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Complete guide to bone marrow transplant (BMT): autologous vs allogeneic, conditioning, engraftment, GVHD, recovery, and success rates for leukaemia and lymphoma.
Brachytherapy places radioactive seeds or catheters directly inside or adjacent to a tumour, delivering high-dose radiation with minimal exposure to surrounding healthy tissue.
Brain tumor surgery (craniotomy) removes or debulks intracranial tumors to relieve symptoms and improve survival, using microsurgical, fluorescence-guided, and awake surgery techniques.
Breast augmentation uses saline or silicone implants placed under general anaesthesia to enhance breast size and shape, with over 90% patient satisfaction and 10–20 year implant longevity.
Breast biopsy removes tissue for microscopic analysis, achieving 97–99% sensitivity for cancer detection; core needle biopsy under ultrasound guidance is the gold-standard outpatient technique.
Breast lift (mastopexy) reshapes and elevates sagging breasts by removing excess skin and repositioning the nipple-areolar complex — a complete surgical guide.
Breast reduction (reduction mammoplasty) removes excess breast tissue and skin to relieve chronic back, neck, and shoulder pain. Learn about techniques, recovery, and satisfaction rates exceeding 95%.
Bronchoscopy is an endoscopic procedure using a flexible or rigid scope to visualise, biopsy, and treat conditions of the airways and lungs, including cancer, infections, and obstruction.
Cancer immunotherapy uses checkpoint inhibitors, CAR-T cells, and other immune agents to harness the body's own defences against melanoma, lung cancer, and many other tumour types.
Cancer surgery: curative, staging, and palliative resection techniques, R0 margins, neoadjuvant therapy, recovery, and 5-year survival rates by tumour type.
CAPD is a home-based kidney dialysis therapy using the peritoneal membrane to filter waste, giving patients freedom from hospital haemodialysis sessions.
Capsule endoscopy uses a swallowed wireless camera to image the small bowel — the only non-invasive method for complete small intestine visualization, detecting bleeding in 50–70% of obscure cases.
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