Frontiers in Surgery

SEP 8, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Surgical decision–making in borderline resectable pancreatic cancer in the era of neoadjuvant therapy: from response assessment to individualized operative strategy

Frontiers in Surgery

This is a structured narrative review synthesizing evidence and international guidelines on surgical management of borderline resectable pancreatic cancer in the neoadjuvant therapy era, offering a practical decision-making framework rather than reporting original trial data.

SEP 7, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Surgical management of small bowel metastasis from esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a case report and literature review

Frontiers in Surgery

A single case report with clinical narrative describing an unusual metastatic pattern; it raises mechanistic hypotheses and clinical management questions but provides no comparative data, control group, or generalizable evidence.

AUG 17, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Distal resection margins before and after fixation: a comparative analysis in rectal cancer surgery

Frontiers in Surgery

Single-centre retrospective measurement study with no clinical outcome; demonstrates a technical phenomenon (tissue shrinkage) but lacks comparison to patient safety or oncological adequacy thresholds.