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Non-surgical stomach reduction for obesity

First U.S. incision-free procedure for obesity performed at Washington University (http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/12063.html)

July 24, 2008 --
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Sreenivasa Jonnalagadda, M.D., and J. Christopher Eagon, M.D., performing the first TOGA procedure in the United States.
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Doctors at the School of Medicine have performed the first non-surgical procedure in the United States that restricts the size of the stomach to treat obesity. The investigational procedure was performed under direct endoscopic visualization with specialized instruments passed into the stomach through the mouth. The first U.S. patient received the treatment on July 23 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.


When breast cancer strikes

More women opting for mastectomy (http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/11930.html)

June 16, 2008 -- A growing number of women are choosing a more aggressive approach to breast cancer treatment, driving an increase in the number of mastectomies, says Julie Margenthaler, M.D., assistant professor of surgery.


Bone density benefit

Bone drug could help prevent the spread of breast cancer (http://mednews.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/11795.html)

May 15, 2008 -- Maintaining bone density could be a key to decreasing the spread of cancer in women with locally advanced breast cancer, according to research at the School of Medicine. Bones are common sites for the spread, or metastasis, of breast cancer. Scientists here found that women treated for stage II/III breast cancer who also received a bone strengthening drug were less likely to have breast tumor cells growing in their bones after three months.



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