Featured Story Class for Patients Facilitates Live Kidney Donations
Roughly 25 to 45 percent of people in the program have identified a potential living donor.
Fall 2015
News from the Johns Hopkins Department of Surgery
Articles in this Issue
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Neuroendocrine Tumors and When to Operate
Most patients diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumors are asymptomatic; their tumors are discovered incidentally through CT imaging for something unrelated.
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Setting the Standard of Excellence for Rectal Cancer Care
"Rectal cancer is becoming more prevalent,” says Jonathan Efron. “And because the care for rectal cancer varies so much across the country, there’s a nationwide push to establish centers of excellence for rectal cancer.”
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Managing the Axilla to Prevent Lymphedema
“We’re doing fewer and fewer axillary dissections for breast cancer thanks to the improvements in systemic therapy and radiation,” says Melissa Camp.
