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New Test Discovered To Detect Breast Cancer

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Researchers claim that chicken soup can be used in detection of an aggressive form of breast cancer called HER2. This HER2 is one of the family genes that help regulate the growth and proliferation of human cells. Normal cells have two copies of this gene but about 25% of breast cancers have...

by User avatar Mick

What is myeloid leukemia?

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I really want to know what is myeloid leukemia. Can somebody be kind and explain to me that, please! Yesterday I heard that my neighbor has this illness. I suppose that it’s something really serious and dangerous. I know that leukemia is a cancer of blood cells but what is exactly myeloid...

by User avatar artur187862453

New Study Finds Why Ovarian Cancer Reoccurs

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Recent research revealed that a new mechanism is found that enables ovarian cancer to evade frontline chemotherapy drugs and rebound. Researchers said that women who have a cancer – causing variant of a gene called BRCA2 respond very good to drugs such as cisplatin and carboplatin but in many...

by User avatar Heather_2

What causes chronic myeloid leukemia?

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Hello, I am 45 years old and I have just been diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia. I have to admit that I was surprised, because I never had any problems with health so far. So, doctors told me they will not do anything for now, until some symptoms are shown. What causes this chronic myeloid...

by User avatar horton156462025

What are the prognosis for someone diagnosed with myeloid leukemia?

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My mother suffers from myeloid leukemia. The illness developed gradually with the weight loss, high temperature (always in the evening). She has this condition for 2 years, she was in remission for a while but now it is here again. What is the prognosis for someone diagnosed with myeloid leukemia?...

by User avatar katalin79462451

What are signs of monocytic leukemia?

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I would like to say that my retirement days are bored and full of rest, but it is not so. My husband, 66 years old has just been diagnosed with monocytic leukemia. I hope that he will be all right, although I am not so sure how he got that. Anyway, can you tell me about the signs of this condition?...

by User avatar jean61759851

What is monocytic leukemia?

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My father has just been diagnosed with leukemia, monocytic type. He is 67 years old and I have to admit that no one saw that coming. Although, he did work in a factory for refining the waste materials, and perhaps that is the cause off his problem. I just hope that he will be ok. Can you tell me...

by User avatar loretta132958895

Study Found Potentional Marker For Diagnosing Lung Cancer

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During the recent study, researchers detected an enzyme which could be potentional marker for diagnosing lung cancer. This enzyme called AKR1B10 was found in great amounts in lung cancer and especially in the ones that are found to be caused by smoking. Researchers found interesting fact that this...

by User avatar Natalia3856

How can childhood leukemia be diagnosed?

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I would like to know a thing or two about childhood leukemia. My friend’s son has it and he is only 5 years old. I can see that she is devastated and there is nothing I can do to comfort her. She said that there is a great possibility for him to be all right, but that is still not making her...

by User avatar desdemona105059853

How is diagnosis of leukemia confirmed?

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I wish I had some more benign topic to ask about, but I don't. CLL is something we have to deal from now on, because our 53 years old mother has been diagnosed with it. Luckily, the illness is in its early stage, so she feels fine at the moment. I would like to know how this diagnosis is confirmed...

by User avatar elisa200358897