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Neoplasia Types- Multiple Endocrine, Cervical Intraepithelial

Learn all about neoplasia and its types. There is no single mechanism by which a neoplasm arises. Many different mechanisms give rise to neoplasms, and that is what makes diagnosis and treatment so challenging.Neoplasia is new growth. The terms benign and malignant correlate to the course of the neoplasm. Benign neoplasms stay localized in one...

Neoplasm (Malignant & Benign) of Breast, Prostate, Colon, Skin

Learn all about neoplasm (malignant and benign) of breast, prostate, colon and skin. A tumor is an abnormal growth of cells that serves no purpose. A benign tumor is not a malignant tumor, which is cancer. It does not invade nearby tissue or spread to other parts of the body the way cancer can. In...

HTLV-1 (Human T-Lymphotropic Virus) Cancer, Treatment, Prevention

Learn all about HTLV (Human T Lymphotropic Virus). Human T-cell Lymphotropic virus (HTLV) was the first human retrovirus discovered. HTLV belongs to the Retroviridae family in the genus Deltaretrovirus. Retroviruses are RNA viruses that use an enzyme called reverse transcriptase to produce DNA from RNA. The DNA is subsequently incorporated into the host’s genome. HTLV...

Hashimoto’s Disease Symptoms, Treatment, Anti-NMDA Receptor

Learn all about Hashimoto’s disease sometimes also referred to as a neuroendocrine disorder, although the condition's relationship to the endocrine system is widely disputed. A relapsing encephalopathy occurring in association with Hashimoto's thyroiditis, with high titers of anti-thyroid antibodies.is called hashimoto’s disease.Hashimoto's encephalopathy, also known as steroid responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis (SREAT), is...

Autoimmune Encephalitis Symptoms, Treatment, Anti-NMDA Receptor

Learn all about autoimmune encephalitis. The major role of our immune system is to recognize and get rid of infection. But sometimes some components of the immune system, called antibodies, may instead react with proteins in our own body causing an autoimmune disease. When this reaction is against proteins in the brain it is called...

Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia Symptoms, Stages, Prognosis, Treatment

Learn all about autoimmune hemolytic anemia its signs and symptoms, stages, prognosis and treatment options. An autoimmune disease is a condition arising from an abnormal immune response to a normal body part. A disease resulting from a disordered immune reaction in which antibodies are produced against one's own tissues, as systemic lupus erythematosus or rheumatoid...

Myelofibrosis Cancer Symptoms, Stages, Prognosis, Treatment

Learn all about myelofibrosis cancer signs and symptoms stages and treatments according to stages. It can affect people at any age, including children, but it's most common in people over 50.An important constant feature of MF is the overproduction of platelet-forming cells, called "megakaryocytes," in the marrow. This causes too many platelets to be released...

Multiple Myeloma Cancer Symptoms, Stages, Prognosis, Treatment

Multiple myeloma almost always starts out as a relatively benign condition called monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS). In the United States, about 3 percent of people older than age 50 have MGUS. Each year, about 1 percent of people with MGUS develop multiple myeloma or a related cancer.MGUS, like multiple myeloma, is marked by...

Bone Marrow Cancer Symptoms, Stages, Prognosis, Treatment

Learn all about bone marrow cancer symptoms, stages, prognosis and treatment. Bone is the supporting framework of your body. Most bones are hollow. The outer part of bones is a network of fibrous tissue called matrix onto which calcium salts are laid down.Bone itself is very hard and strong. In some bones the marrow is...

Juvenile Pilocytic Astrocytoma Symptoms, Prognosis, Treatment

Learn all about juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma its symptoms, prognosis and treatment options. Pilocytic Astrocytoma (also called Juvenile Pilocytic Astrocytoma. Juvenile pilocytic astrocytomas are tumors that form from astrocytes, star-shaped cells that maintain brain and spinal cord health.Pilocytic astrocytomas comprise approximately 5-6% of all gliomas. This tumour type has an overall incidence of 0.37 per 100,000...