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Cancer is a group of diseases that involve abnormal increases in the number of cells, with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. [1] Not all tumors or lumps are cancerous; benign tumors are not classified as being cancer because they do not spread to other parts of the body. [ 1 ]
An eponymous disease is a disease, disorder, condition, or syndrome named after a person, usually the physician or other health care professional who first identified the disease; less commonly, a patient who had the disease; rarely, a literary character who exhibited signs of the disease or an actor or subject of an allusion, as characteristics associated with them were suggestive of symptoms ...
List of notifiable diseases - diseases that should be reported to public health services, e.g., hospitals. Lists of plant diseases; List of pollution-related diseases; List of skin conditions; List of diseases by year of discovery; Disorders. List of communication disorders; List of genetic disorders; List of heart disorders; List of liver ...
List of people diagnosed with coeliac disease; List of people diagnosed with colorectal cancer; List of people who awoke from a coma; List of people diagnosed with Crohn's disease; List of people diagnosed with cystic fibrosis
This article provides a list of autoimmune diseases. These conditions, where the body's immune system mistakenly attacks its own cells, affect a range of organs and systems within the body. Each disorder is listed with the primary organ or body part that it affects and the associated autoantibodies that are typically found in people diagnosed ...
cervical cancer: Schiller's test at Who Named It? affected areas of cervix fail to stain brown with iodine solution Schilling test: Robert F. Schilling: internal medicine: pernicious anaemia, coeliac disease, other malabsorption disorders: B12 radioassay; rare Schirmer's test: Otto Schirmer: ophthalmology: keratoconjunctivitis sicca, as in ...
The rise in colorectal cancer among young people is a “global phenomenon,” according to a new study. While the increase in the number of Americans under 50 being diagnosed with the disease has ...
Radiation related neoplasm /cancer; Radiation syndromes; Radiation-induced brachial plexopathy; Radiation-induced lumbosacral plexopathy; Radiculomegaly of canine teeth congenital cataract; Radio digito facial dysplasia; Radio renal syndrome; Radiophobia; Radioulnar synostosis mental retardation hypotonia; Radioulnar synostosis retinal pigment ...