World’s Largest Trial of Robotic Knee Surgery Delivers a Surprising Result
Robot-assisted knee replacement can place implants with greater precision, but the largest randomized trial of its kind found…
Study confirms benefits of robotic gastric cancer surgery
Surgery remains the primary curative treatment for gastric cancer, with laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) established as a standard minimally…
Only 15% of eligible American adults discuss lung cancer screening with their doctors
Lung cancer screenings can save lives by detecting cancer in its early stages, but only 15% of eligible…
Capillaries drive new collateral artery formation after heart blockage
New research in mice challenges a long-standing view of how the heart builds backup blood vessels after a…
Dual-phase deep learning models improve pancreatic cyst risk assessment
Pancreatic cystic lesions are being found more frequently as cross-sectional imaging becomes more common. Their clinical importance varies…
Preoperative combination therapy improves head and neck cancer outcomes
Bottom line: Patients with head and neck cancer who received chemotherapy in addition to immunotherapy before surgery had…
Mitochondrial gene RTN4IP1 drives triple-negative breast cancer metastasis
Triple-negative breast cancer accounts for approximately 15% of all breast cancer cases. It is characterized by the absence…
Molecular mapping reveals hidden cellular programs in heart transplant rejection
A new study that explores gene expression during heart transplant rejection marks a step forward for precision medicine…
ANESTHESIOLOGY 2026 to highlight latest advances in anesthesia care
Ketamine given during C-sections could help ease early symptoms of postpartum depression. Common pain relievers, such as ibuprofen,…
New drug delivers promising survival gains in pancreatic cancer
About 90% of people with pancreatic cancer have pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), which is driven by an activating mutation in…
Discovery may help develop new treatments for immunosuppressed skin cancer patients
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that immunosuppressed patients with non-melanoma skin cancer are not missing the key cancer-fighting immune cells found in immunocompetent patients, but those…
Tumor-secreted protein makes lung blood vessels leaky to promote metastasis
A protein secreted by common cancer types makes blood vessels leakier to allow metastatic tumors to form in…