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Breast Tomosynthesis
An advanced form of breast imaging or mammography is known as breast tomosynthesis. The other names of it are three-dimensional (3-D) mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT). There is the use of a low-dose x-ray system and computer reconstructions in this...
Elastogram and Breast Cancer
Elastogram is the name of a medical imaging test that helps to map stiffness and elasticity of soft tissues. The doctors can know a lot about the health of tissues from this information. This helps a lot in the diagnosis of breast cancer. The latest ultrasonic imaging...
Breast Thermography
A noninvasive and painless test that doctors sometimes use for monitoring early breast changes is known as breast thermography or thermal imaging. These changes could indicate breast cancer. The whole process is based on the detection of increases in temperature....
Asbestos and Cancer
It is possible to pull apart asbestos into flexible fibres. Our bodies often cannot degrade or expel microscopic asbestos fibres if we inhale or swallow them. These fibres continue to cause inflammation and genetic changes for many years. There can be cancer due to...
Ovarian Cancer Awareness
The most deadly among the gynaecological cancers is ovarian cancer. The symptoms of this cancer have similarities with those of other conditions affecting women and so they fail to notice them. That is why the detection of ovarian cancer becomes too late when the...
Tongue Cancer
A type of mouth cancer or oral cancer that usually develops in the squamous cells on the surface of the tongue is known as tongue cancer. There can be tumours or lesions due to it. A sore on the tongue that does not heal and a painful tongue are the most noticeable...
Nicotine Chewing Gum
The people who have an addiction towards smoking get a lot of help from nicotine chewing gum to quit smoking. There should also be active participation from your side in a smoking cessation program that may include support groups, counselling or specific behavioural...
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome
A major vein in a person’s body is the superior vena cava. Blood passes from the head, neck, upper chest and arms to the heart through this vein. If a person’s superior vena cava is partially blocked or compressed, superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS) occurs. The main...
Tumour lysis syndrome
Cancer cells release substances into the blood when they break down and die. Sometimes, the kidneys cannot remove these substances from the blood due to the cancer cells breaking down at a very fast rate. This leads to tumour lysis syndrome (TLS). A number of problems...