News tagged with surgical oncology

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Ultrasound-guided surgery is best way to remove breast tumours

The use of ultrasound-guided surgery to remove tumours from women who have palpable breast cancer is much more successful than standard surgery in excising all the cancerous tissue while sparing as much healthy tissue as ...

Cancer created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Loyola nurse practitioner reduces unnecessary emergency department visits

Adding a nurse practitioner (NP) to a busy hospital staff can decrease unnecessary emergency department (ED) visits, according to a study published in the latest issue of Surgery by researchers at Loyola University Health ...

Health created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chemotherapy is as effective before breast cancer surgery as after

Whether chemotherapy is given before or after breast-conserving therapy (BCT) does not have an impact on long-term local-regional outcomes, suggesting treatment success is due more to biologic factors than chemotherapy timing, ...

Cancer created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Patients' underlying health linked to worse outcomes for melanoma, study finds

It's not how old but how frail patients are that can predict how well they will fare after a melanoma diagnosis. In fact, young patients in poor health may have worse outcomes than older patients in good shape.

Cancer created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Clinical trial shows benefit to adding avastin to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer patients

Amid the controversy surrounding the Food and Drug Administration's ruling that Avastin should no longer be used to treat metastatic breast cancer, a new multinational Phase III clinical trial shows that Avastin significantly ...

Cancer created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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