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Experts at a conference stated that while some patients recount an entire conversation between surgeons, others reported full awareness during their entire operation procedure.

Professor Kate Leslie, president of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists said, "Every anaesthetist at this conference, there's 2000 anaesthetists here, each of those people has had two episodes of awareness in the last year.”

"Most of the people out there would deny ever having had a patient with awareness, and the reason why is because they don't ask them afterwards.”

As per study researchers, doctors are more likely to opt for a deadlier treatment with lesser side-effects for themselves if they are treating themselves for the same ailment.

While commenting on the study findings, lead researcher Peter Ubel from the Duke University, said in a press statement, “The advice you get could depend on whether your doctor is thinking about what you should do, or instead thinking about what he or she would do in your situation."

The revolutionary light-emitting device, called Ambulight, is a form of photodynamic therapy (PDT), a widely popular alternative to surgery for many forms of skin cancer that uses laser, or other light sources, combined with a light-sensitive drug to destroy cancer cells, reports the tabloid.

Sticking plaster can treat cancer
The PDT treatment is less painful than surgery and avoids the scarring associated with surgical removal of the tumor. It also requires less amount of time patients need to spend in hospital.