Celebrating ANZUP Cancer Trials Group’s 10th anniversary
The Australian and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate (ANZUP) Cancer Trials Group held its 7th…
Browsing: Surgical oncology
Active surveillance of lung subsolid nodules reduces unnecessary surgery and overtreatment
Subsolid nodules (SSN) can be considered a biomarker of lung cancer risk and should be…
Robotic surgery as effective as open surgery for bladder cancer
Robotic surgery is as effective as traditional open surgery in treating bladder cancer, according to…
Surgeons have substantial impact on genetic testing in breast cancer patients who need it
For many women diagnosed with breast cancer, genetic testing can offer important information that might…
Study explores satisfaction, quality of life after breast reconstruction
More than 60 percent of women who undergo a mastectomy to treat breast cancer choose…
First major study comparing robotic to open surgery published
The first comprehensive study comparing the outcomes of robotic surgery to those of traditional open…
Phase III Trial Finds Many People With Advanced Kidney Cancer Do Not Need Surgery
A randomized phase III clinical trial showed that many people with advanced kidney cancer can…
Painless real-time proteomics may one day speed up cancer surgery
“Better surgery is associated with better prognosis and higher survival,” says Isabelle Fournier, a professor…
Improving survival in pancreatic cancer with platinum-based chemotherapy
A small study of adults with the most common form of pancreatic cancer adds to…
Salvage cryoablation shows clinical benefit in delaying hormone therapy for men with locally recurrent prostate cancer
Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is commonly administered to many men whose prostate cancer returns after…