Cancer staging

people that are dealing with a very significant illness. This illness is known as breast cancer. Breast cancer is a very significant disease that many people have been affected by. This disease causes people to go through both physical and emotional pain and stress;which also affects the family while going through the various degrees of treatment that breast cancer leaves on people. Many people know about breast cancer, however people are not informed on how it forms, how it can affect a person…

the cells are growing out of control within the body it will cause an overgrowth. The overgrowth of the abnormal cells can be consider or call a tumor. The tumor in the ovary can lead to ovarian cancer, which is overgrowth of cells that are benign or malignant. There are also different types of ovarian cancers, which are classified according to the cell from where they start. The cancerous ovarian tumors can start from the most common cell type, which are the epithelium, germ cells, stromal…

Testicular cancer is a disease that causes malignant cells to form in the tissues of one or both testicles. It is mostly common in twenty to thirty five year old men. It has two main types seminomas and nonseminomas. These two types grows and spread differently and are treated differently. Nonseminomas tend to grow and spread more quickly than seminomas. Seminomas are more sensitive to radiation. A testicular tumor that contains both seminoma and nonseminoma cells is treated as a nonseminoma.…

nuclear grade, large tumor size, and regional lymph node metastasis were significant negative prognostic factors for distant recurrence-free survival (14). Others reported that NEBC has the same prognosis as other invasive breast cancers and is dependent on the staging, grading, mucin production and apocrine differentiation of the tumor (15)…

wall, combined with dystrophic calcification within the wall transforms the gallbladder into a hard, rigid vessel (i.e. like the porcelain of china). Porcelain gallbladder is associated with gallbladder cancer, but the precise nature of the association is uncertain. The symptoms of gallbladder cancer overlap with the symptoms of gallstones and biliary colic. Abdominal pain may be of a more diffuse and persistent nature than the classic right upper quadrant pain of gallstone disease. Jaundice,…

It doesn’t even spare animals… It lodges itself wherever it finds room to grow. A ware against cancer is being fought globally. Scientists all over the world are conducting research after research, working very hard year after year to find THE cure to eliminate Cancer. What should one do to help fighting cancer? The following is a Must NOT do: ingest fatty foods, fast foods, alcohol, drugs, smoking, and inactivity. What is a Must do: eat healthy by…

In the United States of America, cancer is known as the subsequent cause of mortality that surpassed the heart disease. According to the incidence and mortality Web based Report, approximately 584,872 individuals died and 1.5 million person has diagnosed with cancer in 2013 (CDC, 2016). Cancer is an ailment where body cells cultivate beyond quantity in comparison to normal cells. Cancer is able to spread through lymphatic nodes and bloodstream. Furthermore cancer is named from the organ it…

pre-operative staging of cancer stomach is a crucial step in assessing the prognosis and planning the treatment strategy. Recent diagnostic modalities e.g. CT scan and MRI do not have the sufficient accuracy. Depending on their results alone may expose the patient to unnecessary laparotomy (9). Assessment of tumor resectability by laparotomy was reported to have morbidity rate of 13- 23% and mortality rate of 10-21% in unresectable patients (10). Limitations of CT scan in proper staging of…

stages of melanoma Staging is a way to define where cancer located, where it spread and improve, also it affect other parts of the body. Doctors use diagnostic tests to know which cancer's stage, so determined the stage may not be complete until all of the tests are finished. Knowing the stage help doctor to decide what kind of cure is best and can assist to forecast patient's prognosis, which is the chance of recovery [1]. There are five stages of melanoma cancer. The First stage of…

Background: Bladder cancer is a common malignancy in the world. It ranks ninth in worldwide cancer incidence and it is the seventh common malignancy in male. It is the second most common malignancy of the genitourinary tract worldwide in male after prostate cancer. It affects men more than women in a ratio of 3 - 4:1 (1, 2). In Africa bladder cancer is ranked as eighth common malignancy in male (3) while in Tanzania, it is amongst the top ten common cancers according to…