Advanced prostate cancer previously considered inoperable may be operable, curable
...hese patients have a better chance if they undergo surgery and are living longer than if they undergo radiati... radiation oncology," says Dr. Zincke. "They think surgery can't be done because the cancer is outside the prostate. Currently, only 15 percent are referred fo...Study finds radiation therapy for prostate cancer nearly doubles risk for rectal cancer
...rectal cancer when compared to men who opt to have surgery to treat prostate cancer. The study found that men who receive radiation for prostate cancer have about 70 percent higher risk of developing rectal cancer than those who underwent surgery, a risk similar to that posed by having a family history of t...Radiation therapy for prostate cancer nearly doubles the risk of rectal cancer
...rectal cancer when compared to men who opt to have surgery to treat prostate cancer, according to a study published today in the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) journal Gastroenterology . Men who receive radiation for prostate cancer have a 70 percent higher risk of developing rectal cancer ...ACP guidelines to treat obesity cover diet, exercise, drugs and surgery
...mmend diet and exercise for everyone and drugs and surgery only for obese patients who are not able to achiev... none have randomized, controlled trials comparing surgery with non-surgical control groups. Furthermore, all have possible side effects, ranging from surgical...Tip sheet Annals of Internal Medicine, April 5, 2005
...mmend diet and exercise for everyone and drugs and surgery only for obese patients who are not able to achiev... none have randomized, controlled trials comparing surgery with non-surgical control groups. Furthermore, all have possible side effects, ranging from surgical...Sex hormones hold key to higher rates of abdominal aortic aneurysms in males
...o treat aneurysms. The only existing treatment is surgery when the risk of death due to possible rupture of the abdominal aortic aneurysm is judged to outweigh the risk of surgery....Golf-related head injuries in children increasing along with sport's popularity
...eeded surgery. Five of the six children who needed surgery did well and the remaining nine had excellent outcomes, he says. The youngest patient with a golf-related head injury was 10 months old. The popularity of the sport (Augusta is home to the Masters Golf Tournament) and MCG's designation as an adult an...US service academies to collaborate with UNC, Andrews Air Force Base, Duke in knee injury study
...soccer and volleyball. Such injuries often require surgery and prolonged rehabilitation. The study findings ...r. William E. Garrett Jr., professor of orthopedic surgery at Duke University and renowned for his expertise in ACL injury and sports medicine, is a consultant...Deep brain stimulation in Parkinson disease reduces uncontrolled movements
...me evidence that the STN is more vulnerable during surgery and that STN patients may have more postoperative problems. Valerie C. Anderson, Ph.D., of the Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, and colleagues compared 23 patients with Parkinson disease and problems with medication-induced uncontroll...Early stage breast-cancer rates are rising as incidence of invasive cases are leveling
...n treatments for DCIS are either breast-conserving surgery with radiation or total mastectomy. In DCIS, the cells lining the milk ducts have cancer-like characteristics. If left untreated, DCIS may, over time, become cancerous and begin to spread, or invade, the surrounding milk ducts. "Given that rates of ...Technology helps Stanford shed new light on coronary bypass surgery
...brated his 72nd birthday by having coronary bypass surgery at Stanford Hospital. He also became the third pat...s were almost never able to confirm whether bypass surgery had been successful while the patient was still on the operating table. In most cases, only after th...Heart valve ring reverses damage from congestive heart failure, easing symptoms
...prospective study of the first 25 patients who had surgery to install the ring shows that it reduced the leak...d were experiencing severe symptoms, before having surgery to install the ring. All experienced great improvement in their symptoms, and lived at least a month...New LASIK research reveals unexpected finding: Key to better-than-20/20 vision is in the flap
...ls the key to a better-than-20/20 outcome in LASIK surgery may depend on whether your doctor uses a blade or a laser to create the corneal flap in the first step of the procedure. "It turns out that the flap that we make in LASIK is not an innocent bystander," says Roger F. Steinert, M.D., 2005 ASCRS preside...Jefferson researchers find timing of post-epilepsy surgery seizures predicts outcome
...t comes to epileptic seizures that can occur after surgery designed to stop them. A multicenter study led by ...an initial seizure within the first four months of surgery were less likely to do as well in the long term as those individuals who did not. "A patient has sur...Scientists identify protein that controls cancer cells
...tactic radiosurgery, a knifeless approach to brain surgery and radiation therapy....Ovary removal elevates risk for Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism
...y consider the age of the woman at the time of the surgery and the option of treating the woman after surgery with estrogen therapy. "Like any medical or surgical decision, there is a trade between risk and ben...Can hospital data detect poor performing doctors?
...investigate hospital level death rates after heart surgery in the Bristol inquiry, and more recently death rates for individual cardiac consultants have been published. A paper published online by the BMJ today extends this theme to more general measures of clinical quality where death may not be the outcome...Execution by lethal injection is not humane or painless suggests study
...tal in the blood were lower than that required for surgery in 43 of the 49 executions; 21 inmates had concentrations consistent with awareness. The study suggests that the current practice of lethal injection for execution fails to even meet veterinary standards for putting down animals. Dr Koniaris states: ...Special physical therapy technique successful for chronic back pain
...having an effective treatment without the risks of surgery and the side effects of chronic medication is wonderful." The study involved 102 people who had severe pain for an average of seven months due to spinal disc protrusions, spinal canal stenosis, or narrowing, or other disc disease. Of those, 82 had lo...Study shows surprising decreased surgical infection risk after age 65
...ties may include a tendency by physicians to avoid surgery in frail elderly patients and, conversely, a "hard...enable elderly patients to withstand the rigors of surgery and its complications. Keith S. Kaye, MD, MPH, and colleagues at Duke University Medical Center and ...