“Each Year in the United States about one-hundred and fifty-thousand patients develop cancer of the colon or rectum. Around fifty percent of these patients will either have a cancer that has already spread to the liver or they will come back in future years with metastatic cancer to the liver.” Liver cancer‚ or other known as Hepatocellular Carcinoma‚ is a cancer residing in the liver. There are other cancers like metastatic cancer that starts at other organs then spreads to the liver. Being the
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Once the SLN is localized‚ a suture is placed through the node to provide traction. The node is then dissected free from the surrounding tissue. All feeding blood vessels‚ afferent and efferent lymphatics may be ligated. Using the radiocolloid method‚ the gamma probe is used to locate any other SLNs and to confirm low radioactivity counts in the axilla and no residual SLNs. Ex vivo and in vivo radioactivity counts are recorded for each node. The axillary tissue is also carefully palpated for any
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Homeostasis report 3.4 The Purpose of the Homeostatic System Homeostasis is a process that ensures the balance or equilibrium in different internal areas of the body. It’s vital that the human body maintains this balance state as significant fluctuations could cause a severe effect on the body. All homeostasis systems are negative feedbacks‚ “a regulatory mechanism in which a ‘stimulus’ causes an opposite ‘output’ in order to maintain an ideal level of whatever is being regulated”‚ meaning if the
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blood or other organs[2] and eventually they form a tumor.[1] Typically‚ lymphoma presents as a solid tumor of lymphoid cells. Treatment might involve chemotherapy and in some cases radiotherapy and/or bone marrow transplantation‚ and lymphomas can be curable depending on the histology‚ type‚ and stage of the disease.[3] These malignant cells often originate in lymph nodes‚ presenting as an enlargement of the node (a tumor). It can also affect other organs in which case it is
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The cancer that begins in the basal cells is called basal cell cancer or basal cell carcinoma. Benign: not cancerous‚ also called non-malignant. Malignant tumor is a cancerous growth.For example‚ fibroadenoma is a benign tumor of breast whereas as adenocarcinoma is a malignant tumor of the breast. Benign prostatic hyperplasia: this is a non-cancerous condition of prostate where there is overgrowth of prostate tissue. Biological therapy: this is a type of treatment that
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Breast Cancer Cancer is a disease that affects millions of individuals each year‚ however‚ breast cancer‚ the second most common type of cancer among women‚ is particularly frightening. Breast cancer is a disease in which malignant cells form in the breast tissue. It is considered a diverse disease‚ contrary to age and family history. According to the National Cancer Institute‚ an anticipated 182‚460 women will be diagnosed with and 40‚480 women will die of cancer of the breast in 2008. Although
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and the omentum‚ a portion of the peritoneum in the abdominal cavity. In younger women caught at an early stage‚ it is not always necessary to remove both ovaries and the uterus. The goal of surgery is to optimally debulk‚ which means to leave no tumor larger than 1 cm. In epithelial ovarian cancers this may require removal of parts of neighboring organs like the colon or
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Story of Pediatric Children Children are wonders of the world. They bring joy‚ happiness and laughter to their parents. As we all know‚ not all children are perfect and some of them are called special children. These special children are mostly kids with a disease or imperfect in the sense of health. As we can define the disease are such as cancer‚ cardiomyopathy‚ down syndrome‚ autism and many others. For children who requires special attention from the experts‚ they are placed in a special
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combination with other drugs is still a very good option against also used in treating several additional cancer types. 1-4 • Nanosomal docetaxel lipid suspension (NDLS‚ DoceAqualip) is a novel formulation recently approved in India for various solid tumors. It was developed to improve the safety profile of docetaxel by eliminating polysorbate 80 and ethanol from its formulation.5 • With shorter infusion times and without premedication‚ NDLS has demonstrated good response rates and better tolerability
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------------------------------------------------- Cell phones Imagine being able to talk to someone that is across the world with a push of a button. Seems a little far-fetched? Well‚ there is such a device that allows you to do that. It is called the cell phone. Cell phones are devices that enable people to talk to others no matter how far away they are from each other. They can be on opposite sides of the planet and they still will be able to talk to each other. Many people nowadays use
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