We report a case of paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration (PCD) associated with adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and anti-Yo antibodies in a male patient. The patient presented with progressive ataxia ...

Germline and somatic mutations in 25 hereditary breast and ovarian cancer related genes and platinum-based chemotherapy response among Chinese patients with epithelial ovarian cancer. This is an ASCO ...

Paraneoplastic syndromes comprise diseases or symptoms that are not caused directly by the tumour or by its metastases, but are mediated by soluble factors, such as hormones and cytokines from a ...

Paraneoplastic syndromes (PNS) are a group of rare disorders caused by the presence of tumors in the body. They occur in about 10 to 15 percent of people with cancer and may develop before cancer is ...

While autoimmune cerebellar ataxia (a loss of muscle coordination) can lead to severe disability with some patients becoming wheelchair-bound, there are factors that may help to predict better ...

Immune-mediated paraneoplasias are, for unknown reasons, the most common of the paraneoplasias and often involve primary neurological or muscular deterioration, which can result from an autoimmune ...

A new study of patients with autoimmune cerebellar ataxia has found that the condition is not always untreatable and that many patents respond well to immunotherapy, particularly if started early. The ...

Survival rates have drastically improved in recent decades, but challenges in early diagnosis remain. This is partly because many cancers fail to produce signs in the early stages. With some diseases ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- While autoimmune cerebellar ataxia (a loss of muscle control coordination) can lead to severe disability with some patients becoming wheelchair-bound, there are factors that may ...

Using advanced technology, scientists have discovered an autoimmune disease that appears to affect men with testicular cancer. Using advanced technology, scientists at Chan Zuckerberg (CZ) Biohub, ...

Timely intervention led to a recovery in rare diseases. A 43-year-old housewife in South Suburban Kolkata experienced stroke-like symptoms linked to breast cancer. Doctors discovered Paraneoplastic ...

While autoimmune cerebellar ataxia (a loss of muscle coordination) can lead to severe disability with some patients becoming wheelchair-bound, there are factors that may help to predict better ...