Cilia: Tiny Cell Structures With Mighty Functions
Credit: Zvonimir Dogic, Brandeis University.
Imagine an army of tiny soldiers stationed throughout your body, lining cells from your brain to every major organ system. Rather than standing at attention, this tiny force sweeps back and forth thousands of times a minute. Their synchronized action helps move debris along the ranks to the nearest opening. Other soldiers stand as sentries, detecting changes in your environment, relaying that information to your brain, and boosting your senses of taste, smell, sight, and hearing.
Your brain may be the commander in chief, but these rank-and-file soldiers are made up of mic...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - July 3, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Matt Mills Tags: Cells Cellular Processes Cool Video Source Type: blogs
Ovarian Cancer Does Not Exist; Effect on Gynecologic Cancer Surgery
When I was both a medical student and a pathology resident, I was intrigued by the fact that many ovarian cancers I looked at under the microscope consisted of columnar cells and often seemed to grow on the surface of the ovary. Various teachers told me that the neoplasms were mimicking peritoneal and tubal epithelium. Experts now assert that there is no such thing as"ovarian cancer" -- all such neoplasms are now thought to originate in the uterine tubes, thus explaining their histologic appearance (see:Tackling Cancer Myths: It ’s time to accept that ovarian cancer doesn’t exist). Here is an excerpt from thi...
Source: Lab Soft News - November 3, 2017 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Bruce Friedman Tags: Medical Consumerism Medical Education Medical Research Preventive Medicine Quality of Care Surgical Pathology Source Type: blogs
A fifth operation and permanent menopause
Number of days since surgery: 13Pain level: manageableMood: relieved!It's been quite a while since I last wrote but, as usual, plenty has happened! I've been put into chemical menopause, taken out of chemical menopause, put back into chemical menopause again and now I'm recovering from yet more major surgery. And I'm finally in permanent menopause.Last April, as an attempt to control the high level of pain I was having, my oncology surgeon put me on a course of Prostap injections (you can read more about this in my previous blog post). His thinking was that by temporarily shutting down my remaining ovary he could s...
Source: Diary of a Cancer Patient - February 24, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: blogs
Removing the Fallopian Tubes to Prevent Ovarian Cancer – Something to Consider
New information strongly suggests that most ovarian cancers originate, not in the ovary, but in the fallopian tube. If this is so, then removal of the fallopian tubes may actually prevent ovarian cancer.
The evidence is powerful enough that the American Congress of Obstetricians & Gynecologists is now recommending that fallopian tube removal be considered in women planning to undergo surgical sterilization or hysterectomy.
The Fallopian Tube Origin of Ovarian Cancer
We used to think that ovarian cancer originated in the peritoneal lining that covers the ovaries and abdominal organs. But the fallopian tube origin of ova...
Source: The Blog That Ate Manhattan - January 23, 2015 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margaret Polaneczky, MD Tags: Best of TBTAM Family Planning Ovarian Cancer Essure Fallopian tube oophorectomy prophylactic salpingectomy Sterilization Tie my tuibes tubal ligation Tubes Source Type: blogs
BRCA 1 & 2 Gene Testing: What Does A Positive Test Mean And Should You Get Tested?
< div style="text-align: center;" > < br / > < iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/CuQKfCca8Ec" width="560" > < /iframe > < /div > < br / > < div style="text-align: left;" > The BRCA 1 and 2 gene mutations, and a handful of other (rarer) gene mutations, account for about 10% of all breast cancer cases. The abnormal genes affect about 1 in 400 people and can be inherited from either or both parents. < br / > < br / > BRCA gene mutations increase the lifetime risk of breast cancer in women to between 50 and 87% (depending on the study). The lifetime risk of breast cancer in the...
Source: Breast Cancer Reconstruction Blog - October 27, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: BRCA BRCA1 BRCA2 breast cancer colon fallopian tube family history of breast cancer gene mutation genetic counseling genetic testing melanoma ovarian pancreatic peritoneal Source Type: blogs
BRCA 1 & 2 Gene Testing: What Does A Positive Test Mean And Should You Get Tested?
The BRCA 1 and 2 gene mutations, and a handful of other (rarer) gene mutations, account for about 10% of all breast cancer cases. The abnormal genes affect about 1 in 400 people and can be inherited from either or both parents.BRCA gene mutations increase the lifetime risk of breast cancer in women to between 50 and 87% (depending on the study). The lifetime risk of breast cancer in the general population is about 12%.Due to the publicity BRCA has received in the media lately, most people think it only affects women. That's not true. Men can be affected too. Men carrying an abnormal BRCA gene have a 5-10% risk of getting b...
Source: Breast Cancer Reconstruction Blog - October 27, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: BRCA BRCA1 BRCA2 breast cancer colon fallopian tube family history of breast cancer gene mutation genetic counseling genetic testing melanoma ovarian pancreatic peritoneal Source Type: blogs
BRCA 1 & 2 Gene Testing: What Does A Positive Test Mean And Should You Get Tested?
The BRCA 1 and 2 gene mutations, and a handful of other (rarer) gene mutations, account for about 10% of all breast cancer cases. The abnormal genes affect about 1 in 400 people and can be inherited from either or both parents.BRCA gene mutations increase the lifetime risk of breast cancer in women to between 50 and 87% (depending on the study). The lifetime risk of breast cancer in the general population is about 12%.Due to the publicity BRCA has received in the media lately, most people think it only affects women. That's not true. Men can be affected too. Men carrying an abnormal BRCA gene have a 5-10% risk of getting b...
Source: Breast Cancer Reconstruction Blog - February 1, 2014 Category: Cancer Tags: BRCA BRCA1 BRCA2 breast cancer colon fallopian tube family history of breast cancer gene mutation genetic counseling genetic testing melanoma ovarian pancreatic peritoneal Source Type: blogs
