Leukemia- A Battle Lost
By Chris Teo, Ph.D.
On 28 September 2006, I received an e-mail from a man seeking help for his wife. This is what he wrote:
I write this e-mail to you in order to seek your suggestion regarding my wife s illness.
My wife had been diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) type M5 in […]

General aspects of Mantle Cell Lymphoma
By Groshan Fabiola
Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) takes part to a group of cancers which affect the lymphatic system. This diseases are known as non-Hodgkin s lymphomas. The immune system is a part of the lymphatic system. It s role is to protect the body against agents that can determine infection […]

Childhood Lymphoma
By Alison Cole
The term childhood lymphoma refers to cancers that originate in the body s lymphatic tissues during childhood and include the lymph nodes, thymus, spleen, tonsils, adenoids, and bone marrow, as well as the lymph vessels that attach them. Although there are many types of cancer that eventually spread to parts of the […]

The Truth Behind Metastatic Lung Cancer
By David Silva
Unlike other forms of lung cancer, metastatic lung cancer is the result of a cancer from another part of the body spreading to the lungs. When a malignancy develops in the body (most often in the breasts, colon, prostate, or bladder, though almost all cancers have the ability […]

Lymphoid Malignant Tumours - Discovered Of A New Therapeutic Strategy
By Abu Murad
The preclinic studies in a model in vivo show that the activation of the calcineurine is crucial for the maintenance of the tumoral activity several lymphomas and LAL. The cyclosporine and the FK506 cause the death of the tumoral cells indeed. A clinical trial […]

Lymph Nodes Cancer
By Sven Ullmann
Lymph node cancer or lymphoma is a cancer that accounts for approximately five percent of all cancers. It predominantly effects males but is not exclusive to men. Those most at risk are between the ages of fifteen and thirty four and those over the age of fifty-four. This does not mean […]

Lymphoma: Who is Susceptible?
By Jeremy Parker
Lymphoma, as with virtually every other form of cancer, can strike anybody at any time during their life however some groups are more susceptible to the disease than others. Studies around the world have shown that age, gender and geographical location affect whether you have a high or low risk […]