Melanoma surgery is a fairly minor procedure that can completely cure early stage melanoma. There are minimal risks, and recovery is typically quick. Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that can develop ...

Wide local excision is a type of surgery to cut out a tumor, along with surrounding tissue. People may have wide local excision to remove a vulvar tumor. A person can have wide local excision to treat ...

A LEEP is highly effective at removing precancerous cells and preventing cervical cancer. Often, a person will not go on to develop cervical cancer following the procedure. A doctor may use a loop ...

Like many women with endometriosis, Yoruba Mutakabbir, Ph.D., a 43-year-old education administrator at Texas Southern University in Houston, felt let down by her doctors. Each month since her first ...

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a disease that causes painful, pus-filled open wounds to form under the skin, which later turn into hard lumps. These growths are difficult to treat, and they often ...

Removal of an eye is a drastic procedure that doctors do as a last resort if no other treatment for a serious eye condition provides relief. In the case of cancer, eye removal may be necessary to ...

Data (patient age, HIV status, margin status, follow-up, and recurrence) from women who underwent LEEP with histologically confirmed CIN 2/3 between January 2014 and December 2015 were analyzed ...