Posts by Cristina R. Ferrone, MD
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Using Minimally Invasive Liver Resection to Treat Liver Masses
Massachusetts General Hospital surgeons are using laparoscopic and robotic liver resection as an alternative to open hepatic resection to treat complex liver conditions.
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Resection Is Best Option for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients with Child–Pugh A Cirrhosis
For patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who have Child–Pugh A cirrhosis and meet the Milan criteria for transplantation, resection yields just as high a survival benefit and is substantially less expensive.
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Staging Laparoscopy May Mean Longer Life for Pancreatic Cancer Patients Found to Have Metastases at the Time of Operation
Staging laparoscopy not only spares pancreatic cancer patients found to have metastatic disease the pain of a large incision and a long hospital stay associated with a laparotomy, but it also gets them to palliative chemotherapy sooner—allowing them to live longer.
Digestive Healthcare at Mass General
The Massachusetts General Hospital Digestive Healthcare Center is a collaborative practice of gastroenterologists, endoscopists, surgeons, radiologists, pathologists, hepatologists, oncologists and radiation oncologists dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of digestive diseases.
