http://familiesfacingcancer.org Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:48:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://familiesfacingcancer.org/neoplasms/ http://familiesfacingcancer.org/neoplasms/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:09:33 +0000 Anne Orchard http://familiesfacingcancer.org/?p=99 A neoplasm is an abnormal growth of tissue in the body, also known as a tumour. The neoplasm could be benign (self-contained) or malignant (invasive).

  

]]> http://familiesfacingcancer.org/neoplasms/feed/ 0 http://familiesfacingcancer.org/neuroendocrine-system/ http://familiesfacingcancer.org/neuroendocrine-system/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:07:19 +0000 Anne Orchard http://familiesfacingcancer.org/?p=98 The neuroendocrine system is a combination of the nervous system and the endocrine system in the body. The nervous system carries information through the nerves. The endocrine system spreads information using hormones These two systems interact and those interactions are also part of the neuroendocrine system. Basically it covers the ways our bodies send messages from one part to another.

 

  

]]> http://familiesfacingcancer.org/neuroendocrine-system/feed/ 0 http://familiesfacingcancer.org/non-hodgkins-lymphoma/ http://familiesfacingcancer.org/non-hodgkins-lymphoma/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:02:57 +0000 Anne Orchard http://familiesfacingcancer.org/?p=73 A Lymphoma is a kind of cancer where tumours grow in the lymph nodes, which are part of the lymphatic system. Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma is one type of the disease which is identified by looking at the abnormal cells. The difference is important to identify because the treatments recommended for Hodgkins and non-Hodgkins lymphoma tend to be different. There are also different types of non-Hodgkins lymphoma

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