October 10, 2012 (Chicago, Illinois) — Most prophylactic surgeries performed in the United States are self-pay and occur in the South and Midwest, researchers reported here at the American College of ...

Brian Chelcun is one of many with high cancer risk who choose organ removal. March 2, 2009— -- Few wouldn't balk at the idea of prophylactic surgery -- the removal a healthy organ or gland that ...

Dr. William Farrar answers the question: 'What is a prophylactic mastectomy?' — -- Question: What is a prophylactic mastectomy and am I still at risk for breast cancer if I have this surgery?

"Our findings provide a health economics angle on how we can optimize pelvic organ prolapse surgery by addressing coexisting hidden stress incontinence in women with prolapse." — Tsung Mou, MD Many ...

Years ago, journalists who had breast cancer fought with words to inform other women with breast cancer that, in many cases, they didn’t need a mastectomy. Lumpectomy is sufficient, they pointed out.

Nat Clin Pract Oncol. 2007;4(12):672-673. The current screening methods for EC, including routine gynecologic examinations, endometrial sampling and transvaginal ultrasonography are very good, and any ...

In a prophylactic surgery, if a woman is going to keep the nipple, depending on the size or shape of breast, you have to decide where the incision will be made – the underside of the nipple or under ...

Men are opting for preventive breast surgery when diagnosed with unilateral invasive disease, a study published in JAMA Surgery has found. Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) is a procedure ...

The study found that prophylactic locoregional surgery (LRS) for asymptomatic patients with small intestinal neuroendocrine tumors (SI-NETs) provided no survival advantage compared with delayed LRS. A ...

Gail Pine was an impressive woman: She was born with spina bifida and doctors told her she wouldn't be able to walk or have children, but she did both. Later in life, she was diagnosed with breast ...

Lynch syndrome (hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer, HNPCC) is associated with an early onset of cancer, including colorectal, ovarian and endometrial cancers, and cancers of the small bowel, ...

PATIENTS with cirrhosis and varices often die after esophageal hemorrhage. In a retrospective analysis of the records of 106 patients appearing in the years 1918–1938 only 30 per cent survived for a ...