Not all tumors are cancerous. Whole-body MRI is used as a general screening tool, as well as for assessing bone metastases from breast and prostate cancer. Can an MRI help detect cancer? The answer is resounding yes and the good news is that you don’t have to wait until a doctor dec...
Breast cancer is categorized into two main histological types, ductal and lobular, as well the far less common mucinous carcinoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma and mixed tumors (e.g. ductal plus lobular). Within the ductal category are inflammatory breast cancer (IBC), medullary carcinoma, tubular ...
As you might expect, a tumor suppressor gene is supposed to prevent tumors. But when these genes are damaged, they can allow cancer to develop instead of preventing it. One of these genes, p53, normally prevents cells with abnormal DNA from surviving. When p53 is defective, these cells ...
Lung Cancer and Immune Dysfunction. In: Finke, J.; Bukowski, R., editors. Current Clinical Oncology: Cancer Immunotherapy at the Crossroads: How Tumors Evade Immunity and What Can be Done. Vol. 18. New Jersey: Human Press Inc.; 2004. p. 335...
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Lung cancerdoesn’t usually cause symptoms until it’s advanced (also referred to as late-stage cancer). That’s because yourlungshave few nerve endings, so tumors can grow there without causing pain. If you have any of the signs above, see your doctor to get tested forlung cancerand oth...
DNA and "ZNA" Are Driving Cancers in Black Americans The reasons behind disparity in cancer cases aren't black and white. There's more at play than genetics in why Black Americans have more aggressive tumors younger. Transforming Patient-Centric Cancer Care ...
treated with TC were more likely to have estrogen receptor–positive tumors and lower stage tumors compared to those who received anthracycline-containing chemo. Otherresearchhas shown that among women over age 65 receiving chemotherapy for stage 1, 2, or 3 breast cancer, about 43% had TC chemo...
After the issue of cellphones and brain cancer, the other big one that most have probably heard of is cellphones hurting reproductive health. There has been a growing concern that men carrying a cellphone in a pants pocket (without an EMF-protective case) have a lower sperm count. This has...
The SEER program currently records information on around 400,000 cancer cases annually. The volume of SEER data has been growing fast [109]. The analysis of greater volumes of big data with higher dimensionality necessitates novel ideas and methodologies. The present review offers several ...