Sentences with phrase «bladder cancer surgery»

Studies have shown that the drug alvimopan significantly accelerates recovery of gastrointestinal function and shortens the hospital stay for patients undergoing gastrointestinal or bladder cancer surgery.

Republican Sen. James Seward on Thursday announced he is recovering from bladder cancer surgery he underwent on Wednesday at Albany Medical Center.

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Her work in systematic reviews has consistently addressed tough topics and has included documenting harms of episiotomy, the limitations of data about outcomes of fetal surgery, inconsistencies in results of programs designed to reduce use of cesarean, marginal effectiveness of medications for overactive bladder, and the burden on cervical cancer prevention programs introduced by liquid cytology collection for pap testing.

Sen. James Seward, an Otsego County Republican, has returned to work at the state Capitol after undergoing surgery to treat bladder cancer in April.

Although self - appraisal of overall well - being may mediate physiologic responses to surgery, patient - reported health status has not been extensively studied among bladder cancer patients to date, and its utility in predicting postoperative outcomes, such as complications, has not been previously examined.»

He underwent the full trifecta of treatment: surgery to pare down a tumor that had already penetrated the bladder wall, plus seven weeks of chemotherapy and 35 radiation treatments to destroy lingering cancer cells.

Long - term survival rates following laparoscopic surgery for bladder cancer are comparable to those of open surgery, according to a study published in BJU International.

They suggest that a laparoscopic approach to bladder cancer, when performed correctly, can be as safe as open surgery with regards to cancer control, though maintaining the benefits of a minimally invasive approach,» said Dr. Albisinni.

Patients with muscle - invasive cancer are typically advised to undergo bladder - removal surgery and chemotherapy.

The current standard of care for patients with bladder cancer that has not invaded muscle is surgery to remove the tumor plus immunotherapy or chemotherapy.

In 2010, Dr. Norm Smith joined the faculty as Associate Professor from Northwestern Medicine to focus on bladder and prostate cancer and minimally invasive surgery.

In a study involving 12 patients with bladder cancer, who also underwent prostate surgery as part of their treatment, she identified the ICOS molecule as the first immunologic marker identified in both tumor tissues and the systemic circulation that can be used as a biomarker for monitoring of anti-CTLA-4 treated patients as a possible marker of therapeutic activity.

mCancerPartner sat down recently with Cheryl Lee, M.D., a surgeon and professor of urology, to discuss blue light cystoscopy, a technology that significantly improves the detection of non-muscle invasive (early stage) cancer of the bladder during surgery.

Treatments for bladder cancer include surgery, immunotherapy, chemotherapy, and, occasionally, radiation therapy.

David E. Davis, Jr, died in Ann Arbor, Michigan last Sunday, following complications from surgery for bladder cancer.

Obesity can shorten a companion animal's life by contributing to heart and liver problems, diabetes, arthritis, bladder cancer, and skin disorders and it can put a cat or dog at higher risk while undergoing anesthesia and surgery.

If the bladder cancer is in an intermediate stage, the dog may still have high chances of survival, provided surgery is possible.

He lived to 16 years and 7 months, surviving liver cancer surgery (3 years 2 mo) and 2 bladder stone surgeries.

Surgery is the preferred treatment for canine bladder cancer.

Eating a foreign object that must be surgically removed, boy - cat urinary problems requiring surgery (urethrostomy), kidney cancer, bladder stones, other cancer, radioactive treatment for over-active thyroid, malignant fibrosarcoma skin tumors, Kidney cancer, intestinal cancer

Diagnosis of bladder and prostate cancer can be challenging, and may involve a variety of tests, including X-rays, abdominal ultrasound, urinalysis, cytology, biopsy with histopathology, and sometimes even surgery.

Surgery to remove bladder cancer is seldom effective or even possible due to the invasiveness of this type of tumor.

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Charges for Treatment (s) of the following Illness (es) or Surgery (ies), which Manifest (ed) themselves or are recommended, or symptoms occur during the first one hundred and eighty (180) days of Coverage hereunder beginning on the initial Effective Date: any condition of the breast; any Treatment of all forms of cancer / neoplasm; any condition of the prostate; disorders of the reproductive system; hysterectomy; gall stones or urologic stones (kidney, ureteral, bladder or urethral stones) and any associated complications; any acne diagnosis or acne related condition; asthma; allergies; tonsillectomy; back conditions; adenoidectomy; hemorrhoids; hemorrhoidectomy; hernia, or any Surgery (ies) that is (are) not Emergency in nature, as Emergency is defined hereunder.