Main description:

This issue of Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America, guest edited by Dr. Elin R. Sigurdson, is devoted to Clinical Trials in Surgical Oncology. Dr. Sigurdson has assembled expert authors to review the following topics: Commentary on Randomized Controlled Trials; Randomized Clinical Trials in Soft Tissue Sarcoma; Randomized Clinical Trials in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors; Randomized Clinical Trials in Melanoma; Randomized Clinical Trials in Breast Cancer; Randomized Clinical Trials in Gastroesophageal Carcinoma; Randomized Clinical Trials in Hepatocellular Carcinoma; An Update on Randomized Clinical Trials in Advanced and Metastatic Colorectal Carcinoma; Randomized Clinical Trials in Colon and Rectal Cancer; Randomized Clinical Trials in Anal Cancers; The Elderly in Randomized Clinical Trials; Hereditary Syndromes in Clinical Trials; Future Clinical Trials: Genetically Driven Trials; Randomized Clinical Trials in Neuroendocrine Tumors, and more!

Contents:

Surgical Oncology Clinics

Clinical Trials in Surgical Oncology

Foreword

Preface

Introduction: The Evolution of Oncology Clinical Research: Lessons Learned

Randomized Controlled Trials in Soft Tissue Sarcoma: We Are Getting There!

Randomized Clinical Trials in Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors

An Update on Randomized Clinical Trials in Melanoma

An Update on Randomized Clinical Trials in Breast Cancer

An Update on Randomized Clinical Trials in Gastric Cancer

An Update on Randomized Clinical Trials in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

An Update on Randomized Clinical Trials in Metastatic Colorectal Carcinoma

Randomized Clinical Trials in Colon and Rectal Cancer

Randomized Clinical Trials in Localized Anal Cancer

Advancing Treatment Approach to the Older Patient with Cancer Through Clinical Trials Participation

Randomized Controlled Trials in Hereditary Cancer Syndromes

Randomized Controlled Trials in Neuroendocrine Tumors

Randomized Clinical Trials in Pancreatic Cancer

Future Clinical Trials: Genetically Driven Trials