Benign tumor

Cancer is the leading cause of death in the world and causes more than 13 percent of deaths each year (Gale). Cancer is a term for a disease that can take place in any part of the body. Doctors have come up with multiple risk factors that can lead to the development of cancer and a number of successful treatment and prevention strategies, many types of cancer can’t be cured and much still remains a mystery (Gale). There are many risk factors that are often linked to cancer. External factors…

Breast cancer evaluation begins with symptoms and a general clinical history. This is followed by a triple assessment, which includes the following components: Clinical examination Imaging (usually mammography, ultrasonography, or both) Needle biopsy This approach naturally lends itself to a gradually increasing degree of invasiveness, so that a diagnosis can be obtained with the minimum degree of invasiveness and, consequently, the minimum amount of discomfort to the patient. Because the more…

people more likely to develop this type of cancer. Patients who are given radiation therapy to treat another cancer may develop this disease, but it may take up to ten years between the time the radiation therapy ends and the growth of a liposarcoma tumor. A family history of cancer or genetic defect syndroms like neurofibromatosis, Gardner syndrome, Li-Fraumeni, retinoblastoma, and Werner syndrome can all be contributing factors in developing liposarcoma. A damaged lymph system and exposure…

In breast cancer, cells in breast tissue grow and divide uncontrollably. The cells then form a mass or lump referred as a tumor. The tumor is categorized as benign (non-cancerous) or malignant (cancerous). Breast cancer is further classified as non-invasive if it has not spread beyond the ducts or lobules commonly known as “in situ”. If not treated immediately, the cancer, then turns to be invasive…

of cancer has been found in fossilized bone tumors, human mummies, also ancient manuscripts. Osteosarcomas have also been found in mummies which is a type of bone cancer. The oldest description of…

When I was in third-grade, I was diagnosed with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, or TSC for short. TSC is a disease that causes benign tumors to grow on major organs, such as the brain, eyes, kidneys, lungs, heart, and liver. The tumors cause four major symptoms: autism, epilepsy, mental retardation, and physical retardation. That year my family attended a conference regarding the disease to learn more about the TSC and its effects. At the conference, children were put into either a regular or…

Discussion Elastography is a non-invasive imaging modality that detects tumors based on their stiffness (elasticity) compared to normal tissue. Generally breast cancer tissue is harder than normal breast tissue. With elastography the elastic properties of breast tissue can be imaged in real time by means of color-coded superimposition on the B mode image and then used for differentiating between benign and malignant breast lesions (8). Elastography is a supplementary method for conventional US…

On a beautiful warm summer evening, the young woman ran outside to the sight of her husband, dishearteningly passed out at their front yard. The impact of the ground level fall left him with a serious head wound. After a long ambulance ride, trauma team started resuscitation to keep him a live. As a Clinical Research Assistant Volunteer in the Emergency Department I was allowed to observe his care, while the compassionate physician with quiet composure began treating the young man. As the…

Uterine fibroids are one of the most common causes of abnormal vaginal bleeding in women. These benign tumors are composed of smooth muscle and connective tissue. The ultrasound appearance of fibroids varies and depends on their size, location and type of degeneration they may be under-going. In most cases they are asymptomatic but if they grow large can cause symptoms including abnormal and/or heavy bleeding, painful menses, abdominal discomfort, back ache, constipation, and infertility.…

evaluation of breast lesion as well as a treatment too. However in mammogram which is its inadequate detection of breast cancer in women with dense breast tissue being the limitation. Mammography detects approximately 90% of tumors in women over 50, but only 60% of tumors in women under the age of 50. Plus, lack of specificity, where mammography also…