According to center policies, all patients deemed appropriate for procedures performed at the center are to be interviewed in order to collect a comprehensive patient history, to include medications, ...

Ambulatory surgery is a major area of surgical and anesthetic practice, and preoperative clinics are being increasingly used for low-risk surgical procedures. This study investigated the impact of ...

An MRI scan is not needed to assess a tumour before surgery for people with biopsy-proven invasive breast cancer or DCIS except in specific clinical situations. Carrying out an unnecessary ...

In 2003, NICE first issued guidance on the use of routine preoperative tests for people having elective surgery. Many apparently healthy people are tested before surgery to check for undetected ...

Preoperative chemotherapy in operable breast cancer has been shown to improve breast conservation rates as a result of tumor response to therapy. When patients are given preoperative systemic therapy, ...