What is epithelioid sarcoma? Epithelioid sarcoma (ES) has been a rarely developed malignancy affects soft tissues present in the upper limb. In vast description of ES attaining as a subcutaneous or dermal tissue mass in distal segments of the upper…
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Retinoblastoma
What is retinoblastoma? Retinoblastoma is the most common eye cancer for children. It starts from the cells of retina. Retina is a nerve tissue layer that lines the back of the eye. It senses the light and creates a nerve…
Malignant Brain Tumor
What is Malignant Brain Tumor? Malignant brain tumor is aggressive in nature, originated from the brain and can spread very fast to other parts of the central nervous system. Malignant brain tumor is formed due to abnormal cancerous proliferation of…
Hemangiopericytoma
What is Hemangiopericytoma? Hemangiopericytoma is a rare, painless and usually asymptomatic tumor affected in soft tissues and blood vessels. Blood vessels present in all over the body and hemangiopericytoma tumors are formed anywhere in the body, because of adjacent blood…
Ocular Melanoma
What is ocular melanoma? Ocular melanoma is a cancer of the eye. Melanoma usually develops in melanin rich sites like skin. Melanin is a pigmenting agent responsible for skin coloration. In the eye, melanin producing cells are present to provide…
Urothelial Carcinoma
What is urothelial carcinoma? Urothelial carcinoma include carcinomas of the renal pelvis, bladder and ureters. The incidence rate is not very frequent, but the most usual affected part is bladder and renal pelvis affected less frequently. In 10% cases, the…
Secondary Liver Cancer
What is Secondary Liver Cancer? Secondary liver cancer is a type of liver cancer where the cancer cells have developed elsewhere in the person’s body and then have the ability to metastasize towards the liver. Liver is known to be…
Vipoma
What is Vipoma? Vipoma is an acronym which stands for vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP), which is otherwise known as Verner Morrison syndrome. Other experts would call it pancreatic cholera. One clinical feature is heavy diarrhea. It is actually a rare…
Renal Cell Cancer
What is renal cell cancer? Renal cell cancer is the most common type of kidney cancer; almost 9 out of 10 of kidney cancer cases are renal cell carcinomas (RCC). The main functions of the kidney are to filter the…
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