Featured Story Multicenter Trial Aims to Reduce Positive Margins for Breast Tumors
Johns Hopkins surgeons are leading a large, multicenter trial to assess the margins of excised breast tumor tissue at the time of surgery using a promising device.
Surgery Winter 2019
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Kidney Transplant Team Researching How to Reduce National Waitlist
Researchers at Johns Hopkins are creating report cards for transplant centers to show their aggressiveness in using extended criteria kidneys and the outcomes of using these kinds of organs.
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Thoracic Oncology Services, Including Surgery, Available Throughout Mid-Atlantic
Now patients diagnosed with lung cancer can get expert treatment at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in the greater Washington region as well as at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.
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Innovative Approaches to Colorectal Surgery Benefit Patients
Johns Hopkins physicians were among the first in the U.S. to perform a combined endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) and transanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS) to remove a large rectal polyp.
