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Breast Cancer Patients Await Approval of Avastin

Patients suffering from breast cancer have been making a case for the Foods and Drugs Administration to approve Avastin as a prescribed medication for treating the illness. These presentations were made on the first day of the two-day hearing under progress. Genetech, which manufactures Avastin, is working to convince the FDA to reverse its December Read more

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New Surgical Procedure May Help Lymphedema ( Autologous Vascularized Lymph Node )

Test surgery in Manhattan One of the serious complications of breast cancer includes lymphedema. Some of the prominent plastic surgeons from the USA undertook an experimental surgery that may be beneficial in curing lymphedema. Dr. Corinne Backer is the pioneering surgeon who removed some lymphatic nodes from the patient’s groin to implant in the underarm Read more