face,human face- the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news" 2. facial- care for the face that usually involves cleansing and massage and the application of cosmeti...
The more serious type of tumor is a cancerous head tumor. It may start in the head and travel to other organs of the body. Cancerous tumors are also more likely to grow back after they are removed. A biopsy is usually required to determine if a tumor is cancerous or benign. Symptoms...
neoplasm,tumor,tumour- an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose glioblastoma,spongioblastoma- a fast-growing malignant brain tumor composed of spongioblasts; nearly always fatal glioma- a tumor of the brain consisting of neuroglia ...
Primitive neuroectodermal tumors are in the Ewing's sarcoma family of tumors and are composed of small round cells. Because of their rare occurrence, optimal therapy is challenging, particularly if they occur in the head and neck. Diagnosis is based on history, immunostaining with at least 2 neu...
First described in 1945 by Morehead and Bowman, uterine tumors resembling ovarian sex-cord tumors (UTROSCT) are rare tumors of the uterine body that tend to occur in menopausal women presenting with abnormal vaginal bleeding, abdominal pain, and increased uterine volume. UTROSCT are usually diag...
(B7–1 and IL-12) to GPI, which induces potent antitumor protective immunity in tumor cells. When such a vaccine is administered to mice bearing head and neck squamous cell carcinoma tumors, tumor growth is inhibited, and the survival rate increases[314,315]. Similarly, the embedding of MPL...
Background. Pre-operative differential diagnosis between and malignant intraductal papillary mucinous tumor (IPMT) of the pancreas is markedly difficult by... Y Murakami,T Yokoyama,E Hiyama,... - 《International Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer》 被引量: 59发表: 2002年 FNA diagnosis of osteoclast...
The objective of this study w... SA Wheless,KA Mckinney,AM Zanation - 《Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg》 被引量: 109发表: 2010年 How important is the axillary nodal status for adjuvant treatment decisions at a breast cancer multidisciplinary tumor board? A survival analysis. Background Tumor ...
Regulation of tumor cell motility and invasion by myosin-II heavy chain phosphorylation and the metastasis-associated protein, Mts1 BACKGROUND: Actomyosin-driven cell motility and migration are fundamental to tumor cell invasion and metastasis. These processes are controlled by Rho smal... CG Figdor...
An abnormal growth of tissue resulting from uncontrolled growth of cells and serving no function within the body; a cancerous growth. Tumors can be benign (unlikely to spread to other body parts) or malignant (likely to spread). See Note atcancer. ...