DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
DOCTORS'
Medical Case Studies
small cell squamous carcinoma
Lung cancer
Lung cancer is a disease characterised by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and, eventually, into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung, known as primary lung cancers, are carcinomas that derive from epithelial cells. Worldwide, lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related death in men and women, and is responsible for annually, as of 2004. The most common symptoms are shortness of breath, coughing, and weight loss...
small cell squamous carcinoma - List of case studies
- Multirelapse Squamed Carcinoma of the Skin
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75-year-old male with a cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma resected from the right eyebrow in 2003. In 2006, the patient ... a 30-40% risk of death by 2 years with standard therapies. Small molecular inhibitors of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) may ...
- Small Cell Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Cervix – additional opinion
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with columnar epithelium. In stroma, diffuse area of small to medium sized cells with little cytoplasm, grainy, with a ... of cervical neuroendocrine neoplasms, including small cell and large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma. Small cell neuroendocrine ... does not preclude the diagnosis. p63, a useful marker of squamous neoplasms within the cervix, is of value in distinguishing small cell ...
- Metastatic Heteroplasia of the Lung
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lung. The diagnosis of poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma of the lung was established by bronchoscopy and transbronchial ... without a good cleavage plane with the pleura, with other small 4 mm lesions in the anterior segment of the superior lobe on the same ...
- List of Diseases and Conditions
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of the pigment epithelium Abnormalities of the small nerve fibers Abortion Absence of CD55 Absence of CD59 ... Advanced PD Advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma of head and neck Advanced endometrial cancer Advanced ...