- ... 12.0 percent were for cancer of the brain and nervous system ( table 4 ). Table 4 Most frequent secondary cancer diagnoses among pediatric stays, 2009. Most common principal reasons for pediatric hospitalizations with cancer as a secondary diagnosis Almost half (48.2 percent) of pediatric hospital ...
- ... lymph nodes, bones, the lungs, liver, skin and brain. At a glance In metastatic breast cancer, the cancer has spread to other parts of the body too. That can cause symptoms like pain in the bones or abdomen (belly), ...
- ... cancer, urothelial carcinoma of the bladder, meningiomas, unspecified brain tumors, basal cell carcinomas, head and neck ... diagnosis is established in a proband ...
- ... cancer often metastasizes, most commonly to the liver, brain, bones, and adrenal glands (small hormone-producing glands located on top of each kidney). After diagnosis, most people with small cell lung cancer survive for about 1 year; less than seven ...
- ... 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 ...
- NLM Digital Collections - Conversations on anatomy, physiology, and surgery (Volume 1)Publication: Philadelphia : Towar & Hogan, 1828... ganization more frequently than the cerebellum. TUBERCLES AND CANCER OF THE BRAIN. Q. What are its symptoms? A. The only symptoms which can induce us ...
- 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 - Planning for the care of the chronically ill in New York State; some medical-social and ...Publication: Albany : Williams Press, Inc., 1947... Neurological, orthopedic Columbia Co Yes “ Patient needing specialized diagnosis ”.. Brain surgery, osteomyelitis, eye, cancer.. Schenectady Hawthorne 11 Cortland Co Yes Cortland Yes ...
- 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† ...
- ... 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 ...
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