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• Tumor, Wilms — A malignant tumor of the kidney in young children. It is also known as nephroblastoma. Wilms tumor is the most common kidney cancer in children and one the most important malignancies in childhood. About 450 new cases of Wilms tumor are diagnosed …   Medical dictionary

• Tumor marker — A tumor marker is a substance found in the blood, urine, or body tissues that can be elevated in cancer, among other tissue types. There are many different tumor markers, each indicative of a particular disease process, and they are used in… …   Wikipedia

• recurrence — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ frequent ▪ cancer, disease, tumour/tumor, ulcer, etc. VERB + RECURRENCE ▪ avoid …   Collocations dictionary

• Tumor marker, CEA — Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is a protein found in many types of cells but associated with tumors and the developing fetus. CEA is tested in blood. The normal range is Benign conditions that can increase CEA include smoking, infection,… …   Medical dictionary

• tumor marker — a circulating biochemical substance indicative of neoplasia; the most useful being specific, sensitive, and proportional to tumor load. Tumor markers may be used to screen, diagnose, assess prognosis, follow response to treatment, and monitor for …   Medical dictionary

• Tumor, desmoid — Desmoid tumors are benign soft tissue tumors that occur most often in young adults and involve the limbs or trunk but can also arise in the abdomen or thorax. Desmoid tumors are benign. They never metastasize (spread to other parts of the body).… …   Medical dictionary

• recurrence — 1. A return of the symptoms, occurring as a phenomenon in the natural history of the disease, as seen in recurrent fever. 2. SYN: relapse. 3. Appearance of a genetic trait in a genetic relative of a proband. [L. re curro, to run back …   Medical dictionary

• recurrence — Cancer that has returned after a period of time during which the cancer could not be detected. The cancer may come back to the same place as the original (primary) tumor or to another place in the body. Also called recurrent cancer …   English dictionary of cancer terms

• Mammary tumor — For mammary tumors in humans, see breast cancer. A mammary tumor is a tumor originating in the mammary gland. It is a common finding in older female dogs and cats that are not spayed, but they are found in other animals as well. The mammary… …   Wikipedia

• Granular cell tumor — Classification and external resources 2 cm tumor presented as an abdominal wall mass in a middle aged woman ICD 10 D36.1 (ILDS D36.170) …   Wikipedia

• Phyllodes tumor — Classification and external resources Micrograph of a phyllodes tumor (right of image) with the characteristic long clefts and myxoid cellular stroma. Normal breast and fibrocystic change are also seen (left of image). H&am …   Wikipedia