On Valentine's Day six years ago, the reality star and her husband John learned that he had pancreatic cancer, which would ...

The purpose of medical ID (alert) jewelry—identification necklaces and bracelets with medical information inscribed ... On the flip side, medical jewelry that says you have a brain tumor could ...

A brain tumor is a mass of abnormal cells that grow in the brain. Brain tumors can be benign (non-cancerous) or malignant (cancerous) and can start anywhere in the brain. Malignant tumors grow rapidly ...

and neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), which are neoplasms that arise from cells of the endocrine and nervous systems. Cushing syndrome (CS) is defined by signs and symptoms caused by hypercortisolism.

In the United States (US), the estimated annual incidence of neuroendocrine tumors is approximately 7 cases per 100,000 individuals. Overall, more than 170,000 people are living with ...

Many pancreatic diseases, including cancer, can affect the skin. One example of this occurs when a person has a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. This growth releases hormones that trigger a chain of ...

The hope is that these devices could make it possible to cure complex brain tumours, eliminate cancers that have metastasised to distant organs, and generally limit the toll which cancer treatment ...

BACKGROUND: Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) are uncommon and heterogeneous neoplasms, often exhibiting indolent biological behavior. Their incidence is rising, largely due to the widespread ...

Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest of all cancers. Only 12% of men diagnosed with pancreatic cancer are alive five years after diagnosis; for women it is 14%. In pancreatic cancer ...

When a child develops a brain tumor, early diagnosis is essential. Alan Cohen, M.D., director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, shares the most common signs and symptoms ...

Scientists in China have developed a modified virus found in birds that causes cancer cells to produce sugars the immune system can easily recognize and attack. The experimental therapy was tested ...

Nanomedicine Research Center, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510630, China Department of Radiology, Biomedical Innovation Center, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital, Sun ...