Metastasis

cancer. Lung cancer, also known as carcinoma of the lung or pulmonary carcinoma, is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung by process of metastasis into nearby tissue or other parts of the body. (Wikipedia, 26 September 2015) Common names for Oral cancer include such things as mouth cancer, tongue cancer, tonsil cancer, and throat cancer. (The Oral Cancer Foundation, May 2015). Every oral…

Can Cannabidiol (CBD) Fight Metastatic Cancer? The legalization of medical marijuana across multiple U.S States is an indication of why there is so much noise around cannabis. Evidence from scientific studies, clinical trials, and anecdotal stories has demonstrated the vast potential benefits of cannabis, and particularly, the cannabinoids cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in treating a wide range of ailments. Some of these conditions include diabetes, Parkinson’s disease, anxiety…

aggressive proliferation with great invasive potential as well as refractory to present treatments due to suppression of pro-apoptotic pathways (Karmakar et al., 2007). Such factors up-regulated in cancer involve cell proliferation, cell invasion, metastasis, angiogenesis, and resistance to chemo and radiotherapy (Kunnumakkara et al., 2008). Treatments for glioblastoma include chemotherapy, surgery, and radiotherapy, yet survival rates with these treatments remain small. To improve the…

Breast Cancer Case Study 1. Susan will have a variety of tests done to determine what stage of cancer she has. What types of testing would you anticipate she would have to determine her definitive diagnosis and how will the tumor be classified? a. Diagnostic Tests: Susan will go through many tests to determine the stage of her cancer. Some of the tests she will undergo include axillary lymph node status, tumor size, estrogen and progesterone receptor status, cell-proliferative indices, and…

grow and spread to other parts of the body. A benign tumor means the tumor can grow but will not spread. Breast cancer spreads when breast cancer cells move to other parts of the body through the blood vessels and/or lymph vessels. This is called metastasis. Breast cancer is the most common cause of the death in women, according to a survey conducted by WHO the most of the younger women's are affected by the breast cancer. If eight women live to the age of 85, at least one of them will develop…

morbidities of imaging related ionizing radiation exposure and long term morbidities of chemotherapy, have emphasized the importance of surgery [32,33]. Advantages of RPLND include 1) definitive pathologic staging. 30% of stage I patients have occult metastasis in the retroperitoneum and 35% of patients with stage…

Extraosseous Ewing's Sarcoma in the thigh A case report and review of the literature HichamSallahi, Omar Margad, KhalidKoulaliIdrissi Trauma-Orthopaedic Department, Military Hospital of Avicenne Marrakech correspondingauthor: Hicham Sallahi Address :Trauma-Orthopaedic Department, Military Hospital of Avicenne Marrakech Tél : +212661353375 E-mail : sallahi.hicham37@gmail.com Summary The extraosseous Ewing's sarcoma is a rare tumor. The authors reported a case on the thigh level,…

getting this disease. Cancer Cancer is the result of abnormal cells forming and uncontrollably grows, creating a malignant tumor. When cancer cells are not caught on time, they can break off and travel to other parts of the body in the process called metastasis. Breast cancers usually start off in the lining of the milk ducts or where milk is produced. A lump in the breast and an abnormal mammogram are usually the first indications that cancer is present. Inflammatory Breast Cancer…

Capecitabine, an oral 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) analogue, is a commonly used chemotherapeutic agent (antimetabolite) of the pyrimidine analogue family. It is a basic cytostatic agent used in therapy of solid gastrointestinal cancers (as adjuvant therapy as well as in treatment of metastatic disease); besides, it is also widely used in therapy of metastatic breast cancer. Myocardial infarction is a rare adverse effect related to capecitabine therapy. We present case report of a female patient with no…

Osteosarcoma is a relatively radioresistant Tumor. Thus, adjuvant chemotherapy and surgery have been the backbones of treatment. Prophylactic whole lung irradiation was utilized in the late 1970s as a method for decreasing lung metastases post-operatively (Breur, Cohen, Schweisguth, & Hart, 1978). Prebiopsy Low-dose irradiation (around 10 Gy) can be given before the initial biopsy in order to decrease the viability of the malignant cells that can be disseminated into the circulatory system…