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Medical Case Studies
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Medical Case Studies
Active brain metastases
Metastatic breast cancer
Metastatic breast cancer is a complex multi-step process involving the expansion of cancerous cells from the breast to other areas of the body. It is a serious complication of breast cancer, as metastatic disease in breast cancer is often fatal, with treatments mainly limited to palliation. Breast cancer primarily metastasizes to the bone, lungs, regional lymph nodes, liver and to the brain, with the most common site being the bone. The typical environmental barriers in any metastatic event would include physical, chemical (Reactive oxygen species, hypoxia and low PH) and biological (immune surveillance, inhibitory cytokines and regulatory Extracellular Matrix peptides) components...
Active brain metastases - List of case studies
- List of Diseases and Conditions
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polyneuropathiesm Acromion-clavicle arthritis Active Ischemia Active brain metastases Active denervation Active enhancing focus Acute EBV ...
- Operated breast cancer with metastases
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metabolic activity. 3 months later, a MRI of the brain and encephalic trunk was carried out to compare it to the previous ... current chemotherapeutic agent should be considered to be active and should be continued, while changing only the anti HER-2 agent aimed ...
- Metastatic Heteroplasia of the Lung
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70-year-old male underwent epileptic seizures. A brain CAT scan showed a space occupying lesion with surrounding edema in his ... However, this has not been proven in the presence of active brain metastases. Therefore, only if the brain condition of the patient ...