Palm reading as a diagnostic tool for cancer?
Palm reading as a diagnostic tool for cancer?
Sounds a little far fetched but doctors at the Royal Free Hospital in London recently diagnosed a case of ovarian cancer in a 74-year-old woman after she presented with thickened skin on her palms. According to the medical team, this thickening, known as palmar fascitis, could be linked to cancer and further tests revealed an ovarian mass that, happily, was successfully treated with chemotherapy.
Turns out the patient was suffering from a phenomenon called paraneoplastic syndrome. This is where the symptoms displayed, such as palmar fascitis, arthritis, or even nerve problems, seem unrelated to cancer but are a direct result of chemicals secreted by the cancerous tumour.
Rare but true…
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I have clearly been spending too much time on political blogs these days.
When I first saw the headline in my reader, I actually thought it said “Palin reading as a diagnostic tool for cancer.”
I won’t go into my thoughts about her, but however negative they may or may not be, I was hoping they at least weren’t carcinogenic.
Wow, you really have been reading too many political blogs…and who can blame you. It’s such a fascinating election, with such possibilities…as a political junkie, I’m seriously hooked — not sure how I’m going to cope when it’s all over…