To address the needs of older adult patients undergoing cancer surgery, the American College of Surgeons developed a Geriatric Surgery Verification program. Implementing the program's guidelines resulted in a 72% lower risk of increased postoperative care needs, according to a…
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Medical experts are questioning whether digital breast tomosynthesis, also known as 3D mammography, will contribute to lowering the breast cancer death rate or normalize the overtreatment of cancers that may never have progressed, The New York Times reported Dec. 9.
Charleston, W.Va.-based Vandalia Health’s Mon Health Heart & Vascular Center has launched a new telecardiology service in partnership with the system's Webster Springs, W.Va.-based Webster Memorial Hospital.
Auburn (N.Y.) Community Hospital broke ground on an expansion to its heart institute while launching a $50 million fundraising campaign to support additional improvement projects, according to a Dec. 6 report from The Citizen.
A team at Austin, Texas-based St. David's Medical Center became the first team in the U.S. to use a newly FDA-approved novel pulsed field ablation system to treat patients with atrial fibrillation.
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A team at HonorHealth Scottsdale (Ariz.) Shea Medical Center performed the state's first tricuspid valve replacement using the Edwards Lifesciences' Evoque system outside of a clinical trial.
Cardiologists from Pediatrix Cardiology Associates and the Tampa Bay Adult Congenital Heart Center have joined Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System's physician practice, BayCare Medical Group.
While some cancer treatment rates continue to increase, rates for HPV-related cancers have dropped almost 28% for one age group since 2016, according to a FAIR Health report published Dec. 10.
Atlanta, Ga.-based Northside Hospital has launched a survivorship program to educate and support patients after completing cancer treatment.
Atlantic Health System's Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center is rolling out a new, minimally invasive procedure for the treatment of advanced lung cancer.