Robotic Surgery - What it is, How it Works

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Robotic Surgery - What It Is and How It Works

When we hear about robotic surgery, some of us envision a robot standing above the operating table. Our immediate response is, “No way am I going to let a robot operate on me!” But robotic surgery is nothing like those science-fiction images. The robot doesn’t do the surgery; your surgeon does the surgery, guiding the surgical instruments through the master console.

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Image Guided Biopsies - The What, When, Where, and Why

Solid tumors discovered with mammography or CT scans may or may not be cancer. If benign tumors are small and not pressing on nerves, blood vessels, or an organ, it might be best for a patient to leave the tumor alone and not perform surgery (where there is always a risk for complications).

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Stem Cell Transplants - What They Are and How They Work

A stem cell transplant is a treatment for blood cancers. It’s used to treat certain types of leukemia, some kinds of lymphoma and to treat multiple myeloma. It used to be referred to as a bone marrow transplant because the stem cells were extracted from the bone marrow. Now, stem cells are harvested from the blood so they are referred to as stem cell transplants. But they are the same medical procedure, regardless of which terminology is used.

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Genetic Testing Vs. Genomic Testing - Differences and Benefits

Once we are diagnosed with cancer, we begin to hear words that we haven’t heard before. Often, we don’t understand their meanings — but it’s important to learn as much as we can about the disease we have. Genetic testing can help us do that. Over 1/3 of the U.S. population will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives.

If our mother or father or one of our parents had cancer, does that mean we’ll have that same type of cancer? Of course, that’s the $64,000 question. Currently, there is no way to know which individuals will develop cancer.

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Share Your Own Cancer Story and Inspire Thousands!

Do you remember those dark days when you were first diagnosed? The fear, the confusion and the “what ifs” were overwhelming. If you are like me, you probably wondered if life would ever would be normal again. One of the best ways to get information about what will happen and how is to talk to someone who has already been there. Join WhatNext and connect with thousands who have been there.

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Straight Talk About The HPV Virus and Vaccinations

What is HPV? What is the HPV vaccine? Why should we give it to our pre-teen children? Does HPV cause cancer later in life? Let’s sit down and have a straight talk about HPV and the cancers that it causes. Perhaps, then we’ll understand why it’s so important that all of our young adolescent children get their HPV vaccines. These adolescents are our children and our grandchildren, our nieces and nephews – protect them against certain kinds of cancer that occur in adulthood.

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