Microwave therapy aims to shrink breast tumors before lumpectomy
Harbor UCLA doctors test Adaptive Phased Array microwave technology to heat cancer cells prior to lumpectomy, aiming to reduce re excision, shrink tumors, and spare healthy tissue. Trials at Harbor UCLA and other sites involve 500 patients with Celsion Corp devices, seeking non surgical cancer treatment in the future.
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In-Wound Drug Drips Cut Pain After Surgeries
Comterer Washington report notes Kathy Kennedy’s first C section brought severe pain until a balloon device delivered a numbing drug directly to the wound. Surgeons test in heart bypass and knee cases shows reduced narcotic needs and quicker discharge, with mixed early results on efficacy and cost.
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