Benign tumors are non cancerous tumours or cancers that do not spread or invade other body parts (do not metastatise). They are not as dangerous as cancerous or malignant tumors but they still may be detrimental in some conditions. Hence they should be removed by surgery or drug therapy.
Unable to perform her daily activities with ease, the elderly woman had been plagued with constant nasal obstruction with which she suffered for 15 long months.
Leuco Sarcoma is a rare cancer that develops in the smooth muscle tissues. Beware of tumors in the buttock.
For the first time in the world, endoscopic transcanal excision of facial nerve schwannoma was performed on a 35-year-old patient at Apollo Cancer Centre, Bangalore, India.
Diagnosis of a brain tumour is not the end of life as many of them can be treated and give the patient an excellent long-term life.
A four-year-old boy was diagnosed with Osteoid osteoma, a benign tumour and was treated using O-arm technology. Read on to know more.
According to the study published in the journal, 'Nature Communications', by tagging the DNA extracted from multiple regions of the same tumour sample with unique molecular barcodes, can be obtained with a single sequencing experiment. Read on to know more.
Diseases like cancer, hypertension and glaucoma are very dangerous as they give you no warning symptoms.
Find out more about this common procedure used to diagnose breast cancer.
Cancer terms: Pap smear, Targeted therapy and more
Coming soon -- new treatment for ovarian cancer
Discovered - The gene responsible for rare brain tumor
Know your medical terms: Benign
Electronic nose helps locate deadly tumour
Unable to perform her daily activities with ease, the elderly woman had been plagued with constant nasal obstruction with which she suffered for 15 long months.
Leuco Sarcoma is a rare cancer that develops in the smooth muscle tissues. Beware of tumors in the buttock.
For the first time in the world, endoscopic transcanal excision of facial nerve schwannoma was performed on a 35-year-old patient at Apollo Cancer Centre, Bangalore, India.
Diagnosis of a brain tumour is not the end of life as many of them can be treated and give the patient an excellent long-term life.
A four-year-old boy was diagnosed with Osteoid osteoma, a benign tumour and was treated using O-arm technology. Read on to know more.
According to the study published in the journal, 'Nature Communications', by tagging the DNA extracted from multiple regions of the same tumour sample with unique molecular barcodes, can be obtained with a single sequencing experiment. Read on to know more.
Diseases like cancer, hypertension and glaucoma are very dangerous as they give you no warning symptoms.
Find out more about this common procedure used to diagnose breast cancer.
Cancer terms: Pap smear, Targeted therapy and more
Coming soon -- new treatment for ovarian cancer
Discovered - The gene responsible for rare brain tumor
Know your medical terms: Benign
Electronic nose helps locate deadly tumour
