Surgery, radiation therapy, or a drug treatment to stop the functioning of the ovaries. Also called ovarian suppression - taken from National Cancer Institutes web page
they are very rarely associated with cancer rather they are more likely to be associated with nutrional status , vitamin deficiencies or autoimmune disorders or viral infections . I advise you to cont act...
For post menopausal breast cancer patients with hormone receptor positive disease aromatase inhibitors rather than tamoxifen or raloxifene are generally preferred for adjuvant treatment
FISH can be utilized for visualization of spesific genes . It is most commonly used for detection of overexpression of a protein called her2/ neu in breast cancer. If you have extra copies of her2 ge nes...
Without knowing the size of the tumor as well as ER and PR and HER 2 status and Ki 67score of the tumor it is hard to make an estimate on the recurrance rates . In hormone negative tumors a second p eak...
In metastatic or locall advanced prostate carcinoma setting stopping of anti hormonal treatment (ADT) after PSA values reaches a nadir is still a contraversial subject. Although there are several tri als...
I assume you are referring to uterine leiomyosarcoma. These cancers arise from the myometrium lining and are known for having aggressive behavior. At minimum surgical treatment of a patient with uteri ne...
Actually staging in urethral cancer is defined by stage 0,A,B,C, and D. By stage 4 I assume that you are referring to stage D. Stage D is further divided into stage D1 ( regional lymph node involveme nt...
Non clear cell renal cell carcinomas represent almost 20% of all renal neoplasms. This is a broad term and their their classification is continuously being adjusted according to new cytogenetic and m olecular...
there are several studies in the literature stating positive findings with valproic acids apoptotic effect on leukemia or cancer cells . But all of these studies are done in the pre clinical setting t hat...
GIST start from special cells found in the wall of the GI tract called interstistial cells of Cajal.They are part of the autonomic nervous system and their main job is to tell GI tract to digest food by...