Kimberly Kopecky, M.D., MSCI, a UAB surgeon specializing in high-risk abdominal procedures, created The Empathy Project to help trainees improve at having tough conversations with patients and ...

According to new research, radiation therapy administered before surgery rarely produces favorable responses in patients with ...

Palliative care provides holistic support, addressing physical, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being, and is distinct from hospice care. Multidisciplinary teams collaborate with healthcare ...

You can live without a pancreas, but it requires ongoing treatment. Islet autotransplantation is a procedure that can help with insulin production after pancreas removal. An artificial pancreas helps ...

ABSTRACT: We report a case of a 47-year-old woman who presented with a left breast mass and bloody nipple discharge. Work-up revealed triple-negative breast cancer with liver metastases, staged T3N1M1 ...

Imagine a world where surgeons are guided by AI to perform complex operations with the precision of world-class experts and where life-saving surgery reaches remote corners of the globe through ...

SANTIAGO, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Ricardo Funke, the chief of surgery at Clinica Las Condes in Santiago, Chile, had a new assistant during a laparoscopic surgery on Monday - an autonomous artificial ...

The majority of seniors undergoing major elective surgeries need preoperative palliative care services, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Using ...

BACKGROUND: The unresectable pancreatic head tumors develop obstructive jaundice and cholestasis during follow-up. Cholestasis is associated with complications and treatment options are endoscopic ...

If a doctor diagnoses you with a serious illness and suggests palliative care, don't jump to conclusions. It doesn't mean you have mere months to live, NIH News in Health emphasizes. Palliative care, ...

This is a rare genetic disease that causes tumour growth and is currently only addressed with palliative surgery. A clinical trial involving the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute and Hospital ...