November 19, 2020
Breast cancer accurately staged with fewer lymph nodes
When a person is diagnosed with breast cancer, surgery can be their first treatment. Other times, their clinician will prescribe chemotherapy before surgery, called neoadjuvant chemotherapy. In both cases, for patients with clinically negative nodes at presentation, surgeons will determine at the time of surgery how far the cancer has spread by removing and examining […]
Tags: breast cancer, Brittany Murphy, cancer research, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, chemotherapy, Judy Boughey, lymphatic system, lymphedema, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, oncology, residency program
November 16, 2017
What the heck is a nomogram? And other medical research questions answered.
The Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery focuses on the science of best practice. Best practice in health care, that is. Across the center, researchers work together with the medical practice to find ways to improve health, and the ways people (patients, caregivers, providers) experience […]
Tags: breast cancer, Brittany Murphy, cancer, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, hernia, Judy Boughey, knowledge synthesis, minimally invasive surgery, neurology, spinal cord injury, surgery, surgical outcomes
July 3, 2017
Meet our Surgical Outcomes Research Fellows
The Surgical Outcomes Research Program in the Mayo Clinic Robert D. and Patricia E. Kern Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery selects surgical residents interested in research to become Surgical Outcomes Research Fellows. These fellows take one or two years away from clinical training to receive mentoring in health services research from Elizabeth B. […]
Tags: Brittany Murphy, Center for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Elizabeth Habermann, Mariam Ali-Mucheru