Wilms' tumor

Wilms’ Tumor When expecting parents are asked which gender they would prefer, the most common answer is some form of “as long as our baby is healthy.” As parents our child’s safety is often our number one priority, even long into their adulthood. What if the happy and healthy newborn you thought you had, is diagnosed with cancer by toddlerhood? Cancer is a terrifying diagnosis for anyone, but as a parent it is even more devastating to think that your child is suffering through this disease. Although some children are diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma, the most common type of kidney cancer in adults, nine out of ten pediatric renal cancer patients are diagnosed with Wilms’ tumors. Wilms’ tumor, also known as nephroblastoma, is a type…

I am writing a memo to compare two websites both giving information on nephroblastoma or Wilms Tumor. The websites I choose to compare are Medscape and Mayo Clinic. Advertising and marketing affect us more than we realize. The media, businesses and the internet are constantly evaluating their audience to see what attracts them and what gets their attention. Each company or website has their target audience. This is based on gender, education, age, social class and hobbies to name a few. They…

Introduction Vincrestine is a plant alkaloid, obtained from the Madagascar periwinkle cathanthus roeus. Before it was used for cancer treatment, the natives of Madagascar used it for the treatment of diabetes and high blood pressure. Structure of Vincrestine: Vincristine has two monomer alkaloid parts, catharanthrine and vindoline, with a formyl group on the indole nitrogen of the vindoline skeleton. Formula C46H56N4O10 Disease it Targets: Vincristine is used to treat various types of cancer.…

recruit other hydrolyte for degradation3-4. Mitophagy and cancer Tumor cells usually provide ROS to their microenvironment. This abnormal concentration of ROS can active TGF-beta or NFKB signaling pathway in the cancer cells. As a result, tumor stromal cells stimulate mitophagy process, releasing a great amount of energy to support cancer cells’ survival5. However, if there is extremely high concentration of ROS or high percentage of mitophagy in tumor cells, it will also kill them. So,…

An ovarian cyst is a growth or swelling on or inside the ovary. It may be solid or filled with fluid. If it is solid, it is called a tumor. This can be frightening because it immediately brings cancer to mind, but tumor is just the medical term for any swelling. There are many types of ovarian cysts, namely, functional cysts, dermoid cysts, serous & mucinous cystadenomas, endometriomas, functional tumors, fibromas and brenner tumors. Conversely, the choice of ovarian cyst treatment used to treat…

relatively uncommon reactive exophytic lesions of the oral cavity. Such a term is also synonymous to peripheral giant cell epulis, peripheral giant cell reparative granuloma though the word reparative granulomas is now considered obsolete in modern medicine because it’s not truly reparative.4,5 Clear aetiology of PGCG still remains elusive to and what is available currently are the laid hypothesis by various scholars for example local irritation from poor dental restorations, dental extraction,…

Enchondroma is a type of noncancerous bone tumor that begins in the cartilage. While these tumors are not frequently cancerous, they can still lead to deformity and fractures of large or small long bones. Although the cause of enchondromas are unknown, the tumors may be either from an overgrowth of cartilage that lines the ends of the bones or a persistent growth of original, embryonic cartilage. Enchondromas can affect anyone but specifically affects patients between the ages of 10 to 20 years…

Diffuse Optical Tomography is non invasive, non ionizing functional imaging modality used for detection of brain tumor and breast cancer. A forward model design depicts the placement of laser source and photo-detector around the tissue boundary. The light propagation on the phantom takes place in Near-Infra-Red wavelength. The incident light on the tissue boundary was absorbed and scattered. The scattered rays are detected by the photo-detector and scattered voltage of the tissue was measured.…

Glomus tumors are usually the benign tumor of glomus cells with immunocytochemical and structural features of smooth muscle cells [1]. The majority of cases of glomus tumor are benign but rarely they demonstrate malignant features both clinically and histologically (aka glomangiosarcoma) [2]. Glomangiosarcoma in extracutaneous sites is uncommon but few cases have been reported. Glomangiosarcoma of the heart is extremely rare due to rarity or near absence of glomus bodies in the myocardium. We…

the shape of a tumor target. IMRT uses various small photon or proton beams of different intensities and angles to accurately irradiate a tumor. Unlike other types…