Question 1

could colchicins be used to kill tumours?

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Bad choice: Colchicine is a microtubule poison and interferes with cells that are dividing. Despite "pop" wisdom, even the fastest-growing cancers grow much more slowly than some of the normal cells you need to stay healthy, so colchicine's side-effects render it unsuitable. It would kill you long before it shrunk a cancer.

Question 2

what can you tell me about carcinoid tumours?

Accepted Answer

Usually slow growth : They are usually slow-growing tumors that can behave in a benign or malignant manner.  They usually start out in the intestine (stomach, small bowel, appendix, colon or rectum) or in the lungs. Some can product hormones that cause signs and symptoms such as diarrhea or skin flushing.  Otherwise, they are usually asymptomatic until late stages.  Treatment is usually surgical resection.

Question 3

please tell me what are benign tumours encapsulated in?

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Surrounding cells: All benign tumours tend to remain localized at the site of origin. Most are enclosed by a capsule consisting of fibrous connective tissue derived from the structures in which the lesion is growing and for which the tumor has compressed but not invaded. Well-encapsulated tumors enlarge by a gradual buildup of cells , pushing aside the adjacent tissues without involving them. As such they grow as well-defined masses that displace the normal cells out of the way rather than invading surrounding tissue;

Question 4

what are the complications involving meningioma tumours?

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Meningiomas: A complex question as complications are related to location of the tumor, size of the tumor, and surgical accessibility - all of these queries should discussed with the surgeon considering the surgeon.

Question 5

what are the symptoms of benign tumour and malignated tumor?

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Well, that really: depends on the type of tumor it is (specifically). Benign means it isn't cancer. Malignant means it is cancer.Take care.

Question 6

is it possible to tell from a biopsy if tumours are benign or not?

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Almost always: This is what surgocal pathologists are trained for and skilled at: the correct interpretation of biopsies (and excision specimens), to deterimine if there is a tumor and if so is it benign or malignant; if malignant, of what type, and what grade.

Question 7

help please? i want to know what are benign tumours encapsulated in?

Accepted Answer

Peripheral cells: As a benign tumor grows it has an advancing capsule that is composed of compessed tumor cells.  On occasion fibrous tissue from the matrix that the tumor is growing in will form the capsule.

Question 8

can gh levels be high without the presence of tumours or acromegaly?

Accepted Answer

: Yes, in growth hormone insensitivity syndromes the GH level can be high but patients have short stature instead of acromegaly.

Question 9

what are fibroid tumours like?

Accepted Answer

Fibroid: Uterine fibroids are muscular tumors that originate from the uterus. They rarely turn into cancer.  No one really know what causes them, however, genetics and hormones may make one more likely to get them.
Estrogen and progesterone also seem to affect the growth of fibroid.

Question 10

what does volume doubling time mean in tumours? actual doubling in size?

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Yes: Tumor doubling time is the time it takes for a tumor to double in size.  Obviously, the longer the time, the better generally.  Actually, rapidly growing tumors often respond more quickly to chemotherapy as chemotherapy works by killing dividing cell.  Therefore, it is a more complex equation than one might think.

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