Tonsillitis is a common infection of childhood but is seen less often in adults. During the teens, a sore throat may be due to tonsillitis or it may be due to glandular fever or infectious mononucleosis. In the early stages, it may be difficult to tell the difference between them but later the typical greyish-white [...]

Normally when specimens of tissue are examined by the pathologist to determine their nature, he sets the tissue in paraffin for about 24 hours before making thin sections to examine under a microscope. In the technique of frozen section, the piece of tissue removed is frozen by carbon dioxide snow (what we know as “dry [...]

If you would have accepted a common-sense explanation for it before, you probably should now. I’m afraid that many doctors and other practitioners who treat people with cancer behave as though symptoms are not important. These practitioners don’t ask about them and will treat you in an inattentive and impatient manner if you try to [...]