A cross-sectional study found that frailty — but not chronological age — was associated with higher risk for local and systemic postoperative complications in older women undergoing surgery for ...

Doctors in Delhi successfully treated liver cancer in a 72-year-old high-risk patient without surgery using a minimally ...

Thyroid cancer surgery involves removing part or all of the thyroid gland to treat cancerous growths. It is the primary treatment for most thyroid cancers. Thyroid cancer develops when cells in the ...

Mohs microscopic surgery and image-guided superficial radiation therapy (IG-SRT) demonstrate high cure rates for non-melanoma ...

Eric Boodman focuses on narrative features, exploring the startling ways that science and medicine affect people’s lives. You can reach Eric on Signal at eboodman.88. To Rebecca Stone, the single most ...

What Are the Different Types of Oral Cancer Surgery? Oral cancer surgery refers to a group of procedures with different jobs: removing cancer, rebuilding areas affected by treatment, or restoring key ...

Hoover Institution senior fellow Victor Davis Hanson offered a recovery update regarding his lung cancer surgery, revealing complications from an arterial bleed.

The second annual report from the National Cancer Database (NCDB) of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) documents a ...