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Training, Location, Expertise - Finding an Oncologist
Once you discover that you have been diagnosed with cancer, seeking rapid and definitive treatment is critical to surviving and ultimately beating the...

Asking the Right Questions - Finding an Oncologist
No one can really anticipate receiving a diagnosis of cancer. Traditionally people speak of cancer in hushed voices and using fatalistic language. The...

Upper Endoscopy and Colonoscopy
If you are told that you need to have an upper endoscopy, colonoscopy or both, there are certain things that you should be aware of before the day...

What to Expect on the Day of Surgery
Surgery can be somewhat frightening even for the bravest among us. You are only partially clothed, everywhere you look people are dressed in masks...

Finding a Surgeon
Finding a surgeon refers to the process of choosing a doctor with specialized training in one or more branches of surgery to perform a specific...

Obstetric and Gynecologic Surgery
Obstetric and gynecologic surgery refers to procedures that are performed to treat a variety of conditions affecting the female reproductive organs...

Surgical Oncology
Surgical oncology is a specialized area of oncology that engages surgeons in the cure and management of cancer.Purpose...

The Pathology Report
While you will meet your surgeon and anesthesiologist before your surgery, there is one medical professional that will participate in your surgery...

Choosing a Surgeon
While you will probably not be golfing with him or her anytime soon (nor would you likely want to!), you should learn a few things about the person...

Choosing a Surgery Specialist
While you will probably not be golfing with him or her anytime soon (nor would you likely want to!), you should learn a few things about the person...

Breast Cancer Surgery Introduction, Insurance Information and Average Cost
Breast cancer is the second most common form of cancer worldwide and surgery is the most commonly recommended form of treatment. Generally speaking...

How to Find and Choose a Breast Cancer Surgeon Specialist
For most women, and even many men, the thought of undergoing breast cancer surgery is a delicate topic. It is also an area with a multitude...

Actual Costs of Cancer Surgery
Surgical oncology is a term that encompasses all manner of surgical operations designed to remove malignant cancer cells from the body. Simply...

How to Find and Choose an Oncologist - Cancer Surgery Specialist
‘Surgical oncologist’ is a somewhat slippery term. To begin with, operations to treat cancer are not only limited to surgical oncologists...

Cervical Cancer Surgery Introduction and Costs
Cancers that invade the cervix and related structures such as the uterus and vagina present one major issue for many women who receive such a diagnosis...

How to Find and Choose a Cervical Cancer Surgeon Specialist
Talking about cervical cancer surgery is a tough and deeply emotional topic for many women. Though hysterectomies remain one of the most prevalent...

A Breakdown of the Costs of Colorectal Cancer Treatment
Colorectal cancer can be broken down into colon cancer and rectal cancer, but because tumors that develop in these areas often affect multiple connected...

Background Checks - Choosing a Colorectal Cancer Surgeon
Remember that finding the right colorectal cancer surgeon is not one isolated incident. Because of the multi-part nature of most colorectal cancer...

Types of Treatments for Liver Cancer and Surgery Costs
As one of the largest organs in the body, the liver is a mainstay in performing many crucial functions. Liver cancer is a serious issue, but...

Beginning Your Search to a Liver Cancer Surgeon
A diagnosis of liver cancer is an unsettling piece of news to receive. A good way to start off on the right foot is to find a team of expert...

Costs and Insurance for Lung Cancer
Surgery is not the answer for all lung cancer patients. Indeed, only those suffering from non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are eligible to...

Resources at Your Fingertips - Finding a Lung Cancer Surgeon
We know that the search for the “right” or “best” lung cancer surgeon is not an easy one. There are so many possible...

Types of Treatments for Pancreatic Cancer and Surgery Insurance
Pancreatic cancer is dubbed as the “silent killer” because of its stealthy, symptom-free segue into a truly severe condition. Depending...

How to Find and Choose a Surgeon for Pancreatic Cancer Surgery
As one of the most alarming cancer diagnoses to receive, the words “pancreatic cancer” can immediately set any patient scrambling for care. ...

What is a Pathologist?
As a field, surgery owes much of its progress to the field of anesthesiology. If patients could not be safely placed unconscious, surgeons would...

Robotic Prostate Surgery and Biopsy
Prostate cancer is all too common in American men and early diagnosis can mean less invasive surgery and even make the difference between life and...

Robotic Prostate Surgery – A Unique Approach
When you think of “robotic surgery,” it is difficult not to imagine a C-3PO style robot standing over an anesthetized patient. While this may...

Mastectomy Recovery – Comprehensive Treatment
You are going to beat breast cancer. This horrible disease may knock you back for a moment, but it will not take you. You are a fighter and you will...

Recovering from a Mastectomy
Having a mastectomy is a bit different that most other surgeries. While dealing with cancer carries with it a host of emotions and fears, many women...

Surgery Demographics – Security and Confidentiality
Surgery demographics are the statistics compiled about the age, gender, race and other characteristics of those undergoing surgery. Essentially surgery...

Surgery Recovery Period
The period after your surgery, called the recovery period, is a very important part of your overall surgical experience. The ease with which you...

Caring for Patients with Cancer: Oncology Nursing
Oncology is the branch of medicine that studies, diagnoses and treats cancer. Oncology nursing is a discipline within the field of nursing that specializes...

Diagnosing Diseases of The Colon - The Cost of Colonoscopy
The colon, also known as the large intestine, is the last section of the digestive system and ends at the anus. This relatively large organ can be...

Diagnosing Ulcers and Cancer - The Cost of Endoscopy
Endoscopy, as in upper endoscopy, is a procedure that uses a thin, flexible tube to visualize the throat, esophagus, stomach and first part of the...

Routine Screening Colonoscopy
Colorectal cancer or colon cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death. The colon is the final part of the intestines and is also called...

Cancer Research Information - Targeted Therapy
A relatively new avenue of cancer research is the use of “targeted therapies.” In contrast to traditional chemotherapy which uses drugs...

Types of Breast Biopsies
When a breast lump is detected, it is important to determine some things about it, most importantly, if the lump is cancerous. Some lumps are common...

Breast Cancer Treatment Options
As you might expect, the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer is very complex. There are dozens of different types, grades, and stages of breast...

Core Needle Biopsy - Evaluating a Possible Tumor
In order to provide a pathologist with a sample of a tumor, an interventional radiologist, oncologist, or surgeon will need to perform a biopsy....

Hematology - The Study of the Blood
Hematology is a scientific and medical discipline that involves the study of the blood and blood-forming tissues. Hematologists in clinical practice...

Imaging Methods for the Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Once women reach a certain age, around 40 years old, they should receive a breast cancer screening mammogram every year. A mammogram uses X-ray radiation...

Cancer Diagnosis - Stereotactic Biopsy
Not all tumors are cancer, but all abnormal tissue growths are at least unsettling. Many tumors are discovered on a routine X-ray or perhaps palpated...

Types of Mastectomy Surgeries
While increased screening and early diagnosis has reduced the incidence of breast cancer in the United States, nearly 200,000 women will receive...

Types of Colectomies
A colectomy is a surgical procedure in which part, or all, of the colon is removed. Colectomies are often performed as a treatment for colon cancer,...

Treating Cancer - Radiation Oncology
Modern medicine provides several ways of treating cancer such as surgery, chemotherapy, and hormone therapy. One of the main ways to treat cancer is...

Information on Anoscopy
It is occasionally necessary for a physician to examine the anus and rectum to a greater degree than a digital rectal examination can provide but without...

Ablation Therapy in Liver Cancer
Ablation therapy has been used for quite some time to treat various heart and vein disorders. Ablation therapy for atrial fibrillation is the grandfather...

Chemoembolization - Cancer Treatment
Chemoembolization is a specific type of cancer treatment, often used to treat cancer of the liver and specifically, hepatocellular carcinoma. The term...

Whipple Procedure
The Whipple procedure is one of the most involved surgical procedures within general surgery—it more or less defines major surgery. This procedure...

Genetic Testing
In 2003, scientists mapped the entire human genome, that is, identified the ~25,000 genes in our DNA that make people, people. This information has been...

Endometrial Biopsy
Most people understand the term biopsy: a procedure in which a small amount of tissue is removed from the body so that it can be examined or tested....

Removal of Cancer - Commando Surgery
Whether you consider the name nostalgic, appropriate, or even offensive, the term “Commando Surgery” evokes mental images of military battles...

Mammotome Biopsy
When a breast abnormality is detected, either through a mammogram or through breast examination, it is important to be able to accurately identify and...

Biopsy Types and Information
A biopsy is a procedure in which a small amount of tissue is removed from the body for further analysis. A biopsy may be its own procedure or be included...

Removing Tumors - Curative Surgery
Simply put, curative surgery is a surgery that results in a cure from some disease. While many medical treatments simply reduce symptoms or slow the...

Laser Surgery Information
While it was simply a thing of science fiction a few decades ago, virtually every field of surgery has at least one laser surgery procedure. The reasons...

Penectomy Surgery Information
A penectomy is a surgery to remove part or the entire penis. The partial penectomy definition includes the removal of any part of the penis less than...

The Da Vinci Surgical System - Robotic Surgery Device
The da Vinci Surgical System is among the most commonly used robotic surgery devices used in the world today. Rather than being a "virtual reality"...

Excision Surgery Information
According to Stedman's Medical Dictionary, the primary definition of excision is "the act of cutting out; the surgical removal of part or all of a...

Noninvasive Surgery Info
Noninvasive surgery is a term that is applied loosely depending on the source. Strictly speaking, a noninvasive surgery or procedure is one in which...

Surgical Instruments Info - Surgical Graspers
Very few maneuvers in surgery are done without some sort of surgical instrument. Each step in a surgery-from initial incision to the final suture-is...