Initial results of the CLASICC trial have recently been presented in the Lancet by Guillou and co-workers. This study aimed to compare the short-term outcomes of laparoscopic resection with those of ...

LINCOLN, Neb. & PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Virtual Incision Corporation today announced the successful first-in-human use of its miniaturized robotically assisted surgical device (RASD) for ...

Colorectal cancer is a sobering diagnosis, but thanks to modern techniques offered by skilled and innovative faculty physicians at the Keck Medical Center of USC, the road to recovery is easier for ...

May 6, 2010 (New Orleans, Louisiana) — Disease-free survival was 100% in patients with early noninvasive intramucosal (NIIM) colorectal cancer at 5 years, regardless of whether they had local surgery ...

Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) of colorectal cancer has become more popular in the past two decades. Laparoscopic colectomy has been accepted as an alternative standard approach in colon cancer, ...

Most people with colon cancer begin treatment by having surgery to remove their cancer. If colon cancer has spread beyond your colon, you might have chemotherapy first. This can help treat cancer ...

SAN FRANCISCO: As people are living longer, more elderly patients are being diagnosed with age-related colon cancer, making it of increasing concern to the medical community. Another related issue is ...

Virtual Incision Corporation, a Nebraska medical startup resulting from a collaborative research project at the University of Nebraska, recently completed an $18 million Series B round of financing.

PLEASANTON, Calif. & LINCOLN, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Virtual Incision Corporation, a company developing advanced robotically assisted surgical devices, today announced that it has closed $11.2 million ...