Head and neck diseases contain tumors, infections, inflammation, and other lesions. These diseases often involve tissues in the mouth, throat, larynx, nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses, ears, and neck.

Medically reviewed by Edmund Khoo, DDS Gum cancer, also called gingiva cancer, occurs when cells in the gum grow out of control, forming tumors or lesions. A common form of gum cancer is squamous cell ...

Doctors were convinced that a Norwegian man was simply fat for 12 years — but his growing belly was actually expanding with a 60-pound malignant tumor. He was diagnosed with obesity and even got ...

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Researchers at WashU Medicine have generated structural maps of tumors in three dimensions. These 3D cell atlases, published in Nature, reveal tumor organization at the single-cell level and ...

Complexity of tumors revealed in 3D Maps of tumor 'neighborhoods' open door to future treatment strategies Date: October 30, 2024 Source: Washington University School of Medicine Summary: A new ...

Avishai treated cancer with Ly6a antibodies, and amazingly the tumors were significantly reduced. Moreover, cancers resistant to known treatments reacted substantially to Ly6a antibodies." ...

In neither case will doctors be able to determine why, perhaps 15 years or more ago, a healthy cell transformed into a pre-cancer; or when that same cell became malignant and ended up triggering the ...