Lymph

The lymphatic system is a key system made up of tissues and organs that help maintain your immune system and clean the body of unwanted materials and toxins. In other words, the lymphatic system is the main line of defence when you become ill. in the case of some illnesses, the lymphatic system can be damaged and cause defects in your body that can have lifelong effects on your standard of living. Two diseases in particular are caused by a malfunction in the lymphatic system and they are called…

AIDS-related lymphoma is a broad term for a group of blood cancers that, as its name implies, affects AIDS patients. There are various types of non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHLs) that this category encompasses, so it is not as clear-cut as one might imagine. AIDS-related lymphomas are very complex diseases with many factors to consider. It is important to understand the origin of AIDS-related lymphoma. According to the article “AIDS-Related Malignancies,” AIDS-related lymphoma is believed to be…

Breast Cancer is thought to be a single disease, but actually it is a number of diseases that affect the cells, our bodies basic units of life. Humans bodies are made of many cells, grouped into 200 different types that combine to form the tissues of our body, such as skin, muscle, bone, and our breast needs them as well (The Mayo Clinic,18). This process happens because of the specific genetic programs and instructions of a cell. As the cell grows it will take its appointed place among the…

That she’d be able to walk, laugh and love like before. But like grains of sand, I watched my faith in the doctors and the medicine, and even in her, fall through my fingers. The cancer attacked her breasts, her lymph nodes, her lungs, her brain. It waged its war in intangible ways too, claiming her her desire to get out of bed in the morning, her ability to drive, patience, sense of humor, self-control, and certain memories, here and there. These were its prisoners…

Typically; swelling of the lymph nodes in the neck, fever and infection, along with tiredness and fatigue, are some symptoms a person may experience with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (Leukemia - National Cancer Institute. n.d.). In the early development stages of the disease, Chronic…

Lymphoma is a type of cancer in the blood the presents itself the lymph system. With lymphoma, white blood cells become malignant and start to multiply and spread abnormally. There are two major types of lymphoma. The first is Hodgkin’s lymphoma and the other is non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. There are few ways to treat lymphoma, and with these treatments, sometimes cure it. Hodgkin’s lymphoma is cancer of the lymphatic system, more commonly known as the immune system. When the cells in the lymphatic…

TNM system which is widely used to stage the cancer. T symbolizes the dimensions of the main tumor, N represents the degree of cancer feast to lymph nodes, and M indicates at what level the cancer already spreads (metastasis). TNM systems additionally comprises the numbers as TX, T0, T1, T2, T3, and T4 for the primary tumor, NX, N0, N1, N2, N3, for the lymph nodes, and MX, MO, M1 for the metastasis, that describe further details about the cancer. The TNM system is a prominent means to define…

cachexia), excessive sweating especially at nights (night sweats), hormonal changes, anemia, bleeding tendencies due to deficiency of platelets (thrombocytopenia) etc. Symptoms of spread of cancer or metastasis This includes swelling of the nearing lymph…

Pre-operative CT scan is as an important imaging tool to prognosticate the disease and assess the operability. Along with an oesophagoduodenoendoscopy, majority of these tumors were detected pre-operatively. The aim of this study is to see the association of pre-operative CT scan features and its malignant potential in our local setting and this study has shown that there is association of tumor morphology of extramural to the malignant potential of Gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Most GIST…

It is common to find axillary lymph nodes with the diagnosis of breast cancer, which is why it is important to also examine this area. Axillary lymph nodes well-being is one of the most important factors in a prognoses for these patients and help determine a proper treatment plan 1 . This is where ultrasound plays a large and important role…