- ... needed. Unless the airway is blocked or the brain is swelling, waiting to start treatment while a diagnosis is made usually causes no problem in adults. If doctors think lung cancer is causing the problem, a sputum sample may ...
- ... the lymph nodes, lung , digestive tract , bone, or brain may be done to improve quality of life by controlling symptoms . Chemotherapy Chemotherapy (also called chemo) uses drugs to stop the growth of cancer cells, either by killing the cells or by ...
- ... cord tumors are a common type of childhood cancer. The cause of most childhood brain and spinal cord tumors is unknown. The signs and symptoms of childhood brain and spinal cord tumors are ...
- ... Barnes E, Danjoux C et al. Exploration of symptoms clusters within cancer patients with brain metastases using the Spitzer Quality of Life Index. ...
- ... a role. Some other types of cancer include: Brain cancer Cervical cancer Hodgkin lymphoma Kidney cancer Leukemia Liver cancer Non-Hodgkin lymphoma Ovarian cancer Pancreatic cancer Testicular cancer Thyroid cancer Uterine cancer
- NLM Digital Collections - MEDLARS training program : indexing training syllabusPublication: [Bethesda, Md.] : National Library of Medicine, Index Section BSD, 1976... 2 2 3 * TECHNETIUM 3 4 4 5 BRAIN NEOPLASMS / * diag 5 6 6 7 DIAGNOSIS. DIFFERENTIAL 7 8 8 9 CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS / * diag 9 10 10 11 BRAIN NEOPLASMS / radioer 11 12 12 13 CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY 13 ...
- ... protein predicts fatigue independently of depression in breast cancer patients prior to chemotherapy. Brain Behav Immun 34: 108-19, 2013. [ PubMed : 23928287 ] Xiao C, Miller AH, Felger J, et al.: Depressive symptoms and inflammation are independent risk factors of fatigue ...
- NLM Digital Collections - Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, United States Army. Authors ...Publication: Washington : G.P.O., 1880-1932... carcinomatous inflltration of the pia-arachnoid of the brain, presenting exclusively MENINGES 1141 MENINGES Meninges (Cancer of)—continued. ocular Symptoms during life; meningitis careinomatosa. Brit. J. Ophth., Lond., ...
- NLM Digital Collections - Proton beam therapy : final evidence reportPublication: [Boston, MA] : Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, [2014]... 4 20 -10.6% * Proton Beam Patients by Diagnosis Category Patient Counts (Medicare primary patients) Brain cancer 1 1 2 Eye cancer 1 1 2 ... 21.8 32.8 Proton Beam Patients by Diagnosis Category - treatment counts (average where possible) Brain cancer 31† 5† 18.0 Eye cancer 4† 24† ...
- ... to treat because of its location in the brain, how fast it progresses, and the way it spreads into healthy tissue. Unfortunately, most children with DIPG do not live longer than 2 years after diagnosis. Your child's cancer care team is in the best position to ...