Sentences with phrase «benign lesions»

Mammograms are also an option, but «most benign lesions in young women are not visualized by mammography,» the guidelines state.

Patients with benign lesions of the rectum, cancers of the anal canal, locally advanced cancers not amenable to curative surgery or requiring en bloc multivisceral resection, or synchronous colorectal tumors requiring multisegment surgical resection were not eligible.

Mammograms are also an option, but «most benign lesions in young women are not visualized by mammography,» the guidelines state.

Of the women with benign lesions, postmenopausal women exhibited higher polyunsaturated fatty acids and lower saturated fatty acids than the premenopausal women.

The researchers observed them covering the entire topmost layer of the skin and forming benign lesions before changing their appearance.

After demonstrating and independently validating that a 5 - gene pancreatic cancer predictor discriminated between cancerous and healthy tissue, the researchers applied the predictor to datasets that also included benign lesions of the pancreas, including pancreatitis and early stage cancer.

Some dermal masses with malignant potential are mistaken for benign lesions, therefore it is important to have all skin masses evaluated by a veterinarian quickly after they are detected.

In contrast, the growth of clones derived from progenitor cells becomes checked by increasing levels of apoptosis, leading to the formation of benign lesions.

Their studies have shown that, while progenitor cells can give rise to benign lesions, only stem cells have the capacity to develop into deadly invasive tumours.

Without a mechanism for extending its telomeres, the replicative potential of a cancer cell faces an absolute barrier to achieving clinically significant growth, and what is today a death sentence (or at best a chronic or potentially relapsing disease) is transformed into a benign lesion, of no more clinical significance than a cyst or plantar hyperkeratosis.

«It could be anything from a benign lesion — you can get pimples anywhere, from the face and back to the penis — to something called «pearly penile papules,» which are just tiny bumps,» says Dr. Berglund.

Geoffrey sustained an ACL tear in his left leg in Aug 2014, and had surgical repair for that in addition to the removal of a benign lesion on his torso.

Furthermore, this research proved that George could successfully detect the malignant melanoma lesions from the benign lesions in patients.

Acrochordons are common, benign lesions that develop on the skin of older dogs.

Skin cancers may be superficial (on or near the surface) or subcutaneous (under the skin) masses and it is important to differentiate the benign lesions from potentially malignant masses.