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tumour markers
Chemicals produced by cancer cells and released into the blood. These may suggest the presence of a tumour in the body. Markers can be found by blood tests or by testing tumour samples….
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Chemicals produced by cancer cells and released into the blood. These may suggest the presence of a tumour in the body. Markers can be found by blood tests or by testing tumour samples….
A score showing how abnormal cells are when compared to normal tissue. It is used to describe how quickly a tumour is likely to grow.
The process of inserting a probe into a cancerous tumour to freeze and destroy cancer cells. Sometimes called cryosurgery.
The tiny units that govern the way the body’s cells grow and behave. Genes are found in every cell of the body and are inherited from both parents.
A type of skin cancer that develops in the basal cells of the top layer (epidermis) of the skin.
A brain tumor is a collection, or mass, of abnormal cells in your brain. Your skull, which encloses your brain, is very rigid. Any growth inside such a restricted space can cause problems. Brain tumors can be cancerous (malignant) or…
The most dangerous form of skin cancer, these cancerous growths develop when unrepaired DNA damage to skin cells (most often caused by ultraviolet radiation from sunshine or tanning beds) triggers mutations (genetic defects) that lead the skin cells to multiply…
A form of treatment in which needles or probes are inserted into the cancer to destroy the cancer cells by passing microwave or radio waves into the cancer.
A cancer that starts in the glandular cells. For example, a cancer that starts in the glandular tissue of the lungs. It is the most common type of endometrial cancer.
Deficiency in the number or quality of red blood cells.
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