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Paul Hendrick Sugarbaker (born November 28, 1941, in Baltimore) is an American surgeon at the Washington Cancer Institute.He is known for developments in surgical oncology of the abdomen, including cytoreductive surgery followed by hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy, [1] or HIPEC, a treatment alternately referred to as the Sugarbaker Procedure.
Martin Adel Makary (/ m ə ˈ k æ r i /) is a British-American surgeon, professor, author, and medical commentator.He practices surgical oncology and gastrointestinal laparoscopic surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, is Mark Ravitch Chair in Gastrointestinal Surgery at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and is the chief of Islet Transplant Surgery at Johns Hopkins.
Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the study, treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of cancer. A medical professional who practices oncology is an oncologist. [1] The name's etymological origin is the Greek word ὄγκος (ónkos), meaning "tumor", "volume" or "mass". [2] Oncology is concerned with:
Isaac Rosenbloom, 43, doesn’t know whether he has cancer because his insurer won’t approve an MRI for nodules on his lungs, which were found on an X-ray when the Pueblo, Colorado, resident had ...
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In addition to basic and clinical cancer research, cancer center activities include teaching and a strong focus on aggressive treatment for cancer patients in the 40-bed inpatient unit, dedicated Bone Marrow/Stem Cell Transplantation unit, and 25,000-square-foot (2,300 m 2) outpatient facility, which opened in 2005.
Her cancer is currently considered a "stable disease," doctors say, which means no new tumors have appeared. The new mother, who turned 27 in October, said she is looking forward to her son’s ...
Mark Scholz (born 1955) is a German-American, double board-certified oncologist and author. He serves as medical director of Prostate Oncology Specialists Inc. in Marina del Rey, CA, a medical practice exclusively focused on prostate cancer. He is also the executive director of the Prostate Cancer Research Institute.