Surgery
Conventional cancer surgery includes diagnostic biopsies, staging operations, tumor resections, nodal surgery, reconstruction, debulking, metastasectomy, and palliative procedures. The exact operation depends on cancer type, location, stage, and patient fitness. Surgery is a conventional local cancer treatment used to remove, sample, stage, reconstruct, bypass, or relieve problems caused by cancer.
Systematic review/meta-analysis on breathing exercises after lung cancer surgery.
Mayo Clinic patient education page covering diagnostic tests, staging, surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, immunotherapy, clinical trials, and palliative care for pancreatic cancer.
Randomized trial of inspiratory muscle training plus aerobic exercise after video-assisted thoracoscopic lung cancer surgery.
RCT of wearable EEG meditation feedback in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients; feasible with improvement over time in fatigue, stress, and QOL in both groups, but no significant between-group differences.
Patient/caregiver article explaining why pancreatic cancer and surgery can affect digestion and why dietitian support matters.
Review summarizing MSK acupuncture trials for cancer-related symptoms including dyspnea, fatigue, xerostomia, lymphedema, hot flashes, ileus, pain, and post-surgical dysfunction.
FTC action against marketers of herbal products and a Zapper electrical unit for unsubstantiated claims involving cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer disease, diabetes, and claims that surgery/chemotherapy were unnecessary.
Open-access literature review of acinic cell carcinoma of the salivary glands, including presentation, diagnosis, surgical treatment, and prognosis.
Open-access review of adamantinoma epidemiology, imaging, pathology, and treatment with wide surgical resection and reconstruction.
NCI patient summary about adrenocortical carcinoma diagnosis, staging, surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, and clinical trials.
NCI patient summary covering anal cancer staging, surgery, chemoradiation, recurrent disease, metastatic disease, and clinical trials.
NCI rare tumor page describing angiosarcoma, where it occurs, diagnosis, and aggressive treatment with surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy.
NCI rare tumor page explaining appendiceal cancer types, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment approaches including surgery and HIPEC in selected cases.
Vendor FAQ says Avazzia full pain devices are FDA-cleared for chronic intractable pain and adjunctive post-traumatic/post-surgical pain, and describes typical treatment duration and differences from TENS.
ACS patient page explaining why nutrition matters during treatment and noting that extra protein is often needed after surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation.
Review of biologic agents and biological response modifiers in cancer therapy.
NCI patient summary for childhood CNS atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, stem cell transplant, and recurrent disease.
NCI overview of external beam radiation therapy including photons, protons, electrons, 3D conformal therapy, IMRT, IGRT, stereotactic radiosurgery, and SBRT.
NCI PDQ patient summary covering melanoma diagnosis, staging, surgery, immunotherapy, targeted therapy, and clinical trials.
Open-access review of pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma covering epidemiology, imaging, pathology, molecular features, surgery, chemotherapy, and prognosis.
NCI PDQ patient summary covering prostate cancer diagnosis, staging, treatment choices, active surveillance, radiation, surgery, and systemic therapy.
Open-access review of current management of alveolar soft part sarcoma, including surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy controversy, targeted agents, and checkpoint inhibitors.
NCI treatment-type overview placing chemotherapy among surgery, radiation, immunotherapy, targeted therapy, hormone therapy, hyperthermia, and stem cell transplant.