CVS Pharmay is acknowledging a serious error when the breast cancer drug tamoxifen was mistakenly dispensed to children instead of flouride pills in … [Read more...]
Drug Needed to Treat Childhood Leukemia In Short Supply
Physicians are becoming increasingly worried that the supply of preservative free form of methotrexate critical to treating some forms of childhood … [Read more...]
Skin Cancer Drug Reverses Alzheimer’s Disease in Mice
Gary Landreth, Paige Cramer, and other researchers at Case Western Reserve have published results in the journal Science that an already approved drug … [Read more...]
Breast Cancer Skin Findings
In addition to a palpable mass, physical exam in patients with breast cancer sometimes reveals one of the characteristic breast skin changes that can … [Read more...]
Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia
Waldenstrom Macroglobinemia is a hematologic malignancy marked by: Pathophysiology 1) type of B-cell lymphoma 2) characterized by monoclonal … [Read more...]
Breast Surgeon Dr. Angela Lanfranchi Describes Birth Control Pill As “Molotov Cocktail”
Breast surgeon Dr. Angela Lanfranchi describes the use of the estrogen-based birth control pill as a "Molotov Cocktail" for breast cancer and cites … [Read more...]
Burkitt’s Lymphoma
Pathophysiology 1) type of B cell lymphoma 2) occurs in an "endemic" form in equatorial Africa and Papua New Guinea and a "sporadic form" in the … [Read more...]
Hodgkin’s Disease (Lymphoma)
Pathophysiology 1) neoplasm of B cell lymphocytes with presence of Reed-Sternberg cells 2) classical variants - nodular sclerosis (most common), … [Read more...]
Neuroblastoma
Pathophysiology 1) malignant tumor of neural crest origin, from adrenal medulla or sympathetic ganglia 2) 33% of tumors occur in adrenals, 33% in … [Read more...]
Meningioma
Pathophysiology 1) tumor of arachnoid cells of meninges 2) usually attached to dura 3) may invade skull but rarely invades brain tissue 4) found … [Read more...]
Astrocytoma
Pathophysiology of Astrocytoma 1) primary brain tumor dervied from astrocytes 2) wide variation in differentiation - grade 1 (astrocytoma), grade 2 … [Read more...]
Pancreatic Cancer (ductal adenocarcinoma)
Pathophysiology 1) development of solid tumor originating from ductal system 2) metastases are most common to liver and regional lymph … [Read more...]