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A vascular tumor is a vascular anomaly where a tumor forms from cells that make blood or lymph vessels; a soft tissue growth that can be either benign or malignant. [1] Examples of vascular tumors include hemangiomas, hemangioendotheliomas, Kaposi's sarcomas, angiosarcomas, and hemangioblastomas. An angioma refers to any type of benign vascular ...
duct, blood vessel: Latin vās, vessel, dish, vase vasoconstriction: vasculo-blood vessel: Latin vāsculum: cardiovascular: ven-of or pertaining to the veins, venous blood, and the vascular system: Latin vēna, blood-vessel, vein venule, venospasm: ventr(o)-of or pertaining to the belly, the stomach cavities Latin venter, belly, stomach, womb ...
The term "field cancerization" was first used in 1953 to describe an area or "field" of epithelium that has been preconditioned by (at that time) largely unknown processes so as to predispose it towards development of cancer. [42] Since then, the terms "field cancerization" and "field defect" have been used to describe pre-malignant tissue in ...
A medical patent may refer to a biological patent (see also gene patent) a chemical or pharmaceutical patent; a patent on a medical device; Second medical indication, a patent claim for a new use of a known pharmaceutical
An illustration depicting primary tumor (in the form of tumor microenvironment) and the circulating tumor cells. A circulating tumor cell (CTC) is a cancer cell from a primary tumor that has shed into the blood of the circulatory system, or the lymph of the lymphatic system. [1]
The week of Rowan's surgery, her volleyball team hosted a sold-out “pink out” game. “People really supported me in my town,” she says. “A ton of people came.”
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Angiosarcoma is a rare and aggressive cancer that starts in the endothelial cells that line the walls of blood vessels or lymphatic vessels.Since they are made from vascular lining, they can appear anywhere and at any age, but older people are more commonly affected, and the skin is the most affected area, with approximately 60% of cases being cutaneous (skin).