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Cancer News Video and Webcasts Cancer News Videos Gastrointestinal Cancers
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| Wake Forest Baptist is a high-volume center for treating GI cancers - and that's important for patients. High-volume centers are proven to have better patient outcomes than hospitals that treat fewer cases.
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| Breast Care Center
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| The Breast Care Center at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is part of their Comprehensive Cancer Center, one of only 39 centers in the United States designated as comprehensive by the National Cancer Institute.
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| Colorectal Cancer Screening
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| Colon cancer is the third most common form of cancer and is highly treatable if detected early. A colonoscopy is the best way to detect and treat polyps and diagnose colon cancer.
 Video | Tobacco Intervention Clinic
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| The Tobacco Intervention Clinic at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is one of the only physician-led tobacco cessation programs in North Carolina.
 Video | Cancer Clinical Trials
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| Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is the most active cancer clinical trial program in the region - testing new approaches to preventing, diagnosing, and treating cancer.
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| Head and Neck Cancer Clinic
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| The Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Clinic is typically the point of entry for head and neck cancer evaluation and management at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
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| The Thoracic Oncology Program at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center provides personalized care to patients as well as access to advanced treatments, new technologies, and clinical trials.
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| Endoscopic Ultrasound
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| Endoscopic ultrasound is a diagnostic procedure used to detect masses when they're much smaller than can be detected by other procedures, such as catscan.
 Video | Brain Tumor Center
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| Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is home to the only Brain Tumor Center of Excellence in western North Carolina.
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| Ninety percent of colorectal cancer deaths can be prevented by colonoscopy - the most reliable screening test for colon cancer.
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Cancer Webcasts
| Oral Cancer Removal
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VIEW WEBCAST | Patients undergoing surgery for removal of cancer from the mouth often have large openings in the palate (roof of the mouth) where the cancer had been, leaving them unable to eat, drink or speak normally unless the defect is somehow repaired. One solution is the surgical reassignment of a muscle normally used for chewing to fill the space left in the palate, a procedure that has been advanced at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and has produced excellent results for head and neck cancer patients.
| Intraperitoneal Hyperthermic (heated) Chemotherapy (IPHC)
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VIEW WEBCAST | A major difficulty in treating patients with cancer in the stomach cavity (abdomen, peritoneal cavity) is that it is often not possible to remove all the cancer cells. As a result, the cancer often persists despite surgical and other treatments. Since 1993, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center has been researching/performing a procedure called Intra-Peritoneal Hyperthermic (heated) Chemotherapy (IPHC) as an adjunct therapy to surgery.
| Liver Cancer Surgery and Implantation of Infusion Pump
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VIEW WEBCAST | Liver resection is the gold standard treatment for most patients with primary and metastatic hepatic (liver) tumors. In the past this was a formidable surgical procedure with high post-operative morbidity and mortality. However, increased knowledge of liver segmental anatomy, combined with technological advances and improved anesthesia/critical care, have markedly decreased the risk and made this a potentially curative option for many patients.
| Replay of Radiofrequency Ablation of a Kidney Tumor | 
VIEW WEBCAST | Studies of patients with kidney cancer have shown that radiofrequency ablation, a minimally invasive, kidney-sparing procedure, can be a successful treatment option for patients whose cancer has not spread beyond the kidney. The treatment uses computed tomography for guidance during percutaneous placement of a needle-shaped electrode into the tumor. Radiofrequency current is then passed through the electrode to heat the tumor tissue and ablate – or eliminate – it. |
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