Posts Tagged ‘ cancer treatment ’
Until recently, most surgical procedures that were performed to eliminate lung cancer (LC) required the surgeon to make a long incision in the patient's chest. The ribs were either removed or spread apart in order that the surgeon could gain access to the affected site. While that strategy is still used for some types of lung cancer surgery, there are minimally invasive techniques that are being employed more regularly[ READ MORE ]
You may be suffering from lung cancer (LC) without realizing it. It can lay hidden for years. In fact, in many cases, the disease can metastasize (spread outside the site of origin) before symptoms present. Making matters worse, one of the most common symptoms is a persistent, nagging cough. The cough is often dismissed as little more than the sign of a common cold[ READ MORE ]
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital in the Carolinas have partnered to study causes and factors related to a rare cancer called mesothelioma. FirstHealth is an acute care, nonprofit hospital that serves as a referral center for a 15 county region in the Carolinas. Wake Forest Baptist operates one of the nation's leading cancer centers, offering more than 200 cancer-related clinical trials[ READ MORE ]