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Benign and malignant tumors

Called the excess growth of tumor tissue consisting of cells, the pathologically altered under the influence of various environmental factors. All tumors are divided into benign and malignant.

A benign tumor does not extend beyond tissue, ... Read more »

Childrens oncology

Childhood cancer have their own characteristics. For example, it is known that cancers in children, unlike adults, are casuistry, and are extremely rare. The overall incidence of malignant tumors in children is relatively small and is approximately 1-2 cases per 10,000 children, while in adults the figure is ten times higher. Approximately one third o ... Read more »

Diagnosis in pediatric oncology

Early diagnosis of any tumor largely determines the success of the upcoming treatment. The main objectives of diagnosis include:

establishment of localization, size and extent of the process that allows us to define the stage and prognosis of the disease.

Leukemia, Acute leukemia, Chronic leukemia in children, diagnosis of leukemia, The prognosis for leukemia 

Leukemia - a whole group of tumors characterized by uncontrolled proliferation and varying degrees of differentiation of hematopoietic cells. Leukemic cells thus are descendants of one mutated cell clones.

Acute lymphocytic leukemia

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (acute lymphocytic leukemia) - malignant disease resulting from clonal proliferation of immature lymphoid cells. The disease usually occurs in children with a peak incidence between 2 and 4 years and the ratio of cases in boys and girls 1.2:1. The clinical picture is characterized by intoxication, anemic, osteo-art ... Read more »

Acute myeloid leukemia

Acute leukemia or acute myeloid leukemia (acute myeloid leukemia, AML, OneLL) - malignant disease arising from malignant transforming and disturbance of differentiation of hematopoietic cells at the level of myeloid progenitor cells. Acute myeloid leukemia or, more precisely, acute leukemia nelimfoblastnaya often clinically charac ... Read more »

Hodgkins disease diagnosis

Hodgkin's disease - a large and rather heterogeneous group of diseases related to malignant lymphomas. The incidence in adults is significantly higher than in children and a total of about 0.3 cases per 100 000 population.