In this episode of “Newsworthy Stories,” Jacqueline Jimenez speaks with Bohdan Pomahac, MD, a leading plastic surgeon at Yale New Haven Hospital, and Robert Chelsea, the first African-American…
A consultant surgical gastroenterologist at Manipal Hospital, Sarjapur Road, provides an overview of the surgical gastroenterology department. He discusses advanced laparoscopic procedures for liver, pancreas, gallbladder, and GI…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contrary to a historically pessimistic outlook, high-risk prostate cancer can be controlled with moderate high-dose radiation treatment and prolonged androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT). That…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An updated meta-analysis supports the strategy of giving intravesical chemotherapy (IVC) immediately after bladder tumor resection to reduce the risk of recurrence. “However,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Morbidity associated with inguinal lymphadenectomy in patients with penile carcinoma has declined, and is “reasonable” considering the potential benefit, a Brazilian team reports.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A review of the literature indicates that, far from being futile, radical prostatectomy improves outcomes when lymph nodes (LNs) are found to be…
By Robert Saunders NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For men with biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy, radiation offers a good chance of cure, according to…
By Robert Saunders NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When papillary thyroid cancer spreads to lymph nodes in the neck, percutaneous laser ablation may spare patients further invasive surgery.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In colorectal cancer patients, ablation of bilateral hepatic metastases with or without surgery compares well to the gold standard approach of bilateral resection,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Based on Medicare claims data, the rate of incisional hernia following radical prostatectomy is about three-times higher with minimally invasive surgery than with…
By Megan Brooks NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Radiation may be unnecessary for some women with early-stage breast cancer after conservative surgery, according to preliminary data from a…
Type 2 diabetes is a recognized epidemic both in the United States and around the world. A new study examines whether bariatric surgery in addition to lifestyle changes…
