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| | National Cancer Institute - Dictionary of Cancer Terms |
 | | A tumor of the thymus, an organ that is part of the lymphatic system and is located in the chest, behind the breastbone. | | | Tumor necrosis factor seems to play a role in the breakdown of cancer cells. | | | In cancer treatment, a tumor board review may include that of a medical oncologist (who provides cancer treatment with drugs), a surgical oncologist (who provides cancer treatment with surgery), and a radiation oncologist (who provides cancer treatment with radiation). |
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http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary/db_alpha.aspx?expand=t
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| | GBM - MGH Brain Tumor Center |
| | When a tumor is located in a sensitive area of the brain, a biopsy is performed with a small needle, thereby avoiding further damage to brain function. | | | Because grade 3 and 4 tumors have a tendency to grow rapidly, treatment must be started as soon after surgery as is feasible, allowing time for the surgical incision to heal. | | | For questions about surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, and medications for the tumor, the specialists should be contacted by the primary care doctor or by the patient and family. |
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http://brain.mgh.harvard.edu/Glioblastoma.htm
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| | Tumor markers |
| | Although there are a multitude of tumor markers, very few of them have found their way into clinical practice because of their lack of specificity. | | | This is usually done by inserting a needle through the skin and into the tumor. | | | The process of taking a sample of tumor tissue through a needle. |
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http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/tumor_markers.jsp
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| | Brain tumor |
| | Radiation therapy and chemotherapy are used to treat tumors that can't be removed by surgery alone. | | | Because brain tumors can develop in parts of the brain that control motor skills, speech, vision and thinking, rehabilitation may be a necessary part of recovery. | | | A needle biopsy may be used for brain tumors in hard to reach areas within your brain. |
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http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/DS/00281.html
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| | Rat & Mouse Gazette: Tumors in Rats |
| | Because mammary tumors are just under the skin the surgery to remove them is minor, as opposed to major surgery which enters a body cavity, and rats usually recover quite quickly. | | | While there is a chance that any rat could develop another tumor later, the surgery will probably save her life and definitely improve the quality of her life for months to come. | | | Hopefully in the future, more rats will be tumor resistant, but until then, you need to be on the lookout for this life-threatening disease in your rats. |
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http://www.rmca.org/Articles/tumors.htm
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| | Cancer Information, Research, and Treatment for all Types of Cancer OncoLink |
| | Approximately 10% of patients with bilateral tumors have anaplastic histology and may benefit from more aggressive chemotherapy and radiation therapy and an aggressive surgical approach at the second-look operation. | | | 11 12 18 19 20 Current therapy in North America for patients diagnosed by needle biopsy alone is for a stage III tumor (in the absence of metastases) of favorable or anaplastic histology. | | | Clear cell sarcoma of the kidney, rhabdoid tumor of the kidney, neuroepithelial tumor of the kidney, and cystic partially-differentiated nephroblastoma (see descriptions in the Cellular Classification section) are childhood renal tumors unrelated to Wilms' tumor. |
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http://www.oncolink.upenn.edu/types/article.cfm?c=14&s=55&ss=440&id=9129
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| | Brain Tumor / Family Village |
| | The Children's Brain Tumor Foundation's mission is to improve treatment, quality of life and the long term outlook for children with brain and spinal cord tumors by funding, basic, clinical and applied research, state of the art therapies, professional information and education, and patient and family support. | | | Information and experience is shared among brain tumor patients, their families and supporters, all kinds of concerned medical professionals, medical educators, and researchers who study brain tumor growth or treatment. | | | The Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation was founded by families, friends and physicians of children with brain tumors. |
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http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/lib_brtm.htm
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| | Wilms' tumor |
| | These therapies are called adjuvant therapies, and this type of combination therapy has been shown to substantially improve outcome in patients with Wilms' tumor. | | | All of these patients receive abdominal radiation therapy and lung radiation therapy if the tumor has spread to the lungs. | | | These patients usually receive abdominal radiation therapy and lung radiation therapy if the tumor has spread to the lungs. |
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http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/wilms_tumor.jsp
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| | Cat Sickness,Natural,Vitamins,Herbal Cat Vet Health Products |
| | Thus tumors and other maladies develop in our cats as their bodies' try to push the pathogens out. | | | Since the skin is the largest organ of the body, it reflects the vast majority of tumors as the body is desperately trying to push this foreign matter out of the body. | | | When you think the tumor is gone---this might be a month or it might take six months or even more (how long do you suppose it took to develop in the first place?)--then you squirt for another two to three more weeks to make sure the root of the tumor is gone internally as well. |
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http://www.petmedicinechest.com/feline/discussions/tumortext.asp
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| | Brain Tumor |
| | Dedicated to eliminating brain tumors by funding and encouraging research and providing free patient education, materials and resource information. | | | Provides funding for research as well as client services for brain tumor patients. | | | Provides a Parent to Parent Network which has information and support to parents with a child who has had a brain or spinal cord tumor by creating a linkage to another parent who has had similar experiences. |
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http://www.webmd.com/hw/health_guide_atoz/shc99bra.asp
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| | National Brain Tumor Foundation |
| | A tumor in the brain stem or the spinal cord, for example, is often impossible to remove with surgery. | | | Medulloblastoma, for example, is considered a malignant tumor, yet many patients are cured of medulloblastoma by surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy. | | | The meningioma, for instance, is one type of primary brain tumor that can be cured, either with surgery alone or sometimes with surgery and radiation therapy. |
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http://www.braintumor.org/patient_info/surviving/faq
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| | Welcome to the Brain Tumor Foundation |
| | Tumors of the posterior fossa (in the cerebellum) are especially dangerous since the posterior fossa is small and obstruction of the spinal fluid pathways usually occurs early. | | | Radiation energy is focused on a tumor by means of a linear accelerator (a device used for radiation therapy) or by a Leksell Gamma Unit (LGU). | | | In addition, if the metastatic tumor is located in an important part of the brain, the surrounding edema can impair the normal functioning of the brain and neurological deficit such as weakness of face, arm or leg, trouble with speech or problems with walking, balance, memory or thinking. |
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http://www.braintumorfoundation.org/tumors/metastatic.htm
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| | Back.com - Causes - Tumors |
| | Over 80 percent of spine tumors will present with pain. | | | Many spinal tumors can be treated with very good results, and the pain can also be significantly alleviated. | | | The combination of a history and physical exam, and the appropriate imaging studies will usually find or exclude the majority of spinal tumors. |
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http://www.back.com/causes-tumors.html
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| | Henry Ford Health System |
| | Motor nerves (which control movement) and sensory nerves (which control feeling and pain) run in, out and within the spinal cord and form more than 50 nerve roots which extend from the spinal column. | | | Facet joint pain: pain resulting from inflammation or injury to the facet joints, which are aligned in pairs along the side and back of the spinal column from the neck through the low back. | | | The spinal column is also a key component of the skeleton, assisting in upright posture and helping to support the body's weight. |
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http://www.henryfordhospital.com/body.cfm?id=38197
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| | Brain tumor |
| | Radiation therapy and chemotherapy are used to treat tumors that can't be removed by surgery alone. | | | A needle biopsy may be used for brain tumors in hard to reach areas within your brain. | | | Because brain tumors can develop in parts of the brain that control motor skills, speech, vision and thinking, rehabilitation may be a necessary part of recovery. |
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http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/library/DS/00281.html
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| | Neck Cancer, Metastatic Squamous with Occult Primary |
| | Primary tumors cryptically arising in the nasopharynx may be secondary to Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) infection, and EBV genomic material may be detectable in cervical nodal tissue after DNA amplification using the polymerase chain reaction. | | | The presence of EBV in metastases from an occult primary tumor suggests the development of overt nasopharyngeal carcinoma.[3] Acinar spaces and microacini are seen with adenocarcinomas. | | | Despite the ominous situation of an undiscovered primary, a significant number of patients do achieve cure by both surgical and radiotherapeutic approaches. |
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http://www.medhelp.org/lib/cancernet/101454.htm
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| | Wilms Tumor |
| | Over 80% of patients with Wilms tumor can be cured with modern multimodality therapy. | | | The tumor was biopsied (except for fine needle aspiration), or there was spillage of tumor before or during surgery that is confined to the flank, and does not involve the peritoneal surface. | | | The tumor was not ruptured or biopsied prior to removal (fine needle aspiration biopsies are excluded from this restriction). |
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http://www.cancernews.com/articles/wilms.htm
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| | CPMC Neurosurgery - Spinal Tumors |
| | For tumors which do not compress the spinal cord or destabilize the spine, radiation therapy often significantly reduces spinal pain. | | | Tumors which have aggressive microscopic (histopathological) characteristics and are not totally removed are usually treated with postoperative radiation therapy. | | | Surgical treatment may be beneficial for patients who have symptoms due to compression of the spinal cord or mechanical instability of the spine. |
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http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nsg/NSGCPMC/specialties/spinetum.html
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| | Glomus Tumors (Jan.1995) |
| | Glomus Jugulare Glomus jugulare tumors can be treated with surgical excision, radiation therapy, surgery and radiation, or observation. | | | Tumor size, extent, and location dictate the surgical approach to be used as well as the potential for post operative problems. | | | Most often primary radiation therapy is used in cases where the patient is a poor surgical candidate, the tumor is "unresectable" without carotid sacrifice and the patient fails balloon occlusion testing, or the patient refuses surgery. |
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| | The Otology Group - Skull Base Tumors |
| | The glomus tumor has been the focal point, owing to its precarious location, around which the field of neurotologic skull base surgery has evolved. | | | Tumor growth into the ear presents a conductive loss, the sensorineural component being determined by the degree of labyrinthine involvement. | | | Glomus tumors exhibit a tendency toward multiplicity estimated to occur with an incidence of approximately 10% in the nonfamilial situation, while an incidence of 25% to 50% of synchronicity is suggested in familial situations. |
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http://www.theotologygroup.com/skullbased/s1.html
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| | Benign Mesothelioma |
| | Benign mesothelioma is a noncancerous tumor of the pleura (lining of theFocal Invasive Malignant Mesothelioma Adachi T, Sugiyama Y, Saji S. Solitary fibrous benign mesothelioma of the peritoneum:Other Mesotheliomas Benign mesotheliomas occur less frequently than malignant mesotheliomas. | | | Malignant mesotheliomaCurrent Therapy for Mesothelioma Benign and malignant mesothelioma. | | | Benign Mesothelioma canArch Intern Med -- Abstract: Localized benign mesothelioma of the Mesothelioma Treatment Missouri Mesothelioma Attorney Localized benign mesothelioma of the pleura associated with a hypoglycemic episode [PDF] Rare case of benign pleural fibrous mesothelioma: A surgical File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML Localised benign fibrous mesothelioma is a rare entity. |
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| | www.patientcenters.com -- Childhood Cancer Center -- Wilms Tumor |
| | The decision to use radiation therapy to treat a child with Wilms is based largely on the stage and histology of the tumor. | | | Once Wilms tumor has been diagnosed, surgery and/or more tests are done to determine if the cancer has spread to other parts of the body. | | | WAGR is an abbreviation for Wilms tumor, aniridia, genitourinary tract abnormalities, and mental retardation. |
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http://www.patientcenters.com/childcancer/news/wilms_tumor.html
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| | ABTA's: A Primer of Brain Tumors |
| | Tumor tissue is removed from the core of the needle. | | | The brain, the spinal cord, and the nerves that extend out from the brain and spinal cord into various parts of the body, act together to send information to the brain and relay instructions from the brain. | | | Brain tumors are often difficult to diagnose because their symptoms, which serve as clues for the medical specialist, can be hard to pin down. |
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http://neurosurgery.mgh.harvard.edu/abta/primer.htm
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| | NICHD - Publications On-line |
| | Doctors can successfully treat most pituitary tumors with microsurgery performed under the magnification of a surgical microscope, radiation therapy, surgery, drugs, or a combination of these treatments. | | | There is also a constant search for genetic patterns and an on-going effort to develop new gene-based therapies to prevent or treat pituitary tumors. | | | Pituitary tumors can also cause symptoms due to pressure on other parts of the brain and may cause headaches, dizziness, or problems with vision. |
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http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/pit.htm
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| | Oncoserve Online |
| | Studies in tumor bearing rats [123] and dogs (B. Kaser-Hotz, personal communication, 2002) support the concept that hypoxic regions can be identified with PET studies and confirmed with immunohistochemistry studies. | | | The early oxygen needle electrode studies by Kolstad, Wendling and Gatenby [40-42] demonstrated hypoxia in human rectal, cervix and head/neck tumors. | | | The inclusion of patients without hypoxic tumors who would not be expected to benefit from improvement of tumor oxygenation, would dilute the power of the clinical study and dramatically increase the number of experimental subjects required to identify a statistically significant therapeutic benefit [25, 26]. |
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| | ABTA's: A Primer of Brain Tumors |
| | There are three groups of the benign tumors: myxopapillary ependymoma (commonly found in the spine); papillary ependymoma (extremely rare, located in the cerebellopontine angle--see figure 3); and subependymoma [often found in the 4th ventricle and extending into the enlarged space between the cerebellum and the medulla (cisterna magna of the subarachnoid space)]. | | | The acoustic neuroma is a benign tumor of the nerve of hearing (the acoustic or 8th cranial nerve). | | | Metastatic brain tumors are tumors formed by cancer cells that arise elsewhere in the body and spread to the brain. |
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http://neurosurgery.mgh.harvard.edu/abta/primer.htm
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| | Tumor markers |
| | Although there are a multitude of tumor markers, very few of them have found their way into clinical practice because of their lack of specificity. | | | This is usually done by inserting a needle through the skin and into the tumor. | | | However, no tumor marker is specific for cancer and most are found in low levels in healthy persons, or can be associated with non-neoplastic diseases as well as cancer. |
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http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/tumor_markers.jsp
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