What Is Debulking Surgery for Ovarian Cancer?
Debulking surgery, which surgeons also call cytoreductive surgery, is an operation that removes as much visible ovarian cancer as possible from the abdomen and pelvis. Not a small procedure. In advanced disease, that means removing the uterus, both ovaries and...
Can Non-Smokers Get Lung Cancer?
Most people hear “lung cancer” and immediately think of smokers. That’s fair, because smoking is the biggest risk factor. But it’s nowhere near the only one.Somewhere between 10% and 20% of lung cancer patients never smoked. Not occasional...
Who Qualifies for Pancreatic Cancer Screening?
You can’t walk into a clinic and ask for a routine pancreatic scan. There’s no general population screening programme for pancreatic cancer not because no one thought of it, but because the baseline risk in the average person is too low and no test is...