Skilled surgeons boost colon cancer survival by 70%
Patients of more technically skilled surgeons, as assessed by review of operative video, have better…
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Low quantity and quality of muscle predicts poor outcomes in colon cancer surgery
Low muscle quality and quantity are both predictive of poor outcomes in colon resection surgery,…
Axillary surgery may not be necessary for all women with invasive breast cancer
More women could potentially be spared an axillary lymph node dissection — the surgical removal…
Mastectomies have been performed for over 500 years – yet we still can’t talk about them
Alanna Skuse, University of Reading In the middle of the 17th century, Mrs Townsend found…
New Surgical Approach for Women at Risk of Ovarian Cancer
A new two-stage surgical approach for cancer prevention is highly acceptable among premenopausal women at…
Delay in breast cancer operations appears non-life-threatening for early-stage disease
A new breast cancer study brings reassuring findings for women with early-stage breast cancer who…
Glowing dye may aid in eliminating cancer
“Clean margins” are a goal of cancer excision surgery. If even a small piece of…
Study confirms superiority of open surgery for early-stage cervical cancer
A study led by researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, USA, confirms that minimally…
High-res imaging with elastography may accurately detect breast cancer in surgical margins
A high-resolution, three-dimensional imaging technique, when combined with quantitative measurement of tissue elasticity, could accurately…
Observing the internal 3D structure of the nipple to understand and fight breast cancer
Nipple-sparing mastectomy is gaining ground as a treatment or preventive measure for breast cancer, given…