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A look at four patients who are benefiting from UCI’s integrative healthcare
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Bevacizumab prolongs survival in advanced cervical cancer, UC Irvine-led trial finds
Orange, Calif., Feb. 20, 2014 — Women with advanced cervical cancer now have a new treatment option that could lengthen their lives. A trial led by UC Irvine gynecologic oncologist Dr. Krishnansu S. Tewari found that combining chemotherapy with bevacizumab, also known as Avastin, extended median survival to 17 months, compared to 13.3 months for those receiving chemotherapy […]
Wenzel gets $1.9 million to create ovarian cancer app
Lari Wenzel, UC Irvine professor of medicine and public health, has received a $1.9 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to create and study the use of a new, personalized approach to shared treatment decision-making for newly diagnosed ovarian cancer patients.
Study finds racial, economic disparities in ovarian cancer care, survival
UC Irvine’s Dr. Robert Bristow finds that African American women and poor women with ovarian cancer have lower survival rates and receive lower standard of care.
Targeting ovarian cancer
Dr. Robert Bristow finds disparities in access to the top-quality care that boosts survival.
Like father, like son
Doctor whose dad was the AMA’s first black president is also a trailblazer – in gynecologic surgery.
Expanding the role of robots
Lourdes Medina had a common problem: relentless back pain and sciatica caused by a herniated disk and an unstable spine. The solution, however, was anything but common. At UC Irvine Medical Center, she underwent the first robot-assisted spinal surgery on the West Coast. Within a day of her March 15 operation, the 32-year-old Los Angeles woman was […]
Robots redefining cancer surgery
UC Irvine’s innovative Robotic Oncology Center offers minimally invasive treatment in multiple disciplines.