Cancer Surgery
The efficacy of preoperative oncological treatments has led to the development of new principles in surgery, which have continued to change as more and more data and evidence have become available - Örs Péter Horváth
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Don’t cut them out: lymph nodes may be key to cancer treatment
But lymph nodes are not just passive waystations. They play an active role in the body’s immune response, acting as meeting points for immune cells to share information about cancer. Recent scientific discoveries have led researchers to rethink how crucial these hubs are for sparking powerful, lasting immune reactions... Without these hubs, the body’s anti-cancer immune response, especially during immunotherapy treatment, may be weaker than previously imagined. The research shows how the specific cells in the lymph nodes make an initial anti-cancer burst of activity. However, this has only been demonstrated in the laboratory, not in humans as yet.Featured
Changes in Oncological Surgical Principles Driven by Advances in Preoperative Treatments
From a surgical point of view, the development of preoperative oncological treatment has had a profound effect on the surgical treatment trends of cancer as well as on the outcomes of cancer patients. Consequently, these changes have challenged formerly entrenched oncological surgical principles.
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Cancer Patients Are Getting Robotic Surgery. There’s No Evidence It’s Better.
High-tech surgical robots aren’t an improvement over traditional operations, the F.D.A. warns. For some patients, the robots may be worse.
Cancer Surgery: Physically Removing Cancer
Cancer surgery—an operation to remove part of your body to diagnose or treat cancer—remains the foundation of cancer treatment.
Doctors Suggest Less Chemo, Surgery for Some Cancer Treatments
Researchers explore leaner approaches aimed at sparing patients tough side effects—and costs
Groundbreaking Research Shows Ancient Egyptians Were Conducting Cancer Surgery Over 4,000 Years Ago
By putting an ancient skull under the microscope, scientists are proving that cancer research is about 1,000 years older than previously thought.
Medicine Spares Cancer Patients From Grisly Surgeries and Harsh Therapies
For a limited group of cancer patients who have solid tumors in the stomach, rectum, esophagus and other organs, an immunotherapy trial offered stunning results.
Prostate cancer surgery breakthrough offers hope for erectile function
Neurosafe procedure allows doctors to remove prostate while preserving as much nerve tissue around it as possible.
Studies Warn Against Minimally Invasive Surgery for Cervical Cancer
Two new studies revealed bad news about minimally invasive surgery for cervical cancer, a widely used procedure performed through small slits in the abdomen instead of a big incision. Compared with the older, open abdominal operation, the minimally invasive approach was more likely to result in recurrence of the cancer and death, researchers found, in the first study that rigorously tested the two methods.
Surgery Doesn't Help Women With Early-Stage Breast Carcinoma
DCIS doesn't always progress to invasive breast cancer, which is the life-threatening kind. In fact, some physicians and researchers, including a working group convened by the National Cancer Institute, say it's not accurate to call DCIS a form of cancer at all, and that the terminology is contributing to overly aggressive treatment.
The Emerging Breast-Cancer Treatment: No Surgery Required
Women with a type of low-risk cancer might not have to rush aggressive treatment, some doctors say
