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When someone is diagnosed with colorectal cancer—which includes both colon and rectal cancers—many people immediately think "surgery." And it's true that surgery plays a central role in treatment for ...

Surgery for oral cancer aims to remove cancerous cells and a small margin of healthy tissue. The type and extent of cancer will determine the type of surgery doctors recommend. Oral cancer is a ...

Eunice Jones would have taken Ian Paterson's advice on which surgery was best for her, her family claims [Family] A former ...

Mouth cancer treatment often involves surgery. However, in earlier cancer stages, it may be treatable with nonsurgical options, such as radiation. With an early diagnosis of mouth cancer, the ...

Island surgeons are being encouraged to offer patients the chance to have their fallopian tubes removed during other surgeries to reduce their ovarian-cancer risk.

When Kevin Tougher was diagnosed with nasal cavity cancer at 39, he faced the possibility of losing his nose to surgery. A groundbreaking treatment at MSK changed everything—preserving both his health ...

When a patient is diagnosed with osteosarcoma, an aggressive form of bone cancer, the mission is to remove the tumor entirely. Leaving behind even a microscopic cluster of malignant cells can be the ...

Almost every woman with ovarian cancer will have surgery. The kind of surgery depends on your cancer type and stage, and your overall health. Because ovarian cancer has few or no symptoms, about three ...