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• Current Options
  ... Current Options Surgery Is Standard of Care for Resectable Primary GIST Surgery remains the treatment of choice for primary resectable GIST. However, primary GISTs have a high risk of metastatic relapse after initial surgery for localised disease. 1 Surgery for metastatic or ...
• Treatment Therapies
  ... Therapies The four primary treatment modalities used in the management of patients with NSCLC are: 1 Surgery Radiation therapy Combination chemotherapy Targeted therapy Surgery Historically, surgical resection of small, localized tumours has provided the best chance for cure in ...
• Surgery- Pre- Operative Assessment
  ... alternatives to surgery in elderly patients with multiple medical comorbidities, in particular when the lesion is small (i.e. <4 cm). The risks of extensive surgery, such as that required for tumours with vena cava involvement, must be balanced against the benefit in ...
• Treatment Options- Surgery
  ... Treatment Treatment Options Surgery  Surgery plays a major role in the treatment of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and continues to be the only curative therapeutic option. The 5-year survival rate for patients with early-stage RCC for whom surgery may be curative is ...
• Surgery
  ... technically feasible. Patients with macroscopically incomplete surgery have an extremely high risk of relapse and secondary surgical excision of residual disease is mandatory. For sarcomas of the extremities, surgery may require amputation, complete resection of the tumour bed ...
• Soft Tissue Sarcoma
  ... the stage of disease and histological subtype 2 . Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for patients with localised disease and is often curative. However, as recurrence is likely to occur when tumour cells remain after surgery, adjuvant radiotherapy is often also considered ...
• Management of the Digestive System
  ... exploration is indicated. 39 Complicated Meconium Ileus Complicated MI always requires surgery, usually involving resection and placement of a temporary stoma. Following surgery, deconcentrating agents can be continued through the stoma. Continuous enteral feeding or total ...
• Disease Knowledge Centres
  ... Pain Management Children and Older Adults Treatment options Non-Pharmacological Treatment Pharmacological Complementry Therapy Surgery Resources: Physicians Resources: Patients   Asthma Asthma is a disorder defined by its clinical, physiological, and pathological ...
• Surgery for metastatic RCC
  ... and Treatment Treatment Options Surgery for metastatic RCC In contrast to the management of other solid tumours, removal of the primary tumour is often performed for patients with metastatic RCC. These include: Cytoreductive nephrectomy Surgery for metastases Excision of local ...
• Radiotherapy
  ... radiation therapy alone is insufficient to achieve local control of the disease. It is generally used in combination with conservative surgery for patients with R0 or R1 tumours, notably lesions with microscopically positive margins or residual disease (R1) for which secondary ...
• Cosmetic_Surgery
  Cosmetic Surgery The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons ' website provides useful information on finding suitable treatment and on different cosmetic surgery procedures ...
• Non-Hormonal Methods - Surgery
  Non-Hormonal Methods Surgery Conception can be prevented by a surgical procedure called sterilization. Sterilization can be performed on either the man (vasectomy) or the woman. Sterilization is permanent and can in principal not be made undone. Vasectomy - male-controlled ...
• Surgery- Follow up
  Management and Treatment Treatment Options Follow Up Patients who have undergone surgery with curative intent are primarily followed up for the identification of local recurrence, recurrence in the contralateral kidney and development of metastases, as well as being monitored for ...
• Chemotherapy
  Management Chemotherapy While both surgery and radiotherapy aim to achieve local control of the tumour, chemotherapy aims to achieve systemic control and thus has a potential role in the management of patients with metastatic disease 1 . The drugs with proven efficacy against STS ...
• Medical References - Niemann Pic - Parkinsons
  Linkage of Niemann–Pick disease type C to human chromosome 18. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1993;90:2002–4. External Source Document | Internal Use Of This Reference  Chikh K, Rodriguez C, Vey S et al. The adult form of Niemann–Pick disease type C. Brain 2006;130:120– 33. External Source Document | Internal Use Of This Reference   Shamburek RD, Pentchev PG, Zech LA et al. External Source Document International Narcotics Control Board, Annual Report, 2003; ...

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