Tag: Massachusetts General Hospital

Best Options for Prostate Surgery: Traditional versus Robot-Assisted Procedures

A diagnosis of prostate cancer that hasn’t spread comes with treatment options such as watchful waiting, hormone therapy, and radiation. But if your doctor recommends prostate removal, you have one very important decision: trust your surgery to human hands or to robotic arms controlled by your surgeon. A study led by researchers at Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts…

Psychological Challenges of Surviving Cancer

About 11 million Americans alive today — one in 30 people — are either currently undergoing treatment for cancer or have done so in the past. The National Cancer Institute considers all to be cancer survivors. Many would attest that cancer is not only life-threatening, but also life-altering.Cancer and its treatment sometimes leave scars and…