Solid tumors are measured either directly, if in the skin or subcutaneous tissue, or, more generally, by a radiologist on an imaging study such as PET, CT, or MRI scan. The measurements are compared to the previous known measurements. The tumor can disappear which is complete response. The tumor can grow which is progression. The tumor can decrease by at least 30% (but not disappear completely) which is partial response. The rules for this are called RECIST criteria. Usually, there are a number of tumors in any given patient and in that case, each tumor is measured and the sums of the longest dimensions are compared with the same criteria.
Tumor markers are substances, usually proteins, that are produced by the body in response to cancer growth or by the cancer tissue itself.
It is probably safe to use eyebright as an alternative treatment for a tumor. You should also probably use conventional medicine.
probably not
Thalidomide regulates the immune response by suppressing a protein, tumor necrosis factor alpha.
1. you did just use that word in a sentence 2. if a doctor would use the word tumor in a sentence they would probably say "we need to remove the tumor from this persons body."
Probably
no. you tumor cannot go away on its own. you would probably need a neurosurgeon. sometimes they can be treated with radiation.
the phenomenon in which hypoxic (and thus radioresistant) tumor cells become more exposed to oxygen (and thus more radiosensitive) by coming into closer proximity to capillaries after death and loss of other tumor cells due to previous irradiation.
A hard tumor is not a tumor
If you start feeling sharp pains in a month or two it's probably a harmless form of bone tumor. Harmless if you're a child, because this kind of tumor can become a threat if you're an adult. About your question-this tumor can be removed without surgery. but I'm probably wrong; this type of tumor most commonly occurs on the shoulders, the pelvis and the knees.
They are known as the 4 OR's--Rubor, redness; Tumor, swelling; Calor, heat and Dolor, pain.