Cancer and the reluctant surgeon
| Autor: | Margaret H. Edwards, L. Kraeer Ferguson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1957 |
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| Zdroj: | The American Journal of Surgery. 93:356-360 |
| ISSN: | 0002-9610 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0002-9610(57)90823-1 |
| Popis: | Factors influencing some surgeons to withhold surgery in extending or recurrent cancer are reviewed, and an analysis of each is made with illustrative examples. These include: (1) lack of increase in survival rates with improved surgical technics; (2) advanced age of the patient; (3) evidence of recurrence or metastasis; (4) the natural history and histopathologic grade of a tumor; (5) apparent disability of certain patients and the presence of intercurrent disease; (6) distaste for careful follow-up examinations; and (7) possible blame for failure to cure. An attitude of attempting to do the most good for patients with cancer rather than the least harm is urged. |
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