Weekday of surgery affects oesophageal cancer surgery prognosis
[PRESS RELEASE, 18 NOV. 2015] Patients who undergo surgery for oesophageal cancer early in the week – on a Monday or Tuesday – have a higher chance of long-term survival than those who have surgery at the end of the working week. This is according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet published in the scientific journal Annals of Surgery.“The mechanism behind our results is still unknown,” says Jesper Lagergren, consultant and professor of surgery at Karolinska Institutet and King's College London. “But it’s possible that surgical precision to some extent declines towards the end of the