
HER2-positive breast cancer: What is it? - Mayo Clinic
2024年4月9日 · HER2-positive breast cancer tends to be more aggressive than other types of breast cancer. Treatments that target HER2 are very effective.
Breast cancer types: What your type means - Mayo Clinic
2024年10月31日 · Breast cancer types include ductal carcinoma and lobular carcinoma. Learn about these and other types of breast cancer.
Glucose tolerance test - Mayo Clinic
2024年5月3日 · Overview The glucose tolerance test measures the body's response to sugar, also called glucose. Another name for this test is the oral glucose tolerance test. This test can be used to screen for type 2 diabetes or prediabetes before you have symptoms of either condition. Or it can help find out whether diabetes is causing existing symptoms. More often, a version of the test is used to check ...
Invasive lobular carcinoma - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
2024年6月26日 · Overview Invasive lobular carcinoma is a type of breast cancer that begins as a growth of cells in the milk-producing glands of the breast. These glands are called lobules. Invasive cancer means that the cancer cells have broken out of the lobule where they began and spread into the breast tissue. The cells have the potential to spread to the lymph nodes and other areas of the body.
Oophorectomy (ovary removal surgery) - Mayo Clinic
2024年4月17日 · An oophorectomy is surgery to remove one or both of the ovaries. The ovaries are almond-shaped organs that sit on each side of the uterus in the pelvis. The ovaries contain eggs and produce hormones that control the menstrual cycle. When an oophorectomy (oh-of-uh-REK-tuh-me) involves removing both ovaries, it's called bilateral oophorectomy. When the surgery involves removing only one ovary ...