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Relatives of people with brain tumors at higher risk for developing the same type of tumor by Kathlyn S. Patient Expert Posted Wed 01 Oct 2008 5:07pm A new study by researchers at the University of Utah found that people with a family history of cancerous brain tumors appear to be at higher risk of developing the same kind of tumors compared to people with no such family history. The researchers reviewed the medical records of 1,401 people from Utah with primary brain tumors -- either Read on »
Genetics Home Reference: hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumor syndrome by nih.gov Posted Mon 19 Jul 2010 11:51am cysts are the most common kidney feature, but a rare tumor called Wilms tumor and other types of kidney tumor have also been found. How common is hyperparathyroidism... definitions Reviewed July 2010 What is hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumor syndrome? Hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumor syndrome is a condition characterized Read on »
The monster tumor by pathologystudent Posted Thu 21 Apr 2011 6:00am Q. What’s a dermoid cyst? A. “Dermoid cyst” is a term that’s sometimes used to describe a benign form of a tumor called a teratoma (a pretty descriptive term, as we.... Teratomas in general are a special type of germ cell tumor in which you see actual tissue development (not just the germ cells themselves). In most teratomas, you see mature tissues Read on »
8 Most Horrible Tumors by Cory D. Registered Nurse Posted Thu 28 May 2009 12:17am Hospital of Chongging University ofMedical Services in southwest China's Chongging, where he had the tumour removed. Chen Zongtao: 154 pound (70kg) tumor on his right leg... China's Hunan province, have been probing the tumor. Zongtao is said to be suffering from neurofibroma - a usually-benign tumour originating in nerves. It is not yet clear Read on »
It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's a Tumor - Part 3 by Raw Is Sexy Posted Tue 15 Nov 2011 9:25pm The tumors are BENIGN! Zero cancer. Nada. Zilch. Zip! Check out Part 1 and Part 2 if you missed them. I met with my surgeon today... feel so much better. The dermoids begin as cells in my ovaries, and they grow out of them.  Every single month a woman produces cysts.  That's what your period Read on »
Fetal Lung Interstitial Tumor--report of proposed new entity by Mark Pool, MD Posted Mon 31 Jan 2011 10:13pm a fascinating article from Dishop and (multiple) colleagues reporting 10 morphologically distinct tumors from multiple American institutions.  The patients' ages ranged from 0 days to 3 months and imaging in each case revealed a well-circumscribed lobar-based mass.  Lobectomy or wedge resection was performed in each case. Each tumor was a well-circumscibed Read on »
UOK 257, the First BHD Tumor Cell Line, and UOK257-2 Wild Type FLCN-restored Renal Cell Line as In Vitro and In Vivo Models of E by nih.gov Posted Sun 06 Jun 2010 5:00pm . Patients affected with BHD develop skin papules (fibrofolliculomas), lung cysts, spontaneous pneumothorax and an increased risk for bilateral multifocal renal tumors. Loss of both copies of the FLCN gene has been documented in BHD renal tumors; however, the molecular mechanisms by which inactivation of the encoded protein, folliculin, leads to the BHD Read on »
It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's a Tumor! - Part 2 by Raw Is Sexy Posted Mon 07 Nov 2011 2:50pm ! So what were these 2 tumors exactly?  Dermoids are giant cysts that have fluid and can have mass in them.  Mine had both.  One was attached to each ovary.  They were HUGE...! She did a physical examination on me and said that it felt like the tumor was pressing down on my colon and was really wedged into my pelvis, but that was a little strange Read on »
Pinky Gets a Tumor: Fine Needle Aspirates and Punch Biopsies in Vet Medicine by Dr. Patty Khuly Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Posted Tue 21 Sep 2010 5:30am , Pinky, who just endured her own week with the rapidly-rising lump from hell. Caution: Many bumps, needles and punch biopsy-blades are in attendance, so those with queasy bellies... Big, small, aggressively ugly, or seemingly innocuous, all lumps must be addressed. No, it’s never enough just to watch and wait. Sure, you might choose to do so, but only Read on »
Tumor speciation by Mark Pool, MD Posted Tue 10 Mar 2009 12:00am Dr. Jules Berman recently blogged about tumor speciation which not only is a brief summary of his book Neoplasms: Principles of Development and Diversity but also frames a discussion of the important question of why are there different types (species) of recognizable tumors in specific anatomical sites yet each individual tumor within Read on »