A new lease on life : Man survives cancer after being told he had weeks to live Updated: 7:30 AM PDT Apr 14, 2021 Jessica Schambach Anchor Share Updated: 7:30 AM PDT Apr 14, 2021
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Show Transcript THANKS VERY MUCH. NOW THIS STORY A LOCAL MAN DIAGNOSED WITH COLORECTAL CANCER AND GIVEN JUST WEEKS TO LIVE DOCTORS TOLD HIM. HE HAD TWO CHOICES AND THE ONE KEY MADE JUST PROLONGED HIS LIFE. JOHN SIMMONS HUSBAND GRANDFATHER NOW CANCER SURVIVOR IN NOVEMBER OF 19 I HAD A BAD BLOCKAGE. AND THEY TOLD ME. AT THAT TIME THAT I HAD FIVE WEEKS TO LIVE. OH YOU HEALTH GAVE US THESE PHOTOS AND VIDEO DOCTOR SAY PEOPLE WITH THE SPECIFIC TYPE OF COLORECTAL CANCER. JOHN WAS DIAGN. WITH HAVE SOME OF THE WORST OUTCOMES AND THE REASON IS THEY HAVE ALL THESE STICKY TUMOR IN THERE AND SO THEY CAN GET OBSTRUCTIONS AND THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED TO JOHN HE HAD OBSTRUCTION AND WE HAD TO DO SURGERY. FRONT TO RELIEVE THAT OBSTRUCTION AND THEN GO TO CHEMOT
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The OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center found in a new study that breast cancer patients should undergo tumor removal surgery quickly after their diagnosis to avoid the spread of cancer and tumor growth.
According to a press release from OU Health, the OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center is the only National Cancer Institute-Designated Cancer Center in Oklahoma, representing the top 2 percent of cancer centers in the United States. Their study, which serves as a multidisciplinary project between students, post-doctoral fellows and professionals from various specialties, was recently published in âAnnals of Surgical Oncologyâ and focused specifically on finding the safest amount of time to wait before having tumor removal surgery.
By: Kelsey Kernstine
OU Health’s Stephenson Cancer Center has the first robot in the state that can now do minimally invasive biopsies on patients that have lung nodules.
The new ION robot allows doctors to reach areas in the lung they never could before to get the most accurate biopsy. The catheter is much thinner, the stability is there and that has led to the accuracy, which is much higher than the other navigational platforms, Dr. Fawad Chaudry said.
OU doctors said prior to this robot, physicians missed up to 40% of the time when they tried to reach certain nodules in the lungs, which led to inaccurate results.
The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the election of Rajagopal Ramesh, OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center researcher and professor in the Department of Pathology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, to its College of Fellows.
Ramesh was nominated, reviewed and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows for outstanding contribution in clinical translation of cancer gene therapeutics using biological and synthetic materials.
The College of Fellows is composed of the top 2% of medical and biological engineers in the country.
A formal induction ceremony will be held during AIMBE’s 2021 annual event on March 26.