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  • Tumor of the Cerebellum

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    Intracranial tumors can be classified according to their benign or malignant nature based on their histological type; that is to say, depending on the nature of the cells that proliferate there,...

  • Brain cancer

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    Intracranial tumors can be either benign or malignant. In adults, they are located mainly above the tentorium, part of a membrane separating the brain above the cerebellum and below. Among the...

  • Systemic cancer - Definition

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    Systemic cancer is synonymous with metastatic cancer. This is an initial cancer, called primitive, which developed metastases that migrated to different parts of the body. Cancer cells break away...

  • The Role of Psychology in Cancer

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    No one can prove with certainty how psychological factors can influence the initiation of cancer, but some situations are more likely than others to serve as a background for certain types of...

  • Reptilian brain - Definition

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    The reptilian brain is considered one of the three levels of human brain evolution. It corresponds to the ancestral brain that governs the regulation of vital functions (breathing, heart rate,...

  • Palate cancer

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    Palate cancer falls within the scope of cancers of the oral cavity, which affect more men than women. They affect the upper part of the mouth, either the most forward part, called the hard palate,...

  • Cardia cancer - Definition

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    Cardia cancer is a cancer that is located at the junction between the esophagus and stomach. Contrary to what its name might lead us to believe, it does not affect the heart, but it is a cancer of...

  • Mental Block: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment

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    A mental block is a form of uncontrollable resistance or discharge, suspected to originate in the brain. It is defined as the unconscious denial of a thought or an emotion. A mental block appears...

  • Jaw cancer

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    Cancer of the jaw falls within the scope of oral cancers. In the case of jaw cancer, the bone that is affected in the upper jaw is called the maxilla and in the lower jaw the mandible. There are...

  • Cerebral asymmetry - Definition

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    Cerebral asymmetry is the functional disequilibrium between the two brain hemispheres. Even if they are of almost identical size, the two hemispheres are not used in the same way and have...

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