What is Acute Monoblastic Leukemia? Acute Monoblastic Leukemia is an uncontrolled (rapidly-growing) disease, in which the bone marrow and blood contain too many monoblasts (immature white blood cells that are not lymphoblastic). These cells crowd the bone marrow,...
What is Acute Erythroleukemia? Erythroleukemia is a subcategory of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) which is characterized by erythroblastic proliferation. Erythroblast is an immature nucleated cell that develops in the red marrow as a stage or stages of red blood cell...
What is brain stem glioma? A brain stem glioma is a cancerous mass that forms in the brain stem. Typically, these tumours are astrocytomas that originate from glial cells in the cerebellum called astrocytes. Typically, around 75% of cases occur in people under the age...
What is penile carcinoma? Penile cancer is a rare cancer which accounts for around 0.4 percent of all malignancies. It starts when the cells on the penis begin to grow out of control. The term penile cancer is used to describe one of several types of cancer that...
What is Acinar Cell Carcinoma? Acinar Cell Carcinoma is a rare form of cancer that affects the pancreas. It is a form of exocrine tumour, which means it begins in the exocrine (enzyme-producing) cells of the pancreas. Acinar Cell Carcinoma accounts for around 1-5% of...
