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• Bladder Cancer 0 members

  Bladder cancer refers to any of several types of malignant growths of the urinary bladder. It is a disease in which abnormal cells multiply without control in the bladder. The bladder is a hollow, musc...

• Bone Cancer 0 members

  Bone cancer may be classified as "primary tumors" which originate in the bone, and "secondary tumors" which originate elsewhere. Primary tumors come from bone cells which are growing out of cont...

• Brain Cancer 0 members

  A brain tumor is any intracranial tumor created by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division, normally either in the brain itself (neurons, glial cells (astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, ependymal cells), ly...

• Breast Cancer 0 members

  Breast cancer is a cancer that starts in the cells of the breast.  Among women worldwide, breast cancer is by far the most common cause of cancer, both in incidence and death. Because the breast...

• Carcinoid Tumors 0 members

  Carcinoid (also carcinoid tumour or carcinoid tumor) is slow-growing but often malignant type of neuroendocrine tumour, originating in the cells of the neuroendocrine system. Carcinoid tumours arise fr...

• Carcinoma 0 members

  A carcinoma is any malignant cancer that arises from epithelial cells. Carcinomas invade surrounding tissues and organs and may metastasize (spread) to lymph nodes and distal sites. Carcinoma in situ (...

• Cervical Cancer 1 member

  Cervical cancer: malignant cancer of the cervix or cervical area. It may present with vaginal bleeding but symptoms may be absent until the cancer is in its advanced stages, which has made cervical can...

• Chemotherapy 0 members

  Chemotherapy is the use of chemical substances to treat disease. In its modern-day use, it refers to cytotoxic drugs used to treat cancer or the combination of these drugs into a standardized treatment...

• Colonic Polyps 0 members

  A polyp can be defined as lining of mucosa which projects out in a mushroom shape. If they have a stalk they are called pendulated if there is no stalk present they are called sessile. A colonic polyp...

• Colorectal Cancer 0 members

  Colorectal cancer, also called colon cancer or bowel cancer, includes cancerous growths in the colon, rectum and appendix. Many colorectal cancers are thought to arise from adenomatous polyps in the co...

• Endometrial Cancer 0 members

  Endometrial cancer refers to several types of malignancy/cancers which arise from the endometrium, or lining of the uterus in females. Endometrial cancers are the most common gynecologic cancers in the...

• Esophageal Cancer 0 members

  Esophageal cancer is malignancy/cancer growth of the esophagus(food pipe of the body). There are various subtypes. Esophageal tumors usually lead to dysphagia (difficulty swallowing), pain and other sy...

• Ewing's Sarcoma 0 members

  Ewing's sarcoma is the common name for primitive neuroectodermal(nervous and skeletal system of the developing body) tumor. It is a rare disease in which cancer cells are found in the bone or in soft...

• Eye Cancer 0 members

  Eye cancer or Ocular oncology is the branch of medicine dealing with tumors relating to the eye and its adnexa (adjacent parts). Eye cancer can affect all parts of the eye. Origin and location: Ey...

• Hepatoblastoma 0 members

  Hepatoblastoma is an uncommon malignant liver neoplasm (cancer) occurring in infants and children and composed of tissue resembling fetal or mature liver cells or bile ducts. They are usually present w...

• Hodgkin's Disease 0 members

  Hodgkin's lymphoma, also known as Hodgkin's disease, is a type of lymphoma (cancer of the lymph nodes or 'glands') first described by Thomas Hodgkin in 1832. Hodgkin's lymphoma is characterized clinica...

• Intraocular Melanoma 0 members

  Uveal Melanoma is cancer of the eye involving the iris, ciliary body, or choroid (collectively referred to as the uvea) with advanced tumors encompassing more than one of these structures. Tumors arise...

• Islet Cell Carcinoma 0 members

  Islet cell carcinoma or nesidioblastoma is an uncommon cancer of the endocrine (hormone producing) pancreas. Pancreatic endocrine tumors (PETs) are also known as endocrine pancreatic tumors (EPTs...

• Kaposi's Sarcoma 0 members

  Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a tumor caused by Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8), also known as Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV). It was originally described by Moritz Kaposi, an Austro-Hungarian de...

• Kidney Cancer 0 members

  Renal cell carcinoma is the most common form of kidney cancer arising from the renal tubule. It is the most common type of kidney cancer in adults. The classic Signs and symptoms are hematuria (blood i...