World / Gastroenterology
Vulvar Cancer: A Hidden Disease
06.09.2008 04:12
medicalnewstoday.com
Vulvar cancer is the fourth most common cancer of the female genital tract. In 2008, roughly 3,460 cases of vulvar cancer will be diagnosed in the United States and about 870 will die of this cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. There are several different types of vulvar cancer. More than 90 percent are squamous cell carcinomas. Squamous cells are the same kind of cells that comprise most of the skin on the body and the cells that line the inside the body's cavities.
World
Gastroenterology
Numerous Undiscovered Gene Alterations In Pancreatic And Brain Cancers Revealed
06.09.2008 04:12
medicalnewstoday.com
HHMI investigators have detected a multitude of broken, missing, and overactive genes in pancreatic and brain tumors, in the most detailed genetic survey yet of any human tumor. Some of these genetic changes were previously unknown and could provide new leads for improved diagnosis and therapy for these devastating cancers.
World
Gastroenterology
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