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Medical Case Studies
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Medical Case Studies
Cancer of Colon
Colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancer, less formally known as bowel cancer, is a cancer characterized by neoplasia in the colon, rectum, or vermiform appendix. Colorectal cancer is clinically distinct from anal cancer, which affects the anus. Colorectal cancers start in the lining of the bowel. If left untreated, it can grow into the muscle layers underneath, and then through the bowel wall. Most begin as a small growth on the bowel wall: a colorectal polyp or adenoma. These mushroom-shaped growths are usually benign, but some develop into cancer over time. Localized bowel cancer is usually diagnosed through colonoscopy...
Cancer of Colon - List of case studies
- Degenerative eye problems - Bilateral colloid degeneration
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69-year-old female with a diagnosis of Bilateral Colloid Degeneration. Her past Ophthalmological history began ... supplementation increases somewhat the risk of lung cancer in smokers . For patients with a smoking history I recommend Ocuvite ...
- List of Diseases and Conditions
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Below is a full list of the diseases and conditions mentioned in case studies throughout the site. ... Adenocarcinoma of the bladder Adenocarcinoma of the colon Adenocarcinoma with associated neuroendocrine differentiation ... cell carcinoma of head and neck Advanced endometrial cancer Advanced endometrial carcinoma Advanced loco-regionally ...
- Lung Cancer: Well differentiated mixed acinar and bronchoalveolar adenocarcinoma (BAC) of the lung (T1 N0).
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left lung. The tumor was typified as non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with millimetric parenchymal nodules suspected as secondary. She ... therapies such as chemotherapy or radiotherapy to be of use? 3. What is the expected prognosis? ...
- Well differentiated mixed acinar and bronchoalveolar adenocarcinoma of the lung
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An occasion chest X-ray of a 74-year-old female revealed a thickening in her left lung, and the tumor was latter typified as non-small cell lung cancer. Her staging chest CAT scan was consistent with a primary tumor in the ...
- 2nd infertility and repeated implantation failure_1
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Mole removed September 2005 : results showed cancer cells, Further surgery was performed in October 2005, ... on May 2006 , required as a precaution, as her Father died of Colon cancer in 1979 at the age of 47. 4 cycles of ...
- Advanced Metastatic Colon Cancer
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58-year-old male suffers from advanced metastatic colon cancer with weakness, severe anemia and synchronic liver metastases. A good ... opinion, There is no evidence that hyperthermia is of any benefit in this patient. ...
- Cancer of Colon with Metastases
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70-year-old-male was diagnosed with colon cancer. After undergoing a right hemicolectomy, hepatic lesions were revealed. ... The patient is inquiring about laser resection of his metastatic lung lesions in conjunction with selective internal radiation ...
- Metastatic colon cancer after 8 years of continous chemotherapy treatment
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Metastatic colon cancer short_summary: ... female that 8 years ago was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma of the sigma with liver metastasis. She underwent sigmoidectomy and was ...
- 2nd infertility and repeated implantation failure_2
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fertility treatment attempts , which included a total of five in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments. ... colonoscopy in 2006 as her father passed away from colon cancer at age 47. Patient’s work-up for infertility ...
- Secondary Malignancy in mesentery following primary rectal cancer with multiple colonic polyps
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found on colonoscopy to have multiple polyps and a rectal cancer. He underwent preoperative chemoRT, underwent resection and received a single cycle of bolus 5-FU with leucovorin. In early 2007, he had multiple complications and ...