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Tumors that develop within the liver may be either benign (noncancerous) or malignant (cancerous). Tumors can start in the liver, or spread to the liver from another cancer in the body. Malignant liver tumors have been reported to metastasize to other organs such as regional lymph nodes, lungs, kidneys, pancreas, spleen and others.
Radiation therapy is used to kill cancer cells; however, normal cells are also damaged in the process. Currently, therapeutic doses of radiation can be targeted to tumors with great accuracy using linear accelerators in radiation oncology; however, when irradiating using external beam radiotherapy, the beam will always need to travel through healthy tissue, and the normal liver tissue is very ...
The most recent set of data presented at ASCO in 2014 documented the ability to predict the success of SIRT using standard laboratory tests prior to treatment. [ 11 ] In addition, the global SIRFLOX study, which completed patient recruitment in 2013, will evaluate SIR-Sphere microspheres as a first-line treatment for colorectal liver metastases.
Feline hepatic lipidosis, also known as feline fatty liver syndrome, is one of the most common forms of liver disease of cats. [1] The disease officially has no known cause, though obesity is known to increase the risk. [2] The disease begins when the cat stops eating from a loss of appetite, forcing the liver to convert body fat into usable ...
Chemotherapy is the mainstay of treatment for lymphoma in cats. Most of the drugs used in dogs are used in cats, but the most common protocol uses cyclophosphamide, vincristine, and prednisolone. [22] Gastrointestinal lymphoma has also commonly been treated with a combination of prednisolone and high dose pulse chlorambucil with success. [27]
A former TD Bank employee based in Florida was arrested and charged with facilitating money laundering to Colombia, New Jersey's attorney general said on Wednesday, in the first such arrest since ...
Her mother called 911 and also alerted authorities to the break-in. “My daughter is there. This is Joe Burrow’s house. She is staying there.
Junior Boucher, 36, stands accused of killing Brian Hiltebeitel, 65, who died in the brutal attack at Sandhill Crane Golf Club in Palm Beach County.