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Can You Get Cancer From a Family Member ?
Cancer is not contagious and cannot spread from one person to another through physical contact, sharing meals, kissing, breathing the same air, or...
What Happens If You Refuse Chemotherapy
Refusing chemo when your oncologist recommended it after surgery means microscopic cancer cells already floating in your blood or sitting in lymph...
When Is Targeted Therapy Better Than Chemotherapy ?
Targeted therapy blocks specific proteins or gene mutations that a particular cancer uses to grow while chemotherapy kills all rapidly dividing...
Immunotherapy vs Chemotherapy for Cancer
Immunotherapy trains the body's own immune system to recognize and attack cancer cells while chemotherapy uses drugs that kill all rapidly dividing...
What Is Robotic Parotidectomy and Who Needs It ?
Robotic parotidectomy is a remote-access surgery that removes tumors from the parotid gland through hidden incisions behind the ear or along the...
IORT for Breast Cancer: One-Day Radiation Treatment
IORT stands for Intraoperative Radiation Therapy, a technique that delivers a single concentrated dose of radiation directly to the tumor bed during...
VEIL Procedure for Groin Node Surgery
VEIL stands for Video Endoscopic Inguinal Lymphadenectomy, a minimally invasive technique that removes cancerous groin lymph nodes through small...
TORS Surgery for Throat Cancer
TORS stands for Transoral Robotic Surgery, a robotic technique that removes throat cancers through the mouth using Da Vinci instruments without...
RABIT Surgery for Thyroid Cancer
RABIT stands for Robotic-Assisted Breast-Axillo Insufflation Thyroidectomy, a scarless robotic technique that removes thyroid tumors through small...









