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Study explores satisfaction, quality of life after breast reconstruction
More than 60 percent of women who undergo a mastectomy to treat breast cancer choose…
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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…
Erectile dysfunction drugs and flu vaccine may fight cancer after surgery
A new study suggests that a common treatment for erectile dysfunction combined with the flu…
New ‘scoring’ system for advanced colorectal cancer
Georgios Margonis, M.D., Ph.D., a surgical oncology fellow at the Johns Hopkins University School of…
For patients with oesophageal cancer, status of lymph nodes after preoperative therapy determines survival
According to a new study, the status of lymph nodes rather than the status of…
Mouse study links early metastasis to systemic inflammation caused by wound healing
According to new research conducted in mice by Whitehead Institute scientists, surgery in breast cancer…