oncology

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Who is guilty

Crismaida Salazar @crisma15 (451) • Venezuela 10 Oct 19

A few days ago we had a special day in the oncology of my town, I was doing a clown to try to cheer them up a bit, but it is strong to try to laugh when you really want to cry when you see them in such a sad condition and you...

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Blood levels

Faye @FayeHazel (40230) • United States 27 Aug 18

I'm trying to keep myself calm. On Friday my mom had an oncology appointment. She's been NED for 2 years. (Ned = No Evidence of Disease = great) Well, at the appointment everything went well, but not all of the levels had...

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HIGH Red Blood Cell count?

koalatbs @koalatbs (2229) • United States 13 Jan 11

What can cause a high red blood cell count? My 21 year old niece has been referred to hematology & oncology to be checked out because her blood work keeps coming back with high red blood cell counts. I'm really worried about her...

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Misdiagnosis on a Tumor

jess211 @jess211 (10) • United States 31 Oct 07

So here is my story. A year and a half ago I started having really strong pain in my left leg. The pain was on my left butt cheeck to be precise. It was extremely painful, specially during the night. I decided to go to the...

orthopedic surgery

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Oncology break: good study for nurses. Question 5:

not4me @not4me (1711) • United States 25 Jan 07

Define dysplasia in regards to cancer.

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Oncology break: good study for nurses. Question 4:

not4me @not4me (1711) • United States 25 Jan 07

Procto-oncogenes are best describes as genes that what?

Oncology break: good study for nurses. Question 3:

not4me @not4me (1711) • United States 24 Jan 07

Which 4 sites are the most common sites of metastases?

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Oncology break: good study for nurses. Question 2:

not4me @not4me (1711) • United States 24 Jan 07

The purpose of evaluating CA 125 after treatment for ovarian cancer is to what?

Oncology break: good study for nurses. Question 1:

not4me @not4me (1711) • United States 24 Jan 07

A patient receives chemotherapy before her surgery for cancer to control potential metastases. What is this approach to chemotherapy called? All of my oncology questions will have relatively simple answers as I'm studying the...

which is your favorite subject??

krisnambu @krisnambu (111) • India 12 Dec 06

mine is biology which is yours??