Tumors

Some articles on tumors, tumor:

Acylfulvene
... is a compound that can be utilized towards the treatment of a wide assortment of cancers and tumors ... It is thought that the acylfulvene compound cripples tumors by DNA alkylation (see DNA methylation), but the exact mechanism of action is not determined ... At present, paclitaxel (Taxol) is the drug of choice to treat certain tumors and cancers, but researchers claim that the efficacy of acylfulvene to fight various tumors ...
Susceptibility Weighted Imaging - Clinical Applications - Tumors
... Part of the characterization of tumors lies in understanding the angiographic behavior of lesions both from the perspective of angiogenesis and micro-hemorrhages ... Aggressive tumors tend to have rapidly growing vasculature and many micro-hemorrhages ... Hence, the ability to detect these changes in the tumor could lead to a better determination of the tumor status ...
Secreted Frizzled-related Protein 1 - Genome Instability - Protein-truncating Mutations in Tumor DNA
... Three out of 10 advanced colorectal tumors had mutations leading to premature termination of the SFRP1 translation product ... Of the 10 tumors analyzed, no truncating mutations were found in the second or third exons of SFRP1 ... An additional 51 tumors were analyzed via direct sequence analysis, yielding 49 clearly interpretable results ...
Canine Brain Tumors - Treatment
... there is no true cure (100% remission) for brain tumors in dogs (or any species for that matter.) In practice, brain tumors are generally considered to be malignant due to the ... Therefore, general long-term prognosis for canine brain tumors is poor ... Current treatment of brain tumors revolves around four main modalities surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, and palliative (pain relieving) care ...
Schiller–Duval Body
... is a cellular structure seen by microscope in endodermal sinus tumors (yolk sac tumors) which are the most common testicular cancer in children ... Schiller-Duval bodies are present in approximately 50% of these tumors, and if found are pathognomonic ...