A surgical technique that involves several small cuts instead of one large cut on the abdomen. Also called keyhole or laparoscopic surgery….

…Hospital and Menzies Health Institute Queensland, and funded by Cancer Council Queensland, found that the advanced robotic technology also offered a safer and minimally invasive option for men diagnosed with prostate cancer. Robot-assisted surgery for prostate cancer has been rapidly…

A cancer that started in the milk lobules but has spread into the normal breast tissue around it.

A cancer that started in the milk duct but has spread into the normal tissue around it.

Cervical cancer that has spread deep into tissues at the primary site (cervix), and/or to other parts of the body.

Cancer that has spread from the lining of the breast ducts or lobules into the surrounding breast tissue.

Cancer that is confined to the ducts or lobules of the breast….

Surgery done through small cuts in the abdomen using a laparoscope (a thin telescopic instrument) for viewing. Also called keyhole surgery.

…Fawcett J, Leggett B, Leggett C, Tian K, Sklavos T, Smithers BM. Hospital characteristics associated with better ‘quality of surgery’ and survival following oesophagogastric cancer surgery in Queensland: a population-level study. ANZ Journal of Surgery. 2020. doi: 10.1111/ans.16397. Read more…

Surgery to remove part of the breast. Also called a lumpectomy.