Any unexplained change in the size, shape, or contour of your breast can be a sign of breast cancer. This includes swelling, shrinkage, or asymmetry that wasn’t previously there. It’s important to regularly observe your breasts to know what’s normal for you and to spot any ...
Late and Long-Term Sequelae of Breast Cancer Treatment How to recognize and help patients manage these often debilitating complications.breast cancercancer survivorshiplate effects of treatmentlymphedemaMore than 12% of women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their lives, and 78%...
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...
By doing so,they remove the molecular(分子的)“tags” on cells that the immune system relies on to recognize cancer.(最近,科学家们发现,染色质蛋白,即组蛋白,有自己的编码,可以影响基因的控制。Wilfred Jefferies教授和他的同事们发现,一些癌细胞有能力改变这种“组蛋白密码”。通过这样做,他们去除了免疫...
Shanghai United Family Hospital and Clinics (SHU) is composed of a highly experienced team of local and internationally trained adult and pediatric surgeons and nurses, committed to providing care. We recognize and are committed to br...
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“Unfortunately, we do not have enough data to know for certain if earlier screening in Black women will be of more benefit because trials of mammography included very few women of color,” Dr. Keating said. “It is important to recognize that most of the disparities in breast can...
In Hashimoto’s, triggers contribute to the body developing something called “a lack of self-tolerance.” This is when the body is no longer able to recognize its own tissue as part of itself, but instead starts viewing its tissue as a foreign invader. It is no longer “tolerant” of ...
"Like other cancer cells, breast cancer cells present tumor-specific antigens on the cell membrane, which immune cells recognize so they can kill the tumor cells," Zhang said. "But our study found that MAL2 can reduce the level of these antigens, so these tumor cells are protected and ca...
Unfortunately, even when functional alcoholics begin to recognize that they have a drinking problem, they still resist reaching out for help. By the time they admit the problem, their withdrawal symptoms—which can begin within a few hours after their last drink—can become more and more severe...