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Wedge Resection Surgery to Treat Early-Stage Lung Cancer

Wedge resection surgery is a procedure to remove a triangular-shaped section of your lung. Your provider may recommend this surgery to treat non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). You may also have a ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Study Identifies Potential Genomic Markers for Residual Ovarian Cancer Following Resection

A recent study found that certain gene variants may be prognostic for residual disease following resection in patients with ovarian cancer. Whether a patient has residual disease following primary ...
Purdue University

Purdue-discovered ‘fluorescent markers’ to illuminate cancer, improve outcomes, receives FDA fast track as Phase 3 clinical trials begin

Intraoperative molecular imaging used to illuminate and target non-small-cell lung cancer shows improved outcomes for 26% of patients in multi-institutional Phase 2 clinical trial. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind ...
MedPage Today

Real-World Practice Upholds Lobectomy for Early-Stage Lung Cancer

LOS ANGELES -- Surgeries to remove small tumors in stage IA non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) were associated with varying odds of long-term survival depending on the amount of lung removed, based on ...
Baylor College of Medicine

Sublobar Resection of the Lung

A segmentectomy is a surgical procedure that removes one of the ten anatomic segments of a lung. It requires some dissection of the artery, vein, and/or airway structures of that segment, and the ...
Nasdaq

Celsion Corporation Provides Clinical Update on Phase I/II OVATION 2 Study with GEN-1 in Advanced Ovarian Cancer Including Encouraging Interim Resection Scores

Of 27 patients who completed interval debulking surgery, 80% of those treated with GEN-1 had an R0 resection compared with 58% of control patients, a 38% improvement To date 34 patients, or ...