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unusual facts about malignant



22q11.2 distal deletion syndrome

Very distal deletions including the SMARCB1 gene are associated with an increased risk of malignant rhabdoid tumors.

Adenocarcinoma

Volgelstein et al. went on to suggest that loss of the DCC gene and of p53 result in a malignant adenocarcinoma.

Albert Gregory Meyer

He served as Archbishop of Chicago until his death from a heart attack after an operation to remove a malignant brain tumor in Mercy Hospital at age 62.

Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome

Comorbidities in this study included malignant hypertension (30%), TMA with a history of transplant (23%), TMA associated with pregnancy (21%), glomerulopathy (17%), systemic disease such as SLE or PSS (6%), and malignancy (1%).

Breslow's depth

Tumor depth is one of the cornerstones of the current AJCC TNM staging of malignant melanoma.

Cancer procoagulant

Tissue factor (TF) is also known to be present at increased levels around malignant cells.

Charles R. Attwood

Attwood died at his home in Greenville, South Carolina, at the age of 66 from complications of a malignant brain tumor.

Crizotinib

About 4% of patients with non-small cell lung carcinoma have a chromosomal rearrangement that generates a fusion gene between EML4 ('echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 4') and ALK ('anaplastic lymphoma kinase'), which results in constitutive kinase activity that contributes to carcinogenesis and seems to drive the malignant phenotype.

Edmund Fortescue

They then proceeded to Modbury Castle, a seat of the Champernowne family, fired the house, broke in and took prisoner Fortescue himself, his brother Peter, Sir Edward Seymour and his eldest son, M.P. for Devonshire, Arthur Basset, ‘a notable malignant,’ and a number of other gentlemen.

Emilia Zoryan

Zoryan made her film debut in Falling Overnight as Chloe Webb, a young photographer who meets and develops a relationship with Elliot Carson (Parker Croft) on the day before he has surgery to remove a malignant brain tumor.

EML4-ALK positive lung cancer

EML4-ALK positive lung cancer is a medical term that refers to a primary malignant lung tumor whose cells contain a characteristic abnormal configuration of DNA wherein the echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 4 (EML4) gene is fused to the anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene.

European Society for Medical Oncology

Founded in 1990, ESMO’s flagship scientific journal, Annals of Oncology, publishes articles addressing medical oncology, surgery, radiotherapy, pediatric oncology, basic research and the comprehensive management of patients with malignant diseases.

Farhad Mehrad

On August 31, 2002 he died of a malignant form of Hepatitis C in Paris.

Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1817

In his speech he said there was "a traitorous conspiracy...for the purpose of overthrowing...the established government" and referred to "a malignant spirit which had brought such disgrace upon the domestic character of the people" and "had long prevailed in the country, but especially since the commencement of the French Revolution".

Insulinoma

About 5% of cases are associated with tumours of the parathyroid glands and the pituitary (Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1) and are more likely to be multiple and malignant.

Khalid Amayreh

He described Zionism as a "genocidal, racist, rapacious, covetous, and of course utterly mendacious… a malignant cancer" and claimed that Israel wishes to erect a "Hebrew empire" encompassing "Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait, northern Saudi Arabia, northern Egypt and the islands of Crete and Cyprus".

KIAA1524

Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) is a cellular tumor suppressor which inhibits cell proliferation and transformation of normal cells to malignant cancer cells.

Krukenberg tumor

In people who have had nongynecologic malignancy, approximately 20% of adnexal masses are malignant, and 60% of these are Krukenberg tumors.

Malign

Malignant, a medical term describing a progressively worsening condition, such as cancer

Oral medicine

Moreover, it involves the diagnosis and follow-up of pre-malignant lesions of the oral cavity, sauch as leukoplakias or erythroplakias and of chronic and acute pain conditions such as paroxysmal neuralgias, continuous neuralgias, myofascial pain, atypical facial pain, autonomic cephalalgias, headaches and migraines.

Pleomorphic adenoma

Fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNA), operated in experienced hands, can determine whether the tumor is malignant in nature with sensitivity around 90%.

Rowland Dawkins

On 27 November 1655 he was ordered with Jenkin Lloyd, Arthur Owen, Sampson Lort, James Philipps and others to examine the petition of the well-affected of Haverfordwest regarding the election of a malignant to office.

Suzanne Segal

She entered the hospital on February 27, and doctors discovered a malignant brain tumor, having surgery but refusing chemotherapy or radiation.


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