Thymic Tumors - Mayo Clinic Connect (1) Thymic tumors are relatively rare (2) Except in the case of thymic hyperplasia, thymic tumors are cancerous (3) Thymic hyperplasia is extremely rare in adults (4) The cancerous thymic tumors are thymomas, thymic carcinomas, and neuroendocrine tumors (5) The most dangerous and least understood of those are neuroendocrine tumors
Anyone out there with Thymoma Thymic Carcinoma? I found the folks at Thymic org very helpful Through that group he was able to find expert care and became involved in a trial at the National Institute of Health I know it is a pretty rare cancer The Thymic org people also had a message board that was extremely helpful Good luck with your battle
Diseases of the Thymus Gland - Mayo Clinic Connect Thymoma, thymic cancer and myasthenia gravis are all diseases that affect the thymus gland In this short video, Dr Stephen Cassivi, a Thoracic Surgeon at Mayo Clinic Rochester, talks about the role of the thymus gland and the various disease as well as the treatment options which may or may not include surgical intervention
Newly diagnosed with 3. 9cm ascending aorta - Mayo Clinic Connect Hello everyone, I’ve recently discovered from a lung scan that my ascending aorta is dialated to 3 9cm No one seems too excited about this but I am very worried Two years ago I had an echo and the report at that time says my aortic root was 3 2cm and my ascending aorta measured 3 74 cm My drs Never even mentioned this to me in any of our conversations Now I get this lung cancer
PET scan results show hypermetabolic activity: What does this mean? I recently had a PET scan that showed hypermetabolic activity in the Thorax See below My oncologist has ordered a biopsy of one of the problem areas I am 2 yrs clear of colon cancer What does all this mean? Thank you! Thorax: Diffuse hypermetabolic mediastinal lymphadenopathy The largest hypermetabolic nodes are in a subcarinal and right paratracheal location The most intensely
Anyone have lung NETs lining your pleura? - Mayo Clinic Connect I have atypical thymic carcinoids that have grown and spread throughout pleura, and mediastinum currently causing 2Liters of fluid buildup every 10 days Treatment of 5 different types of chemo and immunotherapy that has not worked
Cancer-Fighting Foods - Mayo Clinic Connect Description Dr Dawn Mussallem is a physician in the Robert and Monica Jacoby Center for Breast Health where she leads the integrative medicine and health program within the Breast Center Dr Mussallem is a cancer survivor herself and shares information about food and diet that helped her and has helped her patients Learn more about: foods that have cancer-fighting properties how to improve
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