Author Archives 

Dr. Rocha is a staff surgeon, surgical oncology and hepatopancreatobiliary surgery, Virginia Mason Medical Center, and associate medical director, the Floyd and Delores Jones Cancer Institute, Seattle, WA.
Posts by Flavio G. Rocha, MD, FACS:
- New trial aims to settle debate on the intensity of pancreatic cyst surveillance
- Ga-68 imaging changes clinical management of GI and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
- Modified FOLFIRINOX is superior to gemcitabine as adjuvant therapy for resected pancreatic cancer: The PRODIGE 24/CCTG PA6 Trial
- Liquid biopsies in cancer clinical trials
- Adjuvant therapies for biliary tract cancers
- Studies address metabolic image-directed oncologic therapy for gastric cancer
- Less invasive option for small hepatocellular carcinoma: Thermal ablation as first-line therapy?