The Neurological and Cognitive Examination Primary Brain Tumor A primary brain tumor can originate from a number of different cells in the brain, such as glial cells (glioma), astrocytes (astrocytoma) ...

Thyroid cancer is cancer of the thyroid gland in the neck. Thyroid cancer affects women more often than men. It has a good prognosis. Risk factors include a family history of this cancer, radiation ...

When a child develops a brain tumor, early diagnosis is essential. Alan Cohen, M.D., director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, shares the most common signs and symptoms ...

Scientists in China have developed a modified virus found in birds that causes cancer cells to produce sugars the immune system can easily recognize and attack. The experimental therapy was tested ...

Pituitary diseases are disorders affecting the pituitary gland that ultimately affect the secretion of pituitary hormones. The most frequent conditions are acromegaly (growth hormone excess ...

[1,2,4] For this reason, hormonal stimulation or impaired feedback inhibition has been thought to underlie the pathogenesis of pituitary tumors. The data suggest, however, that although hormones ...

The tissue adjacent to a tumor behaves differently than areas farther away: The tumor’s cancerous cells influence their surroundings, blocking the body’s immune defenses and creating a sort of haven ...

but it seems that hormone excess alone does not cause pituitary tumors Abnormal hormone receptor signaling contributes to dysfunctional responses to feedback inhibition; however, apart from one ...

Wilms tumor (also called nephroblastoma) is the most common type of kidney cancer in children. About 9 of 10 kidney cancers in children are Wilms tumors. These cancers are different from adult kidney ...

How common are Wilms tumors? Wilms tumor is the most common type of kidney cancer in children. Each year, about 600 children are diagnosed with Wilms tumors in the United States. This number has been ...