Benign tumor

maximize the killing effects to the tumor, the combination therapy with surgery and radiation, or chemotherapy are most often used (Tannock 1998). However, for treatment of small, poorly defined metastases or tumors embedded within vital regions, such as brain, conventional treatment options may not be able to provide effective therapeutic outcome (Hirsch, Stafford et al. 2003). For instance, the median survival of glioblastoma, which is the most common primary brain tumor, is around 16 to 19…

lungs, and other organs throughout the body. In dogs, 50% of mammary cancers are benign. In cats, 90% of mammary cancers are malignant, and often recur. Surgical removal of the tumors and surrounding mammary glands is the treatment of most affected pets. 65% of the surgically removed tumors will occur within a year. Unfortunately, most cats survive less than a year after initial diagnosis. However, when small tumors are caught early and aggressive treatment is used cats and dogs can live…

together and empty into the small intestine. Ampullary cancer is not technically a pancreatic cancer but it is very similar so it is put into this category. (cancer.org) The tumors for pancreatic cancer are called pancreatic endocrine tumors. These tumors are so uncommon to where they less than five percent of the cancer. These tumors can…

Central nervous system disease that cause vertigo include disease of the brainstem. vascular nervous system causes malformations, tumor of the brainstem and cerebellum ,multiple sclerosis, , vertebrobasilar migraine. Vertigo of central origin often becomes disabling. The associated nystagmus is often non fatigable, the orientation of this type of vertigo is vertical rather than horizontal, without latency, and unsuppressed by visual fixation. ENG is useful in documenting these characteristics.…

people will develop cancer in their lifetime and over one half will require radiation as part of their treatment. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that focuses on the use of ionizing radiation to treat cancer and other diseases (including benign ones). It is one of the three primary specialties (the other two being surgical and medical oncology), involved in the treatment of cancer. Radiation can be administered as a curative modality, either on its own or in combination with surgery…

are very strange and rare to see. One of those rare diseases is called Hyperpituitarism. Hyperpituitarism is also known as Gigantism or Acromegaly. It is a rare disease where the pituitary gland is overactive. The glands become overactive when Benign tumors grow on the anterior pituitary. When this happens the pituitary glands secretes an excessive amount of growth hormones (GH). The excessive amount of hormones causes excessive growth of the long bones in the body, and can cause the organs to…

Growing up in the projects of Hot Springs, Arkansas was anything but a grand ole time. My mom was always heavily sedated due to a fifth of Vodka and multiple Hydrocodone. My mom rarely made it to work. When she did not get paid that meant we would go without water or electricity until she decided she wanted to go back to work. My mom worked as a caregiver and was paid under the table. She was not always this bad though, because when I try I can remember having fun with her. One time, on my…

assumed with the minimum of an overnight stay in a hospital. The MRI is an advanced camera, with x-ray technology that allows the doctor to closely examine the inside of the brain and look for irregularities. The MRI has saved many lives by locating tumors within the body. With technological advances, the brain is given more chances of being capable to operate, even if infected by cancer…

of all human deaths.("Bone tumor") It starts out as a small tumor that then grows unrestricted. Because cancer cells replicate endlessly the cancer will spread until it interferes so heavily with the patients bodily functions that they die. Bone tumors can be cancerous. Benign bone tumors are not very harmful and won’t spread. Malignant bone tumors on the other hand are cancerous and will spread. Malignant bone tumors kill 37% of patients within five years.("Bone tumor") At first the only…

600 people will die every day this year because of cancer. One in eight women will develop breast cancer at some point in their lives. It is also true that most women won’t recognize their symptoms until the cancer has grown into a life-threatening tumor. Understanding and recognizing those symptoms can literally be the difference between life and death. Cancer is the second highest cause of death in the US. Nearly everyone has lost a love one to it. And yet to many, it is as mysterious as it…