Benign tumor

lunch into work to place it in our refrigerator so that it would not spoil in the heat that has continued to loom over us lately. Prior to dropping my daughter off at daycare, we had been in the hospital visiting a second dermatologist for a second tumor that I found a couple months…

of melanomas with a tendency toward local recurrence. Commonly, DMs appear in sun-exposed regions of the skin, particularly the head and neck area with a slight male predominance. The high incidence of local recurrence after excision of the primary tumor has been attributed to clinical misdiagnosis, advanced stage at the time of diagnosis, and inadequate surgical excision. It is one of the main causes of clinical and histological misdiagnosis. Our case proves that DM can be a diagnostic…

Cells Interacting: Astrocytoma in its cancerous form is a situation in which a malignant tumor starts in Astrocyte cells, which have the purpose of protecting nerve cells. As the tumor grows invasively into these cells, it presses on the nerve cells and other parts of the brain. Cancerous astrocytoma will grow very quickly, spreading into other sections of brain tissue. As it does this, it will start to push on the brain itself and stop it from functioning properly. …. Function: The…

Pituitary tumors are abnormal growths found in the pituitary gland. The pituitary gland is a small organ in the center of the brain. It makes hormones that affect growth and the functions of other glands in the body. In most cases, pituitary tumors grow slowly, are not cancerous (are benign), and do not spread to other parts of the body. These tumors are best treated when they are found and diagnosed early. A pituitary tumor may produce hormones (functioning tumor) or not (nonfunctioning tumor).…

The types of natural deaths include apoptosis, necrosis and mitotic catastrophe. If abnormal cells are not corrected and Natural cell death does not occur, they result to the development of a tumor that is then formed by the proliferation of damaged cells. These tumors have two categories which are benign and malignant…

OSTEIOD OSTEOMA A commonly occurring benign bone forming tumour can occur in any age group with increased male preponderance. It was first described in 1930 and later identified as a separate disease in mid of 1930s. osteoid osteoma can involve any bone but is more commonly found in long bones and that too in tibia, femur and humurus. Involvement of spine, hand and feet is also documented. Almost two third of all cases of osteoid osteoma occur in the long bones involving shaft, epiphyses of…

HDR brachytherapy is commonly used to treat cancer in the cervix, lungs, breast and prostate. Permanent brachytherapy, uses low intensity radiation, which is placed near or in the tumor permanently. This uses a seed about the size of a rice grain which is planted near the tumor to kill the cancer. This is usually used in prostate, gynecological, head and neck cancers. Electronic brachytherapy, (EBT) is one of the newest forms of Brachytherapy, using the radiation generated from…

and CT scan, allows for the combined advantage of identifying morphological features, anatomic location and metabolic activity of the tumor (Lorhmann). This innovative technology has proven to be of clinical significance. Greater accuracy in identification of a SPN allows the medical team to initiate the appropriate treatment response based on the severity of the tumor. However, a drawback…

fetus (Ovarian Cancer Alliance, 2014). Cancer is caused by abnormal cells which grow and spread rapidly to other areas of the body through the bloodstream (metastasis). These cells can form a tumor and follow the process of angiogenesis which is the encouragement of new blood vessels to grow inside the tumor (Cancer Research UK, 2014). 20,000 women are diagnosed yearly with ovarian cancer and 14,000 of which will die. The chance of being diagnosed with ovarian cancer is 1/72 and ovarian cancer…

PET tool considered as the most cost modality compared to the others. Hepatic surgical resection is first method used to improve quality of life [8]. The percentage of cure determined by the stage of the initial tumor. Tumor response depends on the change of tumor size. Chemotherapy was the choice in the past for patients with extensive liver metastases for example, adjuvant chemotherapy and to treat patients with colorectal liver metastases [7]. In pretreated patients there is…