Updated: June 13, 2023 A sentinel lymph node biopsy can answer that question for some gynecologic cancers. Oncologists have many tools available to help them determine the stage of a cancer and how to treat it. Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is one...
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Updated May 25, 2023 Standard treatment for most gynecologic cancers can affect a woman’s ability to have children, since it may involve removing the uterus, ovaries, or fallopian tubes—or all three. But in some cases, patients who hope to one day become...
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Philanthropic Support in FY21 Expands Research and Enriches Patient Care at Fox Chase Cancer Center
Medical excellence was top of mind for Temple Health donors this year, whose combined philanthropic support of education, patient care, research and service to the community totaled an impressive $52.5 million—$25.5 million raised for the Lewis Katz School ...
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Keeping Ovarian Cancer from Returning: What to Know About Maintenance Therapy
Being told you have ovarian cancer is overwhelming and can be particularly scary. The disease has a reputation for being extremely aggressive with low survival statistics when caught in its later stages. But that reputation is changing. Many women are livin...
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Confronting Racial Disparities in Lung Cancer Care
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States, and Black patients with lung cancer are more likely to die than their White counterparts. That’s largely due to systemic racial disparities in cancer care—and in health care as a whole, ...
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Hepatic Artery Infusion Pump Chemotherapy: A New and Promising Way to Treat Metastasized Colorectal Cancer
In its later stages, colorectal cancer can spread, or metastasize, to other organs in the body. One common site of metastasis is the liver, with about half of colorectal cancer patients developing liver metastases at some point in their cancer journey. T...
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