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Tumor removal Tumor removal
Tumor removal Definition A tumor is an abnormal growth caused by the uncontrolled division of cells. Benign tumors do not have the potential to spread to other parts of the body (a process called metastasis) and are curable by surgical removal. Malignant or cancerous tumors,... Read more
Radiation Therapy Radiation Therapy
Radiation Therapy Definition Radiation therapy, sometimes called radiotherapy, x-ray therapy radiation treatment, cobalt therapy, electron beam therapy, or irradiation uses high energy, penetrating waves or particles such as x rays, gamma rays, proton rays, or neutron rays to destroy cancer ... Read more
Hepatectomy Hepatectomy
Hepatectomy Definition A hepactectomy is the surgical removal of the liver. Purpose Hepatectomies are performed to surgically remove tumors from the liver. Most liver cancers start in liver cells called "hepatocytes." The resulting cancer is called hepatocellular carcinoma or... Read more
Tumor necrosis factor Tumor necrosis factor
Tumor necrosis factor Definition Tumor necrosis factor is a protein produced by several of the body's cell types, such as white blood cells, red blood cells, and other cells that line the blood vessels. It promotes the destruction of some types of cancer... Read more
Brain Tumor Brain Tumor
Brain Tumor Definition A brain tumor is an abnormal growth of tissue in the brain. Unlike other tumors, brain tumors spread by local extension and rarely metastasize (spread) outside the brain. A benign brain tumor is composed of non-cancerous cells and does not metastasize beyond the part of the... Read more
Pituitary tumors Pituitary tumors
Craniopharyngioma Definition Craniopharyngioma is a cancer which arises in the pituitary gland, in tissue originally found in the embryo. One of the most common childhood brain cancers, it is also sometimes called a Rathke's pouch tumor or a suprasellar... Read more
Lymphadenectomy Lymphadenectomy
Lymphadenectomy Definition Lymphadenectomy, also called lymph node dissection, is a surgical procedure in which lymph glands are removed from the body and examined for the presence of cancerous cells. A limited or modified lymphadenectomy removes only some of the lymph nodes... Read more
Reoperation Reoperation
Second-look surgery Definition Second-look surgery is performed after a procedure or course of treatment to determine if the patient is free of disease. If disease is found, additional procedures may or may not be performed at the time of second-look surgery. Purpose Second-look surgery may be... Read more
Osteosarcoma Osteosarcoma
Osteosarcoma Definition Osteosarcoma is the most common type of cancer that originates in bone. (Most bone cancer develops from cancerous cells that have migrated from a tumor in another organ referred to as the primary site). It may also be called osteogenic sarcoma or ... Read more
Basal cell carcinoma Basal cell carcinoma
Basal cell carcinoma Definition A basal cell carcinoma is a skin cancer that originates from basal keratinocytes in the top layer of the skin, the epidermis. Sometimes these tumors are called "rodent ulcers." Description Basal keratinocytes are unpigmented skin cells found deep... Read more

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