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Esophageal Cancer Awareness
in Straightfromthedoc, on November 11, 2008
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Mark Strozier
According to the American Cancer Institute, more than 16,000 esophageal cancer cases are presented every year in the US. It is crucial that the causes and symptoms of this under diagnosed, fatal cancer are brought to patients' attention.
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November Is Also Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
in Straightfromthedoc, on November 16, 2007
...s program and several other innovative clinical trials in pancreatic cancer.
Dr. Jason Klapman, an endoscopic oncologist at Moffitt, is the principal investigator of this screening trial targe...
Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES): Removed Gall Bladder with Minimal External Incisions
in Straightfromthedoc, on April 26, 2007
... only minimal external incisions.
The said technique - called NOTES (natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery) - is a procedure where-in the endoscope was inserted through the patient's ...
Balloon Sinuplasty: A Minimally Invasive Treatment of Acute Sinusitis
in Straightfromthedoc, on April 22, 2007
...oved in the process, bleeding and its complications is greatly reduced.
Together with Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS) , the balloon device is inflated, stretching the sinus opening back...
Ulcerative Colitis Responds to Arthritis Drug Infliximab (Remicade)
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 19, 2006
...n of infliximab with cyclosporine, another drug commonly used when other medications fail.
[Image: Endoscopic image of ulcerative colitis affecting the left side of the colon. The image shows conflue...