Men are less prone to autoimmunity than women thanks to the anti-inflam-matory effect of male sex hormones. But how these androgens, such as testos-terone, exert this effect was a mystery. Dunn and colleagues now report on page 321 that a nuclear hormone receptor that gets boosted by testosterone switches off pro-inflammatory cytokine production in male CD4 + T cells. Androgens are known to shi...

abstract primary cardiac tumors are rare in all ages. their reported prevalence ranges from 0.001 to 0.03 percent in autopsy series. 25 percent of primary cardiac tumors are considered to be malignant, the majority of which are sarcomas. on account of the late presentation of symptoms in malignant heart masses, finding locally infiltrative tumors or systemically widespread cases at initial pres...

Introduction :Today there is general awareness of the potential damage to the heart in left- sided (more than in rightsided) breast cancer radiotherapy.     Material & Method: Historical changes in tumor and heart doses are presented here along with the impact of different RT techniques and volumes. Results: Individual and pharm...

Myxoma jantung merupakan tumor jinak primer yang paling umum, biasanya ada di atrium kiri dengan titik perlekatan daerah fossa ovalis. Modalitas pencitraan untuk diagnosis myxoma antaranya ekokardiografi, computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Cardiac is the most common primary benign heart tumor, usually in left with an attachment point ovalis area. Many modalities for car...

Atrial myxomas are uncommon in the pediatric population but are very important due to pursuant atrioventricular valve obstruction and systemic embolic events. Concerning multiple symptoms ranging from congestive heart failure to neurological deficits, the diagnosis of this disease is complicated. This paper reports a case of left atrium myxoma in a child treated with a surgical excision o...

Although rare, cardiac tumors are a type of surgical pathology that can present itself during clinical practice. Like the majority neoplasms, these classified into two groups: primary and secondary or benign malignant. However, classification does not determine treatment, but diagnostic pathway is same this revolve only around cardiologist an/or surgeon for optimal patient outcomes. That why it...

Giant chorioangioma is a placental tumor associated with gestational complications such as preeclampsia, polyhydramnios and hemorrhage. In addition, this tumor might lead to the incidence of non-immune fetal hydrops, heart failure, anemia, thrombocytopenia, weight loss and death among neonates. In this case report, the clinical image of a term newborn (weighing 2800 g) with one-minute Apgar sco...

Introduction: The proton beam produced in particle accelerators has an appropriate therapeutic potential. In this research, proton therapy of breast cancer is simulated using the MCNPX code in a MIRD phantom, also the contribution of scattered neutron dose during the proton therapy were calculated for the Heart, Lung and Liver.   Materials and Methods: For si...