Breast Cancer Breast cancer in one of the Commonest malignancies in Western Europe and less common in Japan and Africa. Totally there are about 35 000 new cases occur per year. 1 in 9 lifetime risk for women. And the breast cancer incidence increases with age. The chance of getting Breast cancer in Males is […]
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Spread of Carcinoma of the Colon Direct spread Colonic cancer can spread locally or via the lymphatics, bloodstream or transcoelomically around the peritoneum. Direct spread can be longitudinal, transverse or radial. Radial spread to adjacent organs has the greatest impact on surgical resectability, as an adequate oncologic resection can still be achieved, despite longitudinal spread, […]
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Newsletter Hodgkin Lymphoma Lymphomas are a group of diseases caused by malignant lymphocytes that accumulate in lymph nodes and cause the characteristic clinical features of lymphadenopathy.Occasionally, they may spill over into blood (‘leukaemic phase’) or infiltrate organs outside the lymphoid tissue.The major subdivision of lymphomas is into Hodgkin lymphoma and non -Hodgkin lymphoma and this […]
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Skin Cancer There are several types of skin cancer, but more than 95 percent of cases of skin cancer are one of three types, including basal cell cancer of the skin (BCC), squamous cell cancer of the skin (cSCC or cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma), or melanoma (also called malignant melanoma).Basal cell cancer is the most […]
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