Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide, and it has the fourth highest mortality rate among cancers in women.[rx] Most cases of cervical cancer are preventable by routine screening and by treatment of precancerous lesions. As Read More …
Category: Cancer, Neoplasms and Palliative Care A – Z
Adenomyosis – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatnment
Adenomyosis is a uterine condition that is histologically characterized by the presence of ectopic endometrial glands and stroma within the myometrium, surrounded by hypertrophic and hyperplastic myometrial changes [rx]. For several decades, the diagnosis of adenomyosis was made in hysterectomy Read More …
Hormone Replacement Therapy – Indications, Contraindications
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) is a special kind of supplementing therapy for women with hormones that lost during menopausal time or transition periods. To relieve the symptoms associated with hormonal deficiency menopause, conventional HRT includes an estrogen and progesterone component Read More …
Hormones Therapy For Breast Cancer
Hormones Therapy For Breast Cancer /Hormones Therapy is a special kind of therapy that is used widely in breast cancer and are substances that function as chemical messengers in the body. They affect the actions of cells and tissues at Read More …
Hormones Therapy – Indications, Uses, Side Effects
Hormones Therapy is a special kind of therapy that is used widely in breast cancer and are substances that function as chemical messengers in the body. They affect the actions of cells and tissues at various locations in the body, Read More …
Bleeding Disorders – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Bleeding disorders are a group of conditions that result when the blood cannot clot properly. In normal clotting, platelets, a type of blood cell, stick together and form a plug at the site of an injured blood vessel. Proteins in Read More …
What Is Melanoma? – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Melanoma of the uveal tract (iris, ciliary body, and choroid), though rare, is the most common primary intraocular malignancy in adults. The mean age-adjusted incidence of uveal melanoma in the United States is approximately 4.3 new cases per million people, Read More …
Hemifacial Spasm – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is a disorder characterized by paroxysmal, involuntary twitching of facial muscles of one side of face innervated by ipsilateral facial nerve (seventh cranial nerve). It is considered a subtype of peripheral (neuromuscular) movement disorder. As the name Read More …
Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration – Symptoms, Treatment
Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration (PCD) is one of the more commonly seen paraneoplastic neurological syndromes. It is caused by immune-mediated injury to cerebellar Purkinje cells. It is associated with multiple malignancies but, most commonly, breast and pelvic malignancies.[rx] PCD has also been reported in patients with Read More …
Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes – Symptoms, Treatment
Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes (PNS) are rare disorders associated with cancer, not caused by direct invasion, metastasis or consequences of treatment. They are usually autoimmune in nature. Often, PNS precedes the manifestations of cancer. Onconeural antibodies are important in the diagnosis Read More …
Paraneoplastic Syndromes – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Paraneoplastic Syndromes are a group of rare disorders that are triggered by an abnormal immune system response to a cancerous tumor known as a “neoplasm.” Paraneoplastic syndromes are thought to happen when cancer-fighting antibodies or white blood cells (known as Read More …
Granuloma Pyogenic – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Granuloma Pyogenic/Pyogenic Granuloma sometimes known as granuloma pyogenic, refers to a common, acquired, benign, vascular tumor that arises in tissues such as the skin and mucous membranes.[rx] The scientifically accurate term for this entity is the lobular capillary hemangioma.[rx] In Read More …