Surgical treatments for melanoma

All patients with melanoma receive surgery as part of their treatment plans, and they may need other therapies as well. Care plans can include preoperative systemic or lesion-directed treatment and advanced procedures such as sentinel lymph node surgery.

Advancements in gastric cancer treatment offer patients hope for long-term survival

Mayo Clinic gastric surgeons are successfully performing minimally invasive and complex multivisceral surgeries for patients who traditionally have not been candidates for surgery. They explain that accurate staging of gastric tumors is ...

Hepatic artery infusion pump chemotherapy: Surgical treatment for colorectal liver metastases

For patients with previously unresectable colorectal liver metastases, hepatic artery infusion pump chemotherapy can provide surgical options. Cornelius A. Thiels, D.O., M.B.A., explains how the pump works for select patients.

Optimizing outcomes for patients with nonmetastatic pancreatic cancer

Mark J. Truty, M.D., and colleagues discuss new research improving outcomes in pancreatic cancer. The team shares updates on staging exams, optimal response assessment and novel surgical procedures for traditionally inoperable patients.

Kidney cancer innovations and collaborations

Mayo Clinic kidney cancer experts discuss the multispecialty integrated approach they take to kidney cancer care. At Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, renal cancer experts draw on the best surgical, imaging, technical and pathology ...

Quality liver cancer screening provides the most favorable treatment options

Sumera I. Ilyas, M.B.B.S., a gastroenterologist at Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, explains that potentially curative liver cancer treatments are available only for early-stage disease. Quality liver cancer screening and knowledge ...

Bladder cancer discoveries implemented in multidisciplinary teams

Bladder cancer experts at Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center work in multidisciplinary teams to stay at the forefront of medical research and discoveries. Innovations in diagnostics, drug development, genomics, immunotherapy, surgery ...

Testicular cancer advancements and innovations

Mayo Clinic testicular cancer experts explain the methods they are using to work toward their goal of 100% cure for patients with testicular cancer. Advanced diagnosis and screening practices, collaboration in multidisciplinary teams, ...

Prostate cancer innovations move the field forward

Prostate cancer experts at Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center work in an integrated genitourinary practice, which allows them the size and scope they need to drive this rapidly moving field forward.

Liver cancer innovations and advanced treatment options

Liver cancer specialists at Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center offer hope to patients in the form of the highest quality therapies available. At the Cancer Center, patients with liver cancer may have access to personalized chemotherapy ...

Managing indolent lymphoma collaboratively

Mayo Clinic hematologist and oncologist Jose (J.C.) C. Villasboas Bisneto, M.D., discusses follicular lymphoma and other indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas. He aims to collaborate with his patients' home care teams to manage this slow growing disease.

Large B-cell lymphoma: Innovative treatment and care plans

Grzegorz S. Nowakowski, M.D., hematologist and oncologist at Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, explains the rapid advancements made in the treatment of large B-cell lymphoma. With unprecedented access to novel agents, lymphoma clinicians ...