Nodules are growths on part of the body. They can be hard or fluid-filled. Thyroid nodules are usually benign, but they can be cancerous tumors. Sometimes a nodule is examined with imaging and/or ...

A brain tumor is a mass of abnormal cells that grow in the brain. Brain tumors can be benign (non-cancerous) or malignant (cancerous) and can start anywhere in the brain. Malignant tumors grow rapidly ...

The concave zone of papillary calculi can contain a range of calcified lesions, from little HAP residues to typical well-developed HAP plaques, also known as Randall's plaques. The morphology of ...

The tissue adjacent to a tumor behaves differently than areas farther away: The tumor’s cancerous cells influence their surroundings, blocking the body’s immune defenses and creating a sort of haven ...

Wilms tumor (also called nephroblastoma) is the most common type of kidney cancer in children. About 9 of 10 kidney cancers in children are Wilms tumors. These cancers are different from adult kidney ...

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Treatment for Wilms tumor is based mainly on the cancer’s stage and its histology, as described in detail below. In the United States, most children with Wilms tumors are treated in clinical trials ...