Fondazione Irccs Istituto Nazionale Dei Tumori, Milano

This study tested whether giving the drugs ketamine during surgery and methadone after surgery could prevent a common problem: strong painkillers (opioids) sometimes make patients more sensitive to pain around their surgical wound. Researchers enrolled 113 patients having abdomin…

This study aimed to learn if a 'wait-and-see' approach is safe for patients with a rare, non-cancerous tumor called desmoid fibromatosis. It followed 100 patients with tumors outside the abdomen, treating them only if scans showed the tumor was growing. The goal was to see how ma…

Depending on disease stage, head and neck cancer (HNC) can be cured either with a single modality or with multimodal treatments, consisting of various combinations of surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy. Despite treatment with curative intent, loco-regional recurrences and/or…