A 50-year-old cancer patient traveled 300 miles to have a 15-pound tumor removed after doctors at home refused to operate.

Two months ago, a 36-year-old man had his stomach removed for diffuse adenocarcinoma of the lesser curvature. There was invasion of the lymphatics and 7 positive lymph nodes within 3 cm of the tumor.

HealthDay News — For patients with gastric adenoma or early gastric cancer, standard dose or double dose intravenous pantoprazole for 48 hours is equally effective for prevention of delayed ...

Sometimes, liver resection can eliminate all the cancer from the liver. But even when the procedure cannot remove all the cancer, it can help people live longer. Sometimes it is possible to remove the ...

Doctors worked to remove a massive tumor from a woman's stomach on June 10, 2014. Author: Kaitlyn Ross Published: 8:11 AM EDT June 11, 2014 ...

Results Patient Characteristics and Preoperative Symptoms. Between 1994 and 2012, 676 patients were scheduled for pancreatic surgery, of which 18 (2.6 %) received resection for metastatic disease ...

Treatment options for GISTs include surgical resection to remove the tumor and ... These tumors can pop up anywhere from the esophagus to the rectum but they’re most often found in the stomach ...

TURBT, or transurethral resection of bladder tumor, is a common, ... The resectoscope has a light, a video camera, and loop on the end that’s used to remove tumors.

In the case of GIST, the goal of the procedure is to remove as much of the tumor as possible. A healthcare professional might recommend surgery if your tumor is at least 2 centimeters (cm) in size ...