News tagged with cancer surgeon
New robot-assisted surgical method found successful for treatment of thyroid cancer
Using a novel robot-assisted endoscopic technique, a team of surgeons at Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seoul, Korea, has successfully treated 200 consecutive patients with thyroid cancer. The minimally invasive ...
Aug 19, 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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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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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.
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Mar 03, 2011 |
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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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Why are blacks more likely to die from cancer diagnosis?
Black people with cancer are up to twice as likely as other races to die from their disease. While disparities exist for nearly every common cancer type, the largest differences occur among cancers that benefit most from ...
Jul 01, 2010 |
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New York doctors testing heated chemo for rare cancer
Long Island cancer doctors have borrowed a page from medicine's past to write a new chapter on how to address a rare malignancy by infusing heated chemotherapy directly into the abdomen using a heart-lung machine.
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Risk of breast cancer recurrence may depend on treating surgeon
Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), or non-invasive breast cancer, is typically treated with either breast-conserving surgery—with or without follow-up radiation—or mastectomy. The treatment choice depends on clinical ...
Jan 03, 2011 |
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Unique breast oncology and plastic surgery offer superior outcomes
(PhysOrg.com) -- While physicians and researchers strive for the day when drugs, radiation and even ultrasound will be used to obliterate tumors, surgical removal of breast cancer remains the standard treatment. ...
Aug 17, 2010 |
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Smoking, nipple piercing are risk factors for developing breast abscesses
Women who smoke or pierce their nipples are more likely to develop a breast abscess, according to a new study in the July issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Researchers at the University of Iowa found ...
Aug 03, 2010 |
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Study evaluates importance of timeliness of care in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment
While timely care can reduce stress among breast cancer patients about their condition, the drive for expediency should not compromise other factors important to care, such as safety, effectiveness, efficiency, and equity, ...
May 03, 2010 |
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Patients requesting prophylactic mastectomies overestimate their breast cancer risk
Barcelona, Spain: Women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer believe the risk of the disease occurring in their unaffected breast is as much as ten times higher than it actually is. As a result, they are choosing to ...
Mar 25, 2010 |
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Palpable breast cancers are more common in women not undergoing annual mammography
New research findings published in the March issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons indicate that some breast cancers continue to be detected as a palpable lump rather than being found through mammographic screen ...
Mar 15, 2010 |
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Few breast cancer surgeons follow quality of care standards, study finds
Most breast cancer surgeons' practices do not follow standards associated with the best quality of care, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. These standards ...
Jan 05, 2010 |
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