Articles on Medical Diseases and Conditions

Mammography. Until 1960 diagnosis of mammary carcinoma depended on discovery of a breast mass by physical examination, followed by a biopsy of the lesion. It has been said that, with experience, carcinoma as small as 1 cm may be regularly detected by palpation. After 1960, x-ray study of the breast (mammography) began to receive considerable […]

Tumors of the upper gastrointestinal tract The major benign disease of the upper GI tract area is peptic ulcer; those of the lower GI tract are diverticulosis and mucosal polyp. The malignant disease usually affecting either area is the same—adenocarcinoma. The major clinical symptom of peptic ulcer is epigastric pain that occurs between meals and […]