Year: 2012
Type: letter
Abstract: I felt it was imperative that I object to the conclusions offered by Nakakura 1 as he commented about the research article by Chua et al. 2 In my opinion, Nakakura is suggesting that the serious mistakes in the history of management of mucinous appendiceal neoplasms should again be considered as treatment options.Nakakura sums up his editorial by asking the question "Can a better balance of good outcome with minimal morbidity be attained with function-preserving, debulking surgery versus aggressive cytoreductive surgery?" 1(p2430) The research article by Chua et al 2 and 10 of the 11 references listed by Nakakura should tell him that the answer to this question is an emphatic no.To support the function-preserving, debulking surgery, Nakakura 1 selects a single manuscript from Memorial Sloan-Kettering (MSK) that was published in 2005.3 The article suggested that it was the biology of the disease that determined outcome and that absolute cure as defined by a prolonged disease-free state was uncommon.When this article came out, I compared the
Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology
Authors: Rajul K. Jain, J. Jack Lee, David Hong, Razelle Kurzrock
Institution: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Language: French
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2012623899