Cancer can be defined as a condition where normal cells of the body become abnormal and start growing and multiplying uncontrollably and gain the ability to spread throughout the body....
Cancer can be defined as a condition where normal cells of the body become abnormal and start growing and multiplying uncontrollably and gain the ability to spread throughout the body....
Lymphoma is a cancer of the lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell. When lymphocytes become cancerous, or malignant, they multiply and become tumors.
Lymphocytes are normally found in the blood stream and lymph nodes. Lymph nodes are found throughout the body and are identified by their location....
Screening modalities — Screening mammography has been shown to lower deaths from breast cancers. Mammography (digital or film) is the primary modality for breast cancer screening in average-risk women. Other techniques, such as ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), are useful for f...
Breast cancer is the malignant tumor (a tumor with the potential to invade other tissues or spread to other parts of the body) that starts in the cells of the breast. It occurs both in men and women. However male breast cancer is rare. Among Indian women, breast cancer is the commonest cancer overal...
Hormone therapy Hormone therapy is a cancer treatment that removes hormones or blocks their action and stops cancer cells from growing. Hormones are substances made by glands in the body and circulated in the bloodstream. In prostate cancer, male sex hormones can cause prostate cancer to grow. Drugs...
Watchful waiting or active surveillance Watchful waiting and active surveillance are treatments used for older men who do not have signs or symptoms or have other medical conditions and for men whose prostate cancer is found during a screening test. Watchful waiting is closely monitoring a patientâ€...
Extent of tumor When the cancer is confined to the prostate gland, the long-term prognosis is excellent. Patients with locally advanced cancer are not usually curable, but 5-year survival is still very good. If prostate cancer has spread to distant organs, current therapy will not cure it. The histo...
CRPC is defined according to the Prostate Cancer Clinical Trials Working Group 2 as progression of prostate cancer despite castrate levels (<1.7 ng/ ml) of testosterone. Progression may be biochemical (three consecutive prostate specific antigen (PSA) rises >2 ng/ ml above nadir, minimum 1 wee...