News tagged with cancer surgeon
Doctors brace for possible big Medicare pay cuts
(AP) -- Breast cancer surgeon Kathryn Wagner has posted a warning in her waiting room about a different sort of risk to patients' health: She'll stop taking new Medicare cases if Congress allows looming cuts ...
Nov 13, 2010 |
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Worldwide success in treatment of liver tumors
Leicester consultant surgeon who has developed a pioneering technique using microwaves to destroy liver tumours has treated more than 100 patients in the UK and other patients are now being treated internationally.
May 12, 2009 |
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Prostate Cancer Screening Exams Not Necessary for Some Men (w/Video)
The prostate cancer screening tests that have become an annual ritual for many men don't appear to reduce deaths from the disease among those with a limited life-expectancy, according to early results of a major U.S. study ...
Mar 18, 2009 |
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New technique may help detect potential breast cancer spread
A new phase III clinical trial of early stage breast cancer patients has shown that a molecule designed to home in on nearby lymph nodes is just as accurate as current techniques, but faster, more specific and easier to use.
May 08, 2009 |
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Colonoscopy: What to Expect When Your Doctor Wants an Inside Look
Colorectal cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in the United States with more than 140,000 cases diagnosed each year. It is also one of the most preventable cancers. Since March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness ...
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Lung cancer: 'Artificial airway' transplant is world first
French doctors said on Thursday they were delighted at a medical first in which a 78-year-old man was given a section of artificial airway to save a lung afflicted by bronchial cancer.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 03, 2011 |
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Study challenges routine use of MRI scans to evaluate breast cancer
Reviewing the records of 577 breast cancer patients, Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers found that women with newly diagnosed breast cancer who receive a breast MRI are more likely to receive a mastectomy after their diagnosis ...
Jun 26, 2009 |
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