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  • Src Mutations and Cancer
    Health - 27 Feb 2019
    In 1911, Francis Peyton Rous made a groundbreaking discovery that certain types of viruses could trigger sarcoma formation in chickens.
  • Appendix Cancer - Pseudomyxoma Peritonei (PMP)
    Health - 27 Feb 2019
    Cancers of the appendix are an extremely rare and deadly disease found in the abdominal region. The first section of the large intestine or colon is the appendix, which is a pouch-like tube attached...
  • Programmed Cell Death Protein 1 (PD1) and Cancer
    Health - 27 Feb 2019
    Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD1) when coupled with its ligands programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) and programmed death ligand 2 (PD-L2), functions as a ‘braking system’ within the immune system.
  • Oophorectomy and Breast Cancer
    Health - 27 Feb 2019
    Oophorectomy is a surgical operation in which the ovaries are removed. The removal of these sex organs has been practiced for over a century as part of the treatment of breast cancer. It causes a...
  • Lymph Nodes in Lung Cancer
    Health - 27 Feb 2019
    Evaluation of the hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes is part of the surgical treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). It is also vital to the staging of lung cancer, which determines the need...
  • Palliative and End-of-Life Care in Lung Cancer
    Health - 26 Feb 2019
    Palliative care is holistic care that is focused on helping patients with life-threatening or grave illnesses to achieve a better quality of life to the very end. It is aimed at averting or treating...
  • Pulmonary Resection in Lung Cancer
    Health - 26 Feb 2019
    Pulmonary resection is the first line of treatment of stage I and II non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). It is also important as part of the management of stage IIIA. In early stages of NSCLC, the...
  • Atypical Hyperplasia and Breast Cancer Risk
    Health - 26 Feb 2019
    Hyperplasia is an abnormality in cell growth which results in a greater number of cells forming in the ducts or lobules of the breast, but without other abnormality. Atypia is a term which denotes the...
  • Hiccups and Cancer
    Health - 26 Feb 2019
    Hiccups refer to involuntary spasms of the diaphragm – the main muscle involved in breathing – followed by rapid closure of the vocal cords. This produces a distinctive “hic” sound at the top of the...
  • Ferrofluid and Cancer
    Health - 26 Feb 2019
    Ferrofluids are colloidal suspensions of magnetic particles in a liquid carrier, which become magnetized in the presence of a magnetic field. These may be composed of iron, nickel, or cobalt, and show...

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