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Mediclinic Middle Est Announces Clinical Trial To Help Improve Treatment Strategies For Breast Cancer
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Mediclinic Middle East announces clinical trial to help improve treatment strategies for breast cancer
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Mediclinic Middle East has launched a collaborative clinical trial with its sister Mediclinic division in Switzerland, Hirslanden. In the first collaboration of its kind – led by Principal Investigator Dr Annett Hamadi, Consultant General and Breast Surgeon at Mediclinic City Hospital in Dubai, and Professor Christoph Tausch, Coordinating Investigator from Hirslanden’s Breast Centre in Zurich – the groundbreaking project will investigate whether imaging and intelligent vacuum-assisted biopsy of tissue are sufficient to determine the effectiveness of chemotherapy performed prior to tumour surgery in individuals with breast cancer, and whether a complete remission can be predicted in some patients using these techniques, meaning they would be able to avoid surgery. The results from this trial will help improve treatment strategies for patients suffering with breast cancer.
The study will be conducted among 420 patients in the UAE, Switzerland, Austria and Germany, until the end of
Mediclinic City Hospital successfully undertakes complex minimally invasive lung surgery on two-year old patient
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Mediclinic City Hospital recently operated for the first time on a two-year-old child for the resection of an intra-thoracic mass by thoracoscopy (minimally invasive approach) with excellent results. The patient was discharged in 24 hours. This rare surgery was made possible by meticulous planning and the skills of renowned expert in this field, Dr Ghassan Nakib, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at Mediclinic City Hospital.
Mediclinic Middle East has an established track record in paediatric robotic surgery and is a regional pioneer in this field. Up to now, eight paediatric robotic procedures have been performed, six of which were urological (pyeloplasties) and included two tumour resections, both rare procedures globally. All patients had excellent outcomes.
Lung malformations in children are well-known conditions and usually diagnosed prenatally, but their treatments are different and clear guidelines are not totally established. The indication in most cases, however, is that surgical