing laparoscopic sleeve
gastrectomy (LSG) with laparoscopic Roux-en-Y-gastric bypass (LRYGB) are limited …

Background Patients with borderline resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma have
relatively low resection rates and poor survival despite the use of adjuvant chemotherapy …

Despite neoadjuvant/conversion chemotherapy, the prognosis of cT4a/bN+ gastric cancer is
poor. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) and antiangiogenic agents have shown activity in …

Background Infected necrotizing pancreatitis is a potentially lethal disease that is treated
with the use of a step-up approach, with catheter drainage often delayed until the infected …

Surgery for locoregionally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC)
results in 30‒50% five-year overall survival. In IMCISION (NCT03003637), a non …

PURPOSE To ascertain if preoperative short-term radiotherapy followed by chemotherapy is
not inferior to a standard schedule of long-term chemoradiotherapy in patients with locally …

Methods: A STROCSS 2021 steering group was formed to come up with proposals to update
STROCSS 2019 guidelines. An expert panel of researchers assessed these proposals and …