Medically reviewed by Renita White, MD Cancer that develops in the ovaries (the egg-producing reproductive organs) is referred to as ovarian cancer. There are three types of ovarian cancer. Each type ...

A medical test used to detect cancer may actually be contributing to the disease, research suggests. Computerized tomography (CT) scans use X-rays to create detailed images of the body and are ...

The rules, which began rolling out in January, come as researchers raise concerns that excessive CT scan radiation may contribute to cancer risk. Used to diagnose conditions ranging from cancer to ...

Ongoing research shows it’s probably higher, since far more scans are performed today. The cancer risk from CT scans for any individual patient is very low, although it rises for patients who ...

Zhejiang Cancer Hospital, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, China Molecular Science and Biomedicine Laboratory (MBL), State Key Laboratory ...

Although preliminary evidence suggests that findings from mice may map onto men, the next steps will be (1) considering whether stress type, severity, duration, and developmental timing affect germ ...

If you just found out that you or your child has a germ cell tumor, you may have a lot of questions about what it means and what comes next. There are many kinds of germ cell tumors, and only some ...

Pope Francis remains in critical but stable condition after undergoing a CT scan on Tuesday, the Vatican announced. Vatican officials say the pope, 88, returned to work in the evening, making a ...

The chromatoid body, a unique cloud-like structure of male germ cells, moves dynamically in the cytoplasm of haploid spermatids, but its function has remained elusive for decades. Recent findings ...

Mutants of the fusome, an organelle that is known to facilitate intracyst communication, compromise synchronous spermatogonial death and reduces overall germ cell death. Our data indicate that a death ...