As far as I know, at the beginning stages of sternum cancer, treatment is hormone therapy. At later stages it's chemotherapy, radiation therapy or surgery. Does you aunt have breast cancer or is the cancer localized at the sternum? If it's localized, surgery to remove the bone tumor migh...
What Are the Main Causes of a Protruding Sternum? What Are the Symptoms of Sternum Cancer? What can Cause a Fractured Sternum? What is the Manubrium? Discussion Comments Byanon287947— On Aug 27, 2012 Has anyone been told they have a tight feeling in the sternum? I was told this by my...
People with certain autoimmune diseases have an increased risk of developing thymomas. Autoimmune diseases are those that cause the body’s immune system to attack its own tissues. The diseases that increase the risk of this type of cancer include myasthenia gravis, rheumatoidarthritis, thyroiditis,...
The last is a sample of tissue taken from the mass through a minimally invasive surgical procedure. Through examining the sample, a physician can diagnose the specific form of cancer. X-rays and blood work determine the cancer's stage. With this information, a physician can plot a course of...
Hemithoraces are an interesting concept. Not all of the body is divided on one half of the other; I mean, since the article lists that the vertebrae are inside the hemithoraces, that means half of your spine is in the left hemithorax and half of it is in the right hemithorax, right...
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should I be worried about colon cancer with the symptoms just abruptly starting out of nowhere? Or should I trust the er with the ibs diagnosis? Can it just start out of nowhere? I have to admit I've had a pretty bad diet for a while now, (fast food every night, bed not until ...
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For instance, in the case of a very enlarged thymus gland, or one that is showing signs of cancer, doctors will often have to remove the gland and then rely on other treatments to keep the patient's immune system up. Although removing the gland can be dangerous for the patient, I'm ...
When I was in my 20`s, my eye doctor said I had signs of a degenerative eye disease, but could not conclude it then. Now I am 41 years old and recovering from breast cancer and lymphoma and the cancer treatments. In the summer of 06, during my radiation for my cancer, I went to...