What are Precancerous Cells? What are HeLa Cells? What is Cell Lysis? What are Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance? Discussion Comments Byartlover— On Jan 30, 2011 @abundancer -- I know of a doctor who treats atypical squamous cells of the vaginal area with a topical crea...
Precancerous lesions are areas on the skin that display abnormally rapid cell growth. They may be visible on the surface of the skin, or inside the genital organs, typically the vagina. Though these lesions aren't technically considered cancerous yet, doctors generally feel that they have the...
In the case of liver cancer and liver tumors, though, a cancerous tumor is more likely to show symptoms than a benign one, even though there are very few true signs of liver cancer (one reason it's so deadly). A person with a benign liver tumor could live out their whole life witho...
Naïve cells are non-active lymphocytes that recognize and bind to specific antigens, become activated, and launch target attacks against foreign pathogens.
It is usually a silent infection and most people do not know if they have it or not. Some people, however, can develop a long-term HPV infection. In this case, these abnormal cells in the cervix can start to change into precancerous and cancerous cells. ...
Not all moles are cancerous. It is estimated that nearly four to five out of every 100 Caucasians will develop at least one skin cancer by the time they are 65 years old. If you have a mole, you need to keep checking if it changes over time. The signs of
An abnormal and uncontrolled division of cells is termed as cancer, Genes called cellular oncogenes (c-onc) or proto-oncogens present in normal cells when activated under certain conditions lead oncogenic transformation of the normal cells leading canc
Germ cell tumors are responsible for about one to three percent of ovarian cancers, and about 95% of testicular cancers. About 30% of ovarian tumors are germ cell tumors, but most of these are benign teratomas rather than malignant cancerous tumors. Most tumors outside of the gonads are als...
(a) A cancer is characterised by uncontrolled growth and division of certain body cells leading to formation of a tumour. (b) A cancer cell differs from the normal cells in following characters: (i) Grow and divide in an uncontrolled manner. (ii) S
Cancer. Since epithelial cells have a high turnover rate, the most common condition associated with epithelial tissues is cancer. If a tumor is benign, or non-cancerous, and is found in the epithelium, it is either an adenoma or papilloma. These are usually found on the skin or along the...