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Watch: Dr. Selim Arcasoy on Transplant Lists and the Pre-Transplant Process
… the pre-transplant process and what happens once someone is on the lung transplant list. Watch the video to hear Dr. … When should a CF patient consider a lung transplant? What is the transplant listing process? What is the transplant evaluation process? What are some testing …
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Surgery for Thyroid Disease: Minimally Invasive Thyroid Lobectomy
… The thyroid is a butterfly shaped gland with two lobes located on either … of the trachea. A minimally invasive thyroid lobectomy is the surgical removal of one of these lobes. This procedure is indicated in a variety of thyroid disorders, but most …
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Finding Diet Drugs That Work
… for these medications has exploded, and the pill form is already in development. While there’s no “magic pill” (or … (known under the brand names Ozempic and Wegovy) is an injectable medication originally used for managing Type … placebo. Tirzepatide (known under the brand name Mounjaro) is another injectable medication primarily used for Type 2 …
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Arresting Secondary Cancers to the Abdominal Wall
… Cancer that spreads to the lining of the abdominal wall is typically lethal within six months. However many patients … and experience of the surgeon. The team at NYP/Columbia is unsurpassed. Michael Kluger, MD, MPH, removes the visible … results obtained with IV chemotherapy alone. This is truly a multidisciplinary approach, and collaboration with …
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Immunotherapy as Neoadjuvant Therapy for Lung Cancer
… advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers in both men and women … toxic than traditional chemotherapy. The Columbia trial is one of the first to focus on the effectiveness of this … for those with Stage 4 metastatic disease. This trial is a way for patients with earlier stage disease to have …
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Columbia Introduces New LVAD Technology
… II. Dr. Naka, the first author of this landmark paper, is director of Columbia’s Cardiac Transplantation Program and … of pump thrombosis,” says Dr. Naka. “Heartmate 3 is a new, fully magnetically levitated centrifugal … LVAD can be implanted with a small left thoracotomy. It is then linked to an axillary artery through a tiny incision …
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Welcome to the Columbia Melanoma Center
… Our Melanoma Center is designed to give you the comprehensive care and attention … century, we posed a simple question to our doctors: "What is the single most futuristic thing we're doing in surgery … today?" Read what some of our surgeons have to say What Is Melanoma? Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that …
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Preventive Cardiology — How to lessen your risk for heart surgery
… that lifestyle changes can have a big effect." This is important information, since heart disease is now the number one killer of men and women in the United … "How to Live to be 100" see www.madisonavenuecardiology.com . …
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A Multicenter “Ablate and Resect” Study of Novilase Interstitial Laser Therapy for the Ablation of Small Breast Cancers
… The purpose of the research is to study and report the effects of Novilase breast therapy for small breast cancers. This is a multicenter feasibility study in which approximately 60 … procedure takes place in an outpatient setting, and is typically completed in 30-60 minutes. …
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A Phase I Study of IHD305 in Patients with Advanced Malignancies that Harbor IDH1R132 Mutations
… The primary purpose of this research study is to assess how safe and well tolerated the study drug, IDH305, is when given to patients who have advanced tumors that … maintaining cancer. The hypothesis of this research study is inhibiting the mutant IDH1 mutation in these tumors will …
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Safety of auto-transfusion during Pancreatic Surgery
… surgery for pancreatic cancer Study Description This is a prospective study to ultimately assess the safety of … own blood during pancreatic cancer surgery if transfusion is necessary. The question being studied at this point is the number of pancreatic tumor cells circulating in …
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How to Control the Spread of COVID-19 in Non-COVID Hospital Units: Takeaways from the Study on Healthcare-Associated Transmission
… as healthcare-associated infections. This knowledge is really important for guiding our reopening of the … stayed low. But it also just shows how great our staff is. How careful everyone is with sanitizing, with cleaning, wearing appropriate PPE to …
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A Long Term Follow-up Registry for Subjects Who Achieve a Sustained Virologic Response to Treatment in Gilead-Sponsored Trials in Subjects with Chronic Hepatitis C Infection
… This Registry is designed to provide long term clinical and virologic … C virus (HCV) study. This long term follow up study is observational and no treatment is provided for HCV. Trial Website: …
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The Liver and Its Functions
… The liver is the largest solid organ in the body. It removes toxins … and performs hundreds of other vital functions. It is located beneath the rib cage in the right upper abdomen. … lobules (or small lobes). Functions of the Liver The liver is an essential organ of the body that performs over 500 …
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Ways to Help
… cutting-edge immunology research at Columbia, which is expanding the frontiers and possibilities of organ … this life altering procedure. James V. Guarrera, MD, FACS is the Director of the organ preservation and molecular … organs while outside of the body. Currently, Dr. Guarrera is the only investigator in the world to introduce this …
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