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Induction chemotherapy delivers first survival benefit in locally advanced cervical cancer for two decades
A short course of induction chemotherapy prior to chemoradiation improved survival in locally advanced cervical cancer. The study, presented in a Presidential Symposium at the ESMO 2023 Congress, abstract LBA8, found that induction chemotherapy (paclitaxel and carboplatin) prior to chemoradiation…
Expert cancer surgery: could VR help speed up and standardise training?
Spinal surgeon Bronek Boszczyk has said that training in complex surgery is like having to learn the violin during a full orchestral concert. The training revolves around closely supervised surgery on real patients in a real operating theatre – which…