Colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancer (CRC): is a term used to refer to colon and rectal cancers. The major differences between the two are the sites where the malignant growths occur and the fact…
Staging
Useful Links: National Cancer Institute (Staging) Currently used International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics system of aging (FIGO staging) is based on anatomical extent of the disease and on clinical evaluation.…
Cervical cancer
National Cancer Society National Cancer Institute World Health OrganizationIARC BMJclinical Evidence AP John Institute Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women worldwide. Cervical cancer accounted for an estimated 11.070 new…
Breast cancer
BRCA Data Share Database Breast Cancer: is also known as mammary cancer results from several factors such as ionizing radiation, diety, familiar history or exposure to genetic mutagens. Carcinomas of the…
B cell lymphomas
See also antibodies as specific cancer treatment Hodgkin's Lymphoma: Hodgkin's lymphoma usually arises in the lymph nodes of young adults. It can be divided into classical subtype and a less…
Types of cancer
Although there are more than 200 different types of cancer, four of them --breast, lung, colorectal and prostate -- account for over half of all new cases. Acute Myeloid Leukemia:…
Imagining techniques
One of the most useful diagnostic tests for cancer is the use of imagining systems such as follows: --Radiographs/XRays: are very useful in describing the density of bone. Where cancer has…
Diagnosis of cancer
See also "diagnostic assays" under "diagnostic techniques" Galleri multi-cancer early detection test (screens for more than 50 different cancers by searching a blood sample for tiny scrps of DNA cast off…
How cancer starts
Carcinogenes is is the process by which cancer develops. By the time the cancer has been detected, it contains billions of cells, often including many normal cells like fibroblasts in the…
Cancer
Cancer genomics and proteomics Types of Cancer How Cancer StartsTreatment and StrategiesLinks of interest: Cancer Immunome Database Cancer Research Institute Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (see also Memorial Sloan free physician referral service at 800-525-2225 to…