Digital x-ray of a tooth (second premolar) affected by chronic periodontitis. X-ray image provided by Michele Gardini (own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons Gingivitis, also generally known as gum
The term “brain cancer” refers to a group of malignant diseases that originates in the brain and spinal cord. The nerve cells in the brain are physically supported
Lung cancer is a disease in which the cells of lung tissues divide and grow at a much faster rate than normal cells, eventually leading to the formation
Photograph of Candida albicans under a microscope. It has been estimated that three out of four women will experience a yeast infection at some point in their lives.
Malignant conditions of the skin are the most common form of cancer worldwide. For example, in most of Europe and North America, skin cancer accounts for about one
The nasopharynx is the uppermost region of the throat (pharynx), located behind the nose. Cancer originating in this area is referred to as nasopharyngeal carcinoma, or NPC, and
Extramammary Paget’s disease (EMPD) is a rare, slow-growing, superficial form of skin cancer that occurs in the gland-bearing skin between the anus and the genitals in people over
It is estimated that about 123,000 people are diagnosed with bladder cancer in the European Union each year, while nearly 73,000 people receive this diagnosis in the United