ENGR 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Biomedical Engineering, Ionizing Radiation, Oncology
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This particular department specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of a plethora of cancerous tumours that attack the mechanism of often main connective tissue and muscle functionality. Common tumours that are presented frequently in this particular ward include: Soft tissue sarcomas are evidently a group of heterogeneous rare tumours that are presented to originate from the embryonic mesoderm, often described as an asymptomatic mass [cornier et al. [1]. ] that can likely affect any area of the body in particular (trunk wall, intraabdominal/ intrathoracic space, retroperitoneum, head and neck). Additionally, a grading process is utilised to attain an arbitrary estimate of the degree of. Malignancy presented in the tumour, which aid prognostic prediction and treatment as well as determining acute therapy requirements [cornier et al. The diagnostic procedural steps also help classify the soft tissue sarcomas in the following groups benign (non-cancerous), malignant and intermediate malignant tumours.
