Stanford Health Video Library
The Stanford Health Video Library programs feature prominent doctors presenting the latest health research. Use these links to jump directly to your topic of interest in videos:
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| Breast Cancer: Risk Factors, Diagnosis and Treatment What are the risk factors for breast cancer and what decisions will a woman need to make on the basis of an abnormal mammogram result or a diagnosis of breast cancer? Speaker: Robert Carlson, MD  YouTube Buy DVD |
| Can We Cure the Common Leukemias? Now there is more reason for hope. Find out how modern medicine is curing more people with blood cancers. Speaker: Steven Coutre, MD Buy DVD |
| Cancer Stem Cells: the Origin of Cancer Find out how Stanford scientists and clinicians are working to identifying cancer stem cells in many types of tumors and how they have used that information to develop new therapeutic strategies. Speaker: Irving Weissman, MD YouTube Buy DVD |
| Contributions of Surgery to Breast Cancer Survivorship Treatment for breast cancer includes many modalities. This talk focuses on the appropriate use of surgery as a treatment and its outcomes. Speaker: Irene Wapnir, MD YouTube |
| CyberKnife: New and Emerging Treatments A frameless robotic radiosurgery system, the CyberKnife allows for a more accurate delivery of radiotherapy. Discover more about this innovative, minimally invasive technology, invented and pioneered at Stanford. Find out how CyberKnife may provide an additional option for patients diagnosed with previously inoperable or surgically complex tumors, or patients looking for an alternative to surgery. CyberKnife has been used to treat tumors in the head and neck, spine, lung, prostate, liver and pancreas without surgery, in as little as one week of one to five pain-free sessions. Speaker: Iris Gibbs, MD YouTube Buy DVD |
| Know the Facts: Controversies in Screening for Women's Cancer Recent changes announced for screening guidelines for breast and cervical cancers created a media firestorm that confused women and divided physicians and cancer groups. Physicians in the Breast and Gynecologic Oncology Programs that comprise the Stanford Women's Cancer Program have extensive expertise in the area of screening for women's cancer. These physicians highlight the controversial issues and review the data upon which the recommendations were made. Speakers: Robert Carlson, MD; Jonathan S. Berek, MD, MMS; Debra M. Ikeda, MD Buy DVD |
| Lymphedema: New and Emerging Treatments This talk focuses on the new and emerging treatments for lymphedema, the swelling that occurs when a blockage in the lymphatic system prevents the lymph fluid in the arm or leg from draining adequately. Speaker: Stanley Rockson, MD Buy DVD |
| New Treatments for Breast Cancer: From Research Bench to Bedside A focus on the newest treatments emerging from research and for which patients they will be most appropriate. Speaker: Ellie Guardino, MD, PhD Buy DVD |
| Nutrition and Cancer: Myths and Legends When someone is diagnosed with cancer, the search is on for information. People look to something they can control, like food. There are often misconceptions out there regarding food which can be confusing. This talk focuses on some of these "questionable" foods/nutrients and help you understand the real story. Speaker: Erika Connor, RD, CSO YouTube |
| Prostate Cancer: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment Stanford's urology department zeros in on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment options for prostate cancer. Speaker: James Brooks, MD YouTube Buy DVD |
| Robotic Surgery for Cancer Treatment Robotic systems were first used to remove prostate cancer, then adapted for kidney cancer and bladder cancer procedures, which are more complex because of the variation in surgical anatomy, size and shape of tumors. The benefits of robotic surgery for a patient include decreased blood loss, nerve sparing and shorter hospital stay. This talk will focus on the latest advances in robotic surgery for the treatment of these cancers. Speaker: Mark Gonzalgo, MD Buy DVD |
| Using the Immune System to Treat Cancer Immunotherapy is the newest modality of treatment of cancer and researchers have great expectations for it becoming one of the most effective treatments. Dr. Levy describes how doctors at Stanford are using immune therapy in the treatment of cancer. Speaker: Ron Levy, MD Buy DVD |
| What's New in Breast Reconstruction Learn about the latest techniques in breast reconstruction. This talk covers the current types of breast implants being used, as well as state-of-the-art techniques for using a person's own tissues to make a breast. Speaker: Gordon Lee, MD YouTube |
