Preparing for a nephrectomy starts well before the day of the operation. There are appointments and instructions to follow before the procedure, a hospital stay afterward, and a recovery period once ...

Anal cancer is usually treated with chemotherapy and radiation therapy. You may need surgery if these treatments aren’t effective or if you have a small tumor. Surgery may involve removing your tumor ...

The most common surgery for prostate cancer is a radical prostatectomy. This surgery involves taking out the entire prostate gland, some lymph nodes and other nearby tissue, like the seminal vesicles ...

The duration of recovery after lung cancer surgery can range from weeks to months, and is generally longer after open lung surgery compared to minimally invasive procedures. Recovery at home involves ...

Should patients with operable pancreatic cancer go straight to surgery or receive systemic therapy first? While surgical resection remains the only potentially curative option for pancreatic ductal ...

Most people with colon cancer begin treatment by having surgery to remove their cancer. If colon cancer has spread beyond your colon, you might have chemotherapy first. This can help treat cancer ...

Robotic surgery for bladder cancer speeds recovery, reduces pain, and improves quality of life. It also significantly reduces risks such as blood clots and can preserve functions like sexual health.

A new study guided by a surgeon at City of Hope, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, demonstrates that robotic liver surgery can be a safe, outpatient ...

—Robotic and laparoscopic techniques showed advantages over open surgery, including fewer complications, shorter hospital stays, and lower mortality in people with renal cancer. Renal cell carcinoma ...