Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) has achieved a medical milestone after successfully performing its first cardiothoracic surgery — an esophagectomy to treat esophageal ...

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Unlike traditional Medicare patients, Medicare Advantage enrollees who need major genitourinary or gastrointestinal cancer surgery frequently use lower quality hospitals rather than high-quality ...

Drs Kathryn J. Ruddy and Shanda H. Blackmon discuss the importance of support groups and other ways to support cancer survivors to enhance symptom management and connectedness.

Enrollment in Medicare Advantage among those undergoing cancer surgeries increased from 32% in 2016 to 46% in 2022. Medicare ...

To test whether removing these nutrients would affect the tumors, the researchers put mice on special diets that lacked ...

To improve the quality of life of people with cancer, oncologists have regularly recommended exercise. “The thinking in the ...

JOOTRH’s cardiothoracic and vascular surgeons Dr Juma Odoro and Dr Robert Sadia with patient Christine Awino /HANDOUTJaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital has performed its first-ever ...

To improve the quality of life of people with cancer, oncologists have regularly recommended exercise. Staying fit can make ...

The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) today released a new clinical practice guideline on the surveillance of ...

A fit and healthy man has been diagnosed with stage four esophageal cancer after being prescribed over-the-counter heartburn medication for acid reflux. Forty-one-year-old Zack Van Aarde later ...

Semaglutide, tirzepatide, and bariatric surgery were linked to lower rates of obesity-associated cancers compared with DPP-4i.