Translational Research in Surgical Disease

Abstract

Multiple avenues have been used for the discovery of improved means of diagnosis, treatment, and overall management of patients with surgical diseases. These avenues have incorporated the use of genomics, electrical impedence, statistical and mathematical modeling, and immunology.

Basic science, translational research and surgery: an unresolved controversy

“…The impact on clinical practice varies from the analysis of molecular biomarkers and genetic risk of cancer to the application of transgenic technologies in xenografts [3].…”