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4th Asia-Pacific Breast Cancer Summit Review by Chris Pyke
4th Asia-Pacific Breast Cancer Summit Dr Chris Pyke is a Associate Professor of Surgery at the…
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Researchers find chemotherapy after bladder cancer surgery improved survival
Patients that received chemotherapy after bladder cancer surgery demonstrated an approximately 30% lower risk of…
Dog’s successful surgery sets stage for treating humans
Almost five years ago, a 7-year-old Labrador retriever was operated on using a technique eventually…
Which breast cancer patients need lymph nodes removed? Ultrasound narrows it down
A new study finds that not all women with lymph node-positive breast cancer treated with…
New agents show promise for ‘fluorescence-guided tumour surgery’
Two new fluorescent dyes attracted to cancer cells may help neurosurgeons more accurately localise and…
Risk-reducing surgery psychologically benefits women
The psychological benefits from risk-reducing surgery for women with a strong familial risk of breast…
Video: Is that double mastectomy really necessary?
When Angeline Vuong, 27,was diagnosed with cancer in one breast earlier this year, her first…
Breast conserving therapy shows survival benefit compared to mastectomy in early-stage patients
When factoring in what is now known about breast cancer biology and heterogeneity, breast conserving…
Decision-Making in the Midst of Medical Un/Certainty
By Gayle A. Sulik MA, Ph.D. Evidence and controversy over Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy (CPM) A…
Novel Robot-Assisted Surgery Technique Improves Removal of Small Kidney Cancer Tumours
Roughly 50,000 Americans are diagnosed with kidney cancer per year. Most of these cancers are…