Ace The Oncology Clerkship Exam

Carcinoid tumors are slow-growing tumors arising from neuroendocrine cells and capable of secreting a variety of peptides and neuroamines. The comm ...

Bronchial carcinoid tumors (BCTs) are rare neuroendocrine tumors, potentially secreting biologically active chemical substances. They account for 1 ...

Acute liver failure (ALF) is a rare and often heterogeneous presentation of severe liver dysfunction in a patient with otherwise no pre-existing li ...

Medullary carcinoma is a rare and distinct subgroup of breast carcinomas accounting for less than 5% of all invasive breast cancers.

Vinca alkaloids, which belong to a class of cell cycle phase M specific anti-tubulin agents, were one of the first plant alkaloids to be developed ...

Brain metastases are a common complication of cancer and the most common type of brain tumor. Anywhere from 10% to 26% of patients who die from the ...

Cachexia is a complicated metabolic syndrome related to underlying illness and characterized by muscle mass loss with or without fat mass loss that ...

Cerebellopontine angle (CPA) is a triangular space in the posterior cranial fossa that is bounded by the tentorium superiorly, brainstem posteromed ...

Breast cancer is the most commonly seen cancer diagnosis in women worldwide. Lymph node involvement is one of the most important prognostic factors ...

Cardiac rhabdomyoma is a rare and benign mesenchymal tumor of striated muscle origin. It most commonly involves the head and neck.

Pseudohyponatremia is an uncommonly encountered laboratory abnormality defined by a serum sodium concentration of less than 135 mEq/L in the settin ...

Medical Histology is the microscopic study of tissues and organs through sectioning, staining, and examining those sections under a microscope. Oft ...

An individual’s capacity to feel pain is an essential component of the body’s ability to heal. Pain is the body’s way of telling ...

Aromatase inhibitors (AIs) are indicated in the treatment of hormone-receptive breast cancer in postmenopausal women in various settings. Studies h ...

Renal mass is an abnormal growth in the kidney. The majority of renal masses are benign; however, a significant number of them require further inte ...

Retinoblastoma is an uncommon type of malignancy occurring in 1 per 18000 childbirths, but it is ...

Appendicitis is inflammation of the vermiform appendix. This is a hollow organ located at the tip of the cecum, usually in the right lower qua ...

Drug-drug interactions (DDI) are a frequently encountered phenomenon in palliative care (PC) setting; to best optimize management, clinicians shoul ...