cell division, and cell repair. Certain cancer cells have excess copies of this gene, which not only makes the cancer grow aggressively but it also has a tendency to recur. This type of breast cancer is known asHER 2-positive breast cancer. ...
The most serious and dangerous cancers are metastatic cancers. Metastasismeans that the cancer has spread from the place where it started into other tissues distant from the original tumor site. The most common place for breast cancer to metastasizeis into the lymph nodesunder the arm or above t...
Testicular canceris when unusual cells grow out of control in the tissue of one or both of your testicles. Also called testes, these are the two oval-shaped organs that hang from the base of a man’s torso. They’re a little smaller than a golf ball. They rest in a sac ofskinknown...
Facts on Cancer What is Cancer Disease? Cancer disease is the general collection of diseases that are caused by abnormal, uncontrolled growth, metastasis, or an invasion in a group of cells. Most Common Type of Cancer The most common cancer diseases in men and women are reported by the Natio...
SCLCs are less common, but they grow more quickly and are more likely to metastasizethan NSCLCs. Often, SCLCs have already spread to other parts of the body when the cancer is diagnosed. About 5% of lung cancers are of rare cell types, includingcarcinoid tumor,lymphoma, and others. ...
Combined small cell carcinoma:Combined small cell carcinoma involves tumors comprised of small cell carcinoma cells and non-small cell lung cancer cells. Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Up to 85% of lung cancers arenon-small cell lung cancers.It is the most common type of lung cancer. Non-small ...
Most types of cancer form atumor, a lump or mass of cancerous cells. Cells from a tumor may break away and travel to other parts of the body, where they can settle and multiply. This spreading process is calledmetastasis.New cancers that have broken off and spread from the original tumor...
, the long muscular tube that runs from your throat to your stomach. Food goes from themouthto the stomach through the esophagus. Thecancerstarts in the inner layer of the esophagus and can spread throughout the other layers of the esophagus and to other parts of the body (metastasis)....
None was significantly related to a particular neoplasia, although 90% of patients which presented with fever were diagnosed of hematologic malignancy; in the remaining 5% fever was due to liver disease or infectious process companion. The most frequent causes of monoarthritis were breast and lung ...
Balancing immune response: crosstalk between adaptive and innate immune cells during breast cancer progression. Breast Cancer Res. 9, 212 (2007). Article PubMed PubMed Central CAS Google Scholar Prehn, R. T. The immune reaction as a stimulator of tumor growth. Science 176, 170–171 (1972)...