Category: Rx Cancer (A – Z)

Pediatric acute lymphoid leukemia (ALL) is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow that happens in babies, children and teenagers. In this disease,...

Paediatric acute lymphocytic leukaemia (also called acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, ALL) is a blood cancer that starts in young white blood cells called lymphocytes in...

Pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a fast-growing blood cancer that starts in the bone marrow, where new blood cells are made. In ALL,...

Childhood precursor lymphoblastic leukemia is a fast-growing blood cancer in children where very young white blood cells (called lymphoblasts) grow out of control in...

Childhood acute lymphogenous leukaemia (ALL) is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow, the soft center of bones where new blood cells are...

Childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow that happens mostly in children. In this disease, very young...

Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a blood cancer that starts in the bone marrow, the soft center of the bones where blood cells...

Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) means there are abnormal cells on the surface lining of the cervix, which is the lower, narrow part of the...

Sarcoma of the telencephalon (also called cerebral sarcoma) is a rare cancer that starts in the soft-tissue–type cells inside the front part of the...

Cerebral sarcoma (often called brain sarcoma or primary intracranial sarcoma) is a very rare type of brain cancer that starts in the supporting (connective)...

Cerebellar liponeurocytoma is a very rare brain tumor that usually grows in the cerebellum (the back-lower part of the brain that helps balance and...

Neurolipocytoma is a very rare, usually slow-growing brain tumor that most often starts in the cerebellum (the back part of the brain that helps...

Medullocytoma is a rare tumor that grows inside the brain, most often in the back part of the brain (posterior fossa/cerebellar area). It belongs...

Lipomatous medulloblastoma is a confusing old term. In many papers, it was used for a fat-containing (lipidized) tumor in the cerebellum of adults that looks...

Central neurocytoma is a rare brain tumor that usually grows inside the fluid spaces of the brain (the ventricles), most often near the lateral...

CELSR1-related late-onset primary lymphedema is a genetic (gene-related) form of long-term swelling. “Lymphedema” means swelling that happens when lymph fluid cannot move out of...

Primary cutaneous CD4+/CD56+ hematolymphoid neoplasm” is an older name that has mostly been replaced by blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN). It is a...

“Monomorphic NK-cell lymphoma” is an older/less common way some sources described a very aggressive cancer made from natural killer (NK) cells that look fairly...

Lymphoblastoid variant of NK-cell lymphoma” is an older, confusing name that has been used for a very aggressive blood cancer made of immature (“blast-like”)...

“Agranular CD4+ natural killer (NK) cell leukaemia” is an older name that was used before doctors understood the true cell of origin. Today, most...