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Any kind of brain cancer, especially a glioblastoma, comes with a gloomy prognosis. The most common and most deadly form of brain cancer, glioblastoma leaves almost no survivors three months...

Gorlin syndrome, which is also known as nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome, is a genetic condition that causes the appearance of multiple basal cell carcinomas all over the body, even...

A form of cancer known as epithelial ovarian cancer has been diagnosed in girls as young as age 15. Epithelial ovarian cancer is a metastatic disease of the tissues covering...

Worldwide, lung cancer is the world's most common form of cancer among men, and the fifth most common form of cancer among women. There are two main forms of lung...

For those too young to remember, or who were maybe in a different part of the world at the time, about 1950 the American and British governments developed an herbicide...

A lower anterior resection is the surgical removal of the upper two-thirds of the rectum, leaving the anal sphincter intact. You may see the procedure referred to by older terminology...

Nutrition can make a huge difference in the outcomes of treatment of lymphoma (both Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's) and the various forms of leukemia, including acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), acute myelogenous...

Radiation can be an effective tool in the fight against cancer. It can also cause excruciatingly painful tissue damage in the mouth, nose, ears, and throat. The reason oral, throat...

An allergic reaction can be developed as a result of contact with any organic or inorganic compound. Certain allergens commonly lead to allergies. For example, many people are allergic to...

Lymphedema is a common complication of a legion of health conditions. In the developing world, it is not unusual to see grotesquely enlarged arms and legs infected with a parasite...