A shave excision is a simple procedure that your doctor can use to remove growths, such as moles, lesions, and tumors, from your skin. The primary tool used in this procedure is a sharp razor. You ...

Transposable elements (TEs), or transposons (Tns), are widely distributed in eukaryotic and prokaryotic genomes. They are considered selfish (or parasitic) genetic elements, but they also have ...

Of the 900 patients who were enrolled, 453 were randomly assigned to undergo surgery with a 1-cm margin of excision and 447 with a 3-cm margin of excision; the median follow-up was 60 months. A 1-cm ...

The comparative efficacy of surgical excision, 5-fluorouracil, and methylaminolevulinate photodynamic therapy for the treatment of Bowen disease was examined.

Wide local excision is a type of surgery to cut out a tumor, along with surrounding tissue. People may have wide local excision to remove a vulvar tumor. A person can have wide local excision to treat ...

When Heather Guidone learned she had endometriosis in the 1980s, she had never heard of it. “The doctor said, ‘Well, the good news is we have a diagnosis. The bad news is you’re probably not going to ...

Breast implant–associated anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (BI-ALCL) is a rare type of T-cell lymphoma that arises around breast implants. The optimal management of this disease has not been established ...