When is chemo used for stomach cancer? Chemo might be used at different times to help treat stomach cancer: Chemo can be given before surgery for stomach cancer. This is known as neoadjuvant treatment ...

The name hysterectomy is rooted in a mental health condition – ‘hysteria’ – that was once believed to affect women ...

Have you had a tonsillectomy (your tonsils taken out), appendectomy (your appendix removed) or lumpectomy (removal of a lump from your breast)? The suffix “ectomy” denotes surgical removal of the ...

An operation to remove the uterus should be called a uterectomy – like the removal of the tonsils is a tonsillectomy, or an ...

“Pelvic floor therapy is like physical therapy to strengthen all the muscles and tissues in your pelvis that can become weak ...

Women who are obese or have diabetes are more likely to develop cancer of the womb. “With the epidemic of obesity and diabetes, we’re also seeing an epidemic of womb cancer,” says Blenkiron. A decade ...

New Delhi: Patients with womb or uterine cancer are not being tested for a genetic condition that increases their chance of developing further cancers, according to a study. Lynch syndrome is an ...

Lung cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers and the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide with an estimated 2 million new cases and 1·76 million deaths per year. Substantial ...

The study, published in the journal BMJ Oncology, looked at more than 2,500 womb cancer cases across the UK and Ireland between 2022 and 2023. While 91 per cent of tumours were tested for markers of ...

As a result, only 48 percent of eligible womb cancer patients ultimately received the necessary blood tests. The impact of undetected Lynch syndrome. The gaps in testing for Lynch syndrome put many ...

New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) Patients with womb or uterine cancer are not being tested for a genetic condition that increases their chance of developing further cancers, according to a study. Lynch ...