Leptomeningeal metastases occur when cancer cells from the breast, lung, or any part of the body spread to the tissue layer surrounding the brain and spinal cord. These tumor cells can reach the meninges through the bloodstream or become a part of the CSF that flows through the meninges. ...
Targeting the Sanctuary Site: Options when Breast Cancer Metastasizes to the BrainKrishnan, MridulaKrishnamurthy, JairamShonka, NicoleOncology (08909091)
Stage: Scientists use several things to come up with your breast cancer stage (stages I to IV). They look at the grade of tumor. This is a measure of how abnormal the cells look compared to similar noncancerous cells. After that, they look at the size of the tumor and how far cance...
the study of neurotrophins has been prevalently restrained to the field of neuronal biology and neuropathies, until it becomes almost neglected in human cancer. Many years have indeed passed from the discovery of nerve growth factor (NGF) in the early 1950’s [37] to ...
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tags: cancer As you push north out of Bellingham on Guide Meridian Road in the very northwestern corner of Washington, you cross the Nooksack River and come to the small, rural township of Lynden. I’ve driven this route many times over the years heading to the inland Canadian border cro...
Treatment When Cancer MetastasizesAngela Hunter, BSN