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Causes of Skin Cancer - Basal Cell Carcinoma, Melanoma or Squamous Cell Carcinoma, do you know the r by Danny & Susan S. Health Maven

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Posted Mon 26 Jan 2009 4:32pm decades. Types of Skin Cancer Caused by the Sun The 3 main skin cancers are: melanoma, basal cell carcinoma, and squamous cell carcinoma. Melanoma is the most deadly skin... properly treated. Although this type of cancer rarely spreads to other parts of the body, it can extend below the skin to the bone and cause considerable local damage. And, non Read on »

Methods for Determining Hepatocellular Carcinoma Subtype and Detecting Hepatic Cancer Stem Cells by nih.gov Posted Tue 31 Jul 2007 5:00pm Description of Invention: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third leading cause of cancer death worldwide, and it is very heterogeneous in terms of its... on MicroRNA and Cancer in June 2007. R Garzon et al. MicroRNA expression and function in cancer. Trends Mol Med. 2006 Dec;12(12):580-587. [ PubMed abs ] Licensing Status Read on »

The risk posed by ductal carcinoma in patients with prostate cancer by Dr. Arnon Krongrad Medical Doctor

Posted Thu 07 Jan 2010 12:00am extraprostatic extension.” This paper by Samaratunga et al. addresses the risk posed by ductal carcinoma based on data from 268 consecutive patients who had radical prostatectomies as a curative procedure for treatment of clinically localized prostate cancer. Ductal carcinoma in a patient with prostate cancer is variation of the common and garden “acinar Read on »

Votrient for bladder cancer and urothelial carcinoma. by Mark Levin Posted Mon 07 Mar 2011 4:54pm Votrient is a multi-targeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor and it is currently approved for renal cell carcinoma. To my knowledge there are no published studies supporting its use for urothelial cancer. An ongoing Phase-II trial Pazopanib ( Votrient ) for metastatic urothelial cancer has generated promising but very preliminary early results Read on »

Is basal cell carcinoma really malignant? by pathologystudent Posted Mon 31 Jan 2011 11:22pm . These characteristics are not present in every kind of cancer; and even within one particular tumor, they are not present in all of the tumor cells! While malignant tumors are “clonal” (meaning... that you really can’t tell what the heck kind of tissue it is). Benign tumors tend to be more well-differentiated; malignant tumors tend to be less well-differentiated. Anaplasia Read on »

“Melanoma, carcinoma, some kind of -noma…” by pathologystudent Posted Tue 13 Oct 2009 10:04pm . Malignant tumors also usually have the -oma designation at the end. However, there are a couple additions depending on the type of tissue in which the malignancy arises. Malignancies....) are designated sarcomas. So: an adenocarcinoma is a malignant tumor of glandular cells, a squamous cell carcinoma is a malignant tumor arising in squamous cells, a chondrosarcoma Read on »

Hepatocellular Carcinoma-Find out if you should be screened! by rickisjourney Posted Mon 24 May 2010 12:00am years. The reason for this increase could be the increase in the number of Americans with viral hepatitis, which is known to cause hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common kind... this webcast to learn more about the latest advances in the diagnosis and treatment of liver cancer. http://www.orlive.com/nyp/videos/hepatocellular-carcinoma1 Spread the word Read on »

Bilateral Renal Cell Carcinomas by Matt S. Posted Wed 23 Jul 2008 12:00am carcinoma. Fortunately, there was no evidence of metastatic disease, and she underwent a R total nephrectomy followed by a partial L nephrectomy, leaving her with about 1/4 of her original nephron mass. Pathology reveals a clear cell-type RCC in both biopsy specimens. Her Cr remains in the 1.0-1.2 range. A question is raised as to why she developed Read on »

Mucinous bronchioloalveolar carcinoma of lung and ALK mutation by Mark Pool, MD Posted Mon 19 Jul 2010 9:06pm Last month I received a generous note from a patient who responded to a previous post on molecular markers in lung cancer from the USCAP 2010 meeting. I made... cause us to not be so categorical about such statements. Moreover, as we develop testing algorithms, we should consider an approach which will allow us to detect "exceptions Read on »

Mini case report: early serous carcinoma in fallopian tube in BRCA2 carrier by Mark Pool, MD Posted Mon 04 Jan 2010 2:30pm Callahan MJ, Crum CP, Medeiros F, et al. Primary fallopian tube malignancy in BRCA-positive women undergoing surgery for ovarian cancer risk reduction. J Clin Oncol 2007;25... The patient is a 63 year-old woman with a family history of ovarian cancer in her mother and breast cancer in a sister. She has no personal history of cancer Read on »