Prostate cancer has distinct genetic properties in different groups of men that could be targeted to improve patient outcomes, new research suggests.

Cancer of the thymus gland is rare. Most cancers that start in the thymus gland are called thymomas. There’s also a much rarer form of thymus gland cancer called thymic carcinoma. The thymus gland is ...

Knight says that the method of transmission that Collinge identified is “extremely unusual,” and there’s no evidence that Alzheimer’s can spread through medical procedures used today. He also conceded ...

Laboratory investigations, including complete blood count, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein (CRP) levels, serum antibodies of mycobacterium tuberculosis, syphilis and HIV and ...

Because HH can be caused by a tumor in the hypothalamic-pituitary region ... Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism is a medical condition that arises when the hypothalamus or pituitary glands produce little ...

a person’s age, as pheochromocytoma tend to grow faster in people under 50 the size of the mass, with larger masses growing more quickly According to a 2022 study, masses less than 1 centimeter ...

Medically reviewed by Kelly Wood, MD The endocrine system is made of glands that produce hormones (chemical messengers), which all have different jobs in the body. An endocrine disorder occurs when ...

Both authors are Senior Scientists at the Ontario Cancer Institute ... of the transition from hyperplasia to adenoma in the pituitary gland; this seems at least in part to be caused by disruption ...

Background: Non-functional pituitary adenoma (NFPA) is a common tumor that occurs in the pituitary gland, and generally without any symptoms at its early stage and without clinical elevation of ...