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• Smaller Incisions, Quicker Recovery Among Robotic Surgery’s Benefits for Urology Patients

  Robotic surgery is increasingly used in urology, where the focus is on the male and female urinary tract, male genitals and male reproduction. Robotic surgery uses laparoscopic abdominal surgery to remove kidney stones, urine blockages and most commonly, to remove minimally invasive cancer cells in the kidneys, bladder and prostate.

• New Monarch Technology Brings Benefits for Lung Cancer Patients

  Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths for men and women. In its early stages, the disease shows few symptoms, making it difficult to detect. Once symptoms appear, the disease is often in an advanced stage and has spread beyond the initial site. For that reason, upwards of 90 percent of those diagnosed with advanced or metastatic lung cancer do not survive.

• A Day in The Life of a Gynecological Oncologist

  As a gynecological oncologist, or GYN oncologist, my specialization is in diagnosing and treating cancers that affect a woman’s reproductive organs. Every day, I provide care to women who have cancers of the ovary, fallopian tubes, uterus, cervix, vagina and vulva. I also treat cancers associated with pregnancy like gestational tumors that involve the placenta or other gynecologic cancers found during pregnancy.

• A Day in the Life of a Surgical Technologist

  One of the things I love most about my job as a surgical technologist at Orlando Health is the variety of surgical procedures I get to be a part of from one day to the next. While my responsibilities during each surgery are very similar, it’s still an exciting, fascinating job because every single day is different.

• There is hope: Advancements in ovarian cancer treatment provides hope for patients

  When women are told they have a diagnosis of ovarian cancer, their first thought is usually fear. This is the cancer that we don’t always talk about. This is the cancer where we don’t see so many runs and walks and rallies and ribbons adorning the food we buy and the events we attend. It’s not pink. It’s teal. Is teal scarier? Well, breast cancer is no walk in the park, but what about teal?

• How NanoKnife is Giving Patients More Cancer Treatment Options

  Learn more about this new treatment type: what it is, why it is so effective, who are candidates for the procedure and survivorship information.

• New Procedure May Reduce Lifetime Stroke Risk in A-Fib Patients

  Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the country, and every year 795,000 Americans experience this condition.

• Are Patients More Compliant with Talk Therapy than Medicine?

  Patients were more likely to reject mental health treatment involving drugs than treatment that involved talk therapy, according to a recent analysis of 186 studies involving patients who sought help for mental health issues.

• TAVR Procedure Brings New Hope to Heart Patients

  In years past, people with severe aortic valve stenosis had few choices for treatment—but the TAVR procedure offers a new option that can literally bring new life to heart patients.

• What Our 3-Star Quality Rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Means to The Patient

  Every year, thousands of Americans face major decisions about where to undergo surgery for heart disease or lung cancer.