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Editors: Jeffrey M. Goldberg, MD, Ceana H. Nezhat, MD, and Jay Sandlow, MD Publisher:  Cambridge University Press – 164 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani A major concern among women is the preservation of fertility when they have cancer. This concern, and how to address it, is discussed in chapter 10, Female Fertility Preservation Surgery, authored by Sara Arian, Rebecca Flyckt, and Tommaso Falcone. The authors of this chapter point out that according to statistics of the National Cancer Institute, about 10 percent of new cases of invasive cancers in the United States are diagnosed in women of reproductive...

Editors: Robert Feneck, John Kneeshaw, and Marco Ranucci Publisher:  Cambridge University Press – 416 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani The editors report that in the last 10 years there has been a substantial increase in the use of transesophageal echocardiography. This means for 20 years (today we are in 2020), and this book was published in 2010.  Many of the TEEs have been due to more patients undergoing cardiac surgery, as well as major non-cardiac surgery. Today, TEE training is part of the fundamental process of acquiring knowledge and skills for aspiring and established cardiologists, as well as...

Authors: Markus Wolfensberger and Anthony Wrigley Publisher:  Cambridge University Press- 249 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram In the past several decades, public trust in physicians and other medical professionals has steadily declined, write the authors of this book, Markus Wolfensberger and Anthony Wrigley. And they prove it by showing evidence for this contention (see chart) as well as discuss several reasons for this decline. At the same time, they write that the decline in public trust is also frustrating physicians, who work for and want the best outcomes for their patients, but ever tighter and mindless government regulations...

Editors: Alan David Kaye and Richard D. Urman Publisher: Cambridge University Press – 268 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani Robotic surgery, sometimes called ‘robotic assisted surgery’ or RAS for short, is a method of treating patients that has many advantages over traditional surgery done by humans Before enumerating those advantages, readers take note: robotic assisted surgery is being increasingly used now. Curious to know how many books on robotic surgery could be found on Amazon, we guessed that no more than a couple hundred would be displayed. To our amazement, we got a count of 896 books with...

Editors: Ken Gross, MD and Howard K.Steinman, MD Publisher: Cambridge University Press – 184 pages Book Review by: Nano Khilnani Mohs surgery, developed in 1938 by an American general surgeon named Frederic E. Mohs, is a precise surgical technique used to treat skin cancer. During Mohs surgery, thin layers of cancer-containing skin are progressively removed and examined until only cancer-free tissue remains. Mohs surgery is also known as Mohs micrographic surgery According to a Wikipedia article, the cure rate with Mohs surgery cited by most studies is between 97 and 99.8 percent for primary basal-cell carcinoma, the most common type of skin cancer.  Mohs procedure is also used...