No cancer surgery is easy, but the two operations David Bieszke underwent at Loyola University Hospital to remove an aggressive, 10-inch tumor were especially challenging. The tumor extended from his navel to his diaphragm. It choked a major blood vessel, and invaded smaller blood vessels to both kidneys. It would take two surgeries, each lasting ...
Laparoscopic or ‘keyhole’ surgery is a safe, effective way of removing bowel tumours and should be offered to all patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer, according to researchers from the University of Leeds. Patients who have laparoscopic surgery spend less time in hospital and recover more quickly from the operation. Now long-term follow-up data has ...
A new method of surgery for kidney cancer could help reduce organ damage, leading to more successful treatment of the disease, scientists have discovered. The research*, presented today (Wednesday) at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference in Liverpool, outlines a new form of key-hole, robotic surgery technique which only removes the tumour and ...
Patients facing planned surgery answered 36 per cent more questions about the procedure correctly if they watched an interactive multimedia presentation (IMP) rather than just talking to medical staff, according to research in the October issue of the urology journal BJUI. Researchers from the University of Melbourne, Australia, randomised 40 patients due to undergo radical ...
Women who’ve had breast cancer treatment need to allow their body a ‘recovery period’. So, to help women along the road to recovery and in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October, Macmillan Cancer Support has five tips to help women do just this. Around 40,000 women in the UK will complete a gruelling ...
