The 60-month local regional recurrence-free rate was 93.2% in the MRI arm vs 95.7% in the no MRI arm among patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer.
Axillary dissection was more likely to be omitted among patients in the ALTERNATE trial when there was one positive sentinel node compared with 2 or more.
Qualified surgeons may offer laparoscopic distal gastrectomy as an alternative to open distal gastrectomy among those with clinical T4a gastric cancer.
Fertility-sparing surgery showed comparable efficacy vs hysterectomy in early-stage cervical cancer, with a 5-year RFS rate of 92% vs 96.4%, respectively.