Jimmy Carter has announced that he has cancer and it has spread. What does that mean?
If there’s one thing about how cancer is discussed in the media that drives me absolutely bonkers, it’s how seemingly whenever a public figure announces that he has cancer information is rationed to the point where the announcement is basically meaningless. I can understand why someone might not want to disclose more about his disease… (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - August 13, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Medicine Politics carcinoma of unknown primary colorectal cancer Jimmy Carter liver Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, February 18th 2013
Discussion
- Latest Headlines from Fight Aging!
- Nitric Oxide and Longevity in Nematodes
- On Greater Longevity in Colder Environments
- Searching for Commonalities in Cancer
- Dietary Fatty Acids and Autophagy
- Comments on Teaching an Ethical View of Life Extension
- Arguing DNA Damage as a Cause of Aging
- Relative Risk For Causes of Cognitive Decline
- An Upcoming Oxford Debate With Aubrey de Grey and Richard Faragher
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Source: Fight Aging! - February 17, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Adenocarcinoma of unknown primary
What do you do when your doctors tell you that you have an adenocarcinoma of unknown primary? Did doctors use the new Pathwork Tissue of Origin test or any other more advanced test than the one used in your hospital? Janet replied in email to Gary’s (Small cell carcinoma of the lungs) post: how her […] (Source: Metastatic liver cancer)
Source: Metastatic liver cancer - June 17, 2009 Category: Cancer Authors: Daughter SK Tags: Adenocarcinoma adenocarcinoma of unknown primary Alternative CANCER TREATMENTS Cancer Prevention Health holistic cancer treatment immune system Source Type: blogs
Work up of Carcinoma of Unknown Primary (CUP)
It is often important to determine the site of origin of a metastatic carcinoma of unknown primary site, particularly because this may affect the choice of the treatment. Determination of the primary site may take several steps.Clinical features, such as age, sex, and site of metastases may give a first indication.A detailed pathologic examination of the most accessible biopsied tissue specimen is mandatory in CUP cases. Pathologic evaluation typically consists of hematoxylin-and-eosin stains and immunohistochemical tests.Electron microscopy is rarely used currently, although it may beselectively useful when making treatme...
Source: Oncopathology - May 4, 2009 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Work up of Carcinoma of Unknown Primary (CUP) Source Type: blogs
