Heart Cancer Heart cancer is such a rare condition that few people know it exists. The reason for its rarity is that heart cells do not divide and therefore malignant cells cannot multiply there....
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Multiple Myeloma (MM) | Symptoms, Stages, Types, Diagnoses, Chances of Surviving, Treatments
Multiple Myeloma (MM) type of bone marrow cancer | Symptoms, Stages, Types, Diagnoses, Chances of Surviving, Treatments...
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Li-Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS) | Also known as the sarcoma, breast, leukaemia and adrenal gland (SBLA) syndrome
Li-Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS) Hereditary disorder linked to an increased risk of certain types of cancer, including breast cancer, brain tumors, acute leukemia, soft tissue sarcoma, osteosarcoma and adrenocortical carcinoma. People with Li-Fraumeni syndrome tend...
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Teratoma | Tumors that can contain such as hair, muscle, bone and teeth
Teratoma Teratoma is a tumor that can be benign or malignant (cancerous) and can contain different types of tissue, such as hair, muscle and bone or teeth. These tumors are said to be germinal...
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Anal Cancer (Anus, Rectal Cancer) | Symptoms, Stages, Types, Diagnoses, Chances of Surviving, Treatments
What is anal cancer? Anal cancer is a malignant tumor that starts in the cells around the anus. A malignant tumor means it can invade and destroy surrounding tissue. It can also spread (metastasize)...
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Oncogenetics Test | DNA Tests to Predict Certain Cancers
Oncogenetics Test Oncogenetics test is a test to find out whether you are at risk of developing or developing certain cancers. We know that many diseases have a genetic part. From a blood test,...
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40 Minutes
Eye Cancer (Ocular) | Symptoms, Stages, Types, Diagnoses, Chances of Surviving, Treatments
What is an Eye Cancer? Eye cancer starts in cells in or around the eye. A cancerous (malignant) tumor is a collection of cancer cells that can invade and destroy the tissues around it....
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Radiation | Classification and Type: Electromagnetic, Ionizing and Non-ionizing, Particle
Radiation Types Radiation is energy that is emitted from a source and propagates through space in the form of waves or particles. There are different radiation types, each with its own characteristics or properties....
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Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) | Rare type of cancer that affects muscle tissue
Rhabdomyosarcoma What is rhabdomyosarcoma? Rhabdomyosarcoma starts in muscle cells or in tissues that are precursors to muscle cells. It is a cancerous (malignant) tumor that can invade and destroy nearby tissue. It can also...
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Gamma Radiation (Gamma γ Rays) Often denoted by the Greek letter gamma, ). Gamma rays are an energized form of electromagnetic radiation produced by radioactivity/other nuclear/subatomic processes such as electron-positron annihilation. What are gamma...
Read More Beta Radiation (Beta Rays) | Beta-minus and Plus Radio radioactivity
Beta Radiation (Beta Rays) β Beta radiation is a form of radioactivity in which the nucleus emits electrons and antineutrinos (beta minus radiation) or positrons and neutrinos (beta plus radiation). This process gives rise...
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Ionizing Radiation Summary of Alpha (α), Beta (β), Gamma (γ) Radiations and Neutron
Ionizing Radiation This article discusses the radiation of light rays alpha (α), beta (β), gamma (γ), radiation and neutrons. Certain types of ionizing radiations have sufficient energy to rip electrons out of their orbits...
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Immunotherapy Cancer Treatment | Types, To receive, Side effects
Immunotherapy Against cancer Immunotherapy involves using the body’s immune defenses to attack and destroy cancer cells. Different approaches have been used for decades, before moving recently towards a very promising new strategy: targeting immune...
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Chemotherapy in the treatment of cancer | Type, What to Expect, Treatement Process (Before, During, After), Side Effects
Chemotherapy in the treatment of cancer In chemotherapy (sometimes called chemo) refers to drugs, or agents, are used to destroy cancer cells. Chemotherapy is used to treat many types of cancer. Those drugs can...
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Throat Cancer Hypopharyngeal, Laryngeal, Nasopharyngeal, Oropharyngeal | Symptoms, Stages, Types, Diagnoses, Chances of Surviving, Treatments
Throat Cancer: Hypopharyngeal, Laryngeal, Nasopharyngeal, Oropharyngeal Throat cancer usually causes pain in the throat that increases with swallowing, difficulty swallowing and speaking, and pain in the ear. Sometimes a lump in the neck is...
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Pancreatic Cancer | Symptoms, Stages, Types, Diagnoses, Chances of Surviving, Treatments
What is pancreatic cancer? Pancreatic cancer starts in the cells of the pancreas. Cancerous (malignant) tumor is a group of cancer cells that can invade and destroy nearby tissue. It can also spread (metastasize)...
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39 Minutes
Uterine Cancer (womb cancer) | Symptoms, Stages, Types, Diagnoses, Chances of Surviving, Treatments
What is Uterine Cancer (Endometrial Cancer)? Uterine cancer is the most common type of cancer of the female reproductive system. It is a malignant tumor that starts in the cells of the uterus. A...
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Thyroid Cancer | Symptoms, Stages, Types, Diagnoses, Chances of Surviving, Treatments
What is thyroid cancer? Thyroid cancer is a malignant tumor that starts in the cells of the thyroid. Malignant means that it can invade, or grow into, and destroy nearby tissue. It can also...
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