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Tibia Bone Tumor - Articles
Bone Stem Cells Located at Base of Shin Bone
by
Northcoast Footcare
Posted
Thu 29 Apr 2010 7:26am
A team of researchers at the National Institute of Health have located bone generating stem cells in the end of the shin bone and the spine in mice. The researchers also identified genetic triggers and factors which control the growth of the stem cells. Researchers have know that bone marrow stem cells can develop into [...]
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Beware the hidden tibia plateau fracture
by
Michelle Lin
Posted
Thu 11 Feb 2010 12:00am
Find the fracture in this patient with blunt knee trauma.
As a general rule, plain films are insensitive in ruling out orthopedic injuries. One particularly tricky area is the knee. This 2-view knee series above is normal.
Did you know that the sensitivity of picking up knee fractures is as low as 79% with a 2-view series and 85% with ...
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Bones, Bones, Brittle Little Bones.
by
Poker Face

Posted
Wed 01 Oct 2008 5:08pm
Today my talking Yoda died. Well his batteries did. My future is over! I can no longer squeeze his hands to have my questions answered! I need to fix him. Anyway, life is funny. I feel so utterly confused about so many things. I think when I was 9 I just imagined my life being a lot different than it is. I figured I would have graduated college by ...
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ADT, bone architecture, and “virtual bone biopsies”
by
Dr. Arnon Krongrad
Posted
Mon 11 Oct 2010 12:00am
months of ADT
The “distal radius” means the lower end of the thinner of the two bones in your arm below the elbow. The “distal tibia” refers to the lower end of the larger... at the tibia. Estradiol levels were not.
Cortical bone is the hard, outer shell of the bone, whereas trabecular bone is the softer, “spongy” inner bone structure. Hamilton and her
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Tumor speciation
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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
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Interferon for giant cell tumors
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Mark Levin
Posted
Sun 20 Dec 2009 6:19am
Giant cell tumors of the bone have 3 major cell types: 1) proliferating mononuclear cells thought to be the neoplastic element of the tumor, 2) nonproliferating mononuclear....
A 2002 series of 8 tumors concluded that: " Antiangiogenic therapy, in combination with curettage, is a promising strategy for treatment of aggressive giant cell tumors
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